This is a delicious sand-chocolate dessert, loved by many. Neither an adult nor even a peanut will refuse such a treat. Each cook has his own ingredients for the Potato cake. In this article, we will analyze various ways of making this dessert at home.
"Potato" from biscuit with cream "Glasse"
It takes about one hour to prepare a treat that everyone knows. The first thing you need to stock up on the following products: eggs of the highest category, granulated sugar, flour, starch, cocoa powder, milk and butter. Stocked up? Then run to cook!
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We need (based on 4 persons):
- 4 table eggs of the highest category;
- 250 g of sugar;
- 25 g of starch;
- 250 ml of milk;
- 80 g sifted flour;
- 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder;
- 1 pack of butter.
The process of making a cake "Potato"
First, prepare a biscuit: in a bowl with three eggs, send 90 g of sugar and beat with a mixer. Add flour and starch, whisk again until smooth. Next, cover the form with parchment and fill the dough into it. The dough is baked in a preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes, not more.
Cooking the cream: first, heat the milk in a saucepan. We take the egg and the remaining sugar and beat with a mixer, then add the cocoa powder and mix everything with a whisk. Introduce hot milk, mix. Next, pour the resulting cream into a saucepan and put on medium heat. Stir constantly, until the mass becomes thick. Remove from the stove and let cool. Beat butter in a separate bowl. We introduce chocolate cream in portions (after cooling), stirring thoroughly.
After all the preparations, we cut the finished biscuit into medium-sized pieces and send it to the oven to dry (it will take no more than 5 minutes). Grind the dried sliced biscuit until small crumbs are formed in a blender. Pour them into a bowl. Add chocolate cream portionwise to the crumb, stirring thoroughly. We form “Potato” cakes from crackers of biscuit origin and roll them into cocoa. The last action will allow us to achieve the most aesthetic goodies.
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How to make a potato cake from crackers?
Rusks are a universal product. From them you can cook many different dishes: cakes, puddings, pastries. In this case, we are interested in preparing the “Potato” cake according to the classic recipe from crackers. Read on for how to make a treat tasty and nutritious.
This classic recipe for “Potato” cake made from crackers is the very legendary recipe for making goodies that was beloved by Soviet kids.
It will take half an hour of your time and a list of the following ingredients: vanilla crackers, instant coffee granules, coconut flakes, hazelnuts, cocoa powder, butter, granulated sugar, cookies and milk.
So let's get started.
To prepare the “Potato” cake from vanilla crackers, you will need the following (based on 2 persons):
- 200 g vanilla crackers;
- 15 ml instant coffee;
- 100 g hazelnuts;
- 0.5 packs of butter;
- coconut flakes (optional);
- 60 g of cocoa powder;
- 250 ml of fat milk;
- 150 g of sugar;
- 120 g of cookies.
Cooking “Potato” cake from crackers
First, pour cocoa powder and granulated sugar into milk. We put the resulting mixture on fire and warm until boiling. Once it boils, add the butter and stir until completely dissolved. After that, remove the stewpan from the stove.
While the milk mixture cools, we take on crackers. In order to use them for the recipe for the Potato cake from crackers, you need to grind them in a blender or meat grinder. Then pour into a bowl, pour the milk mixture and leave to infuse for about two hours. After form the cakes and put on a plate. Dessert should be infused in the refrigerator for another 1 hour. If desired, the finished treat can be decorated with coconut.
So we made Potato cake from crackers at home. It remains only to submit it to tea!
Kefir cracker cake
To prepare a simple potato cake from crackers on kefir you will need:
- 300 g crackers;
- 100 g of sugar;
- 100 ml of kefir;
- 150 g butter;
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
To make a treat you will need 40 minutes of your time and several hours for it to brew in the refrigerator.
The result should be 15 cakes.
Cooking process
Typically, such a treat is usually made from shortbread cookies with the addition of condensed milk and butter. But this recipe is intended for those who are not afraid to experiment.
Through the use of kefir, you can get a rather original taste, characterized by a slight acidity. This cake without condensed milk is suitable for those who are not enthusiastic about sugary and sweet desserts. Those who are not satisfied with kefir can use milk.
Thanks to the recipe below, you can discover new culinary opportunities. Go for it!
Cooking "Potato" on kefir
So, we need rich vanilla crackers without raisins. We grind them with a blender or a meat grinder. You can pre-break them into small pieces - this will speed up and facilitate the process of crushing crackers.
If desired, you can provide the treat with walnuts (about 150 g), which are also passed through a meat grinder.
Next, take a small saucepan and pour kefir (milk) into it, pour granulated sugar to taste and one and a half tablespoons of cocoa. We heat the contents of the pan, not forgetting to stir, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil, but do not boil.
Add butter to the hot mixture and melt it in the milk mass by stirring.
Pour a tablespoon of vanilla crackers into a small plate. Add the rest of the cocoa to the breadcrumbs and mix everything. This will be the powder for the cake. Pour the warm mixture from the pot into a bowl with crushed crackers. It is better to do this gradually, with stirring. The result should be a dense, non-liquid dough. Mix the crackers and the liquid mixture well and leave to infuse for about 15 minutes at room temperature.
Next, we directly proceed to the formation of cakes. To do this, take about half a tablespoon of the finished “dough”, roll the ball in our hands, pressing it tightly. It is not necessary to make a cake with a classic round shape - it can also be made into an oblong shape. Roll the resulting cakes in prepared pre-powder. Set aside the finished "Potato" for insisting in the refrigerator. Good solidification usually takes 2-3 hours.
Voila! The cakes are ready. Such a delicacy is in no way inferior to store counterparts. Serve with coffee or tea to the table and delight your loved ones with new experiments!
"Potato" with condensed milk
And those who are crazy about the delicate taste of condensed milk, sometimes cloying, but so saturated, can prepare for themselves and their households their childhood cakes according to the following recipe.
Cake “Potato” from crackers with condensed milk is also a very unusual dessert, which is not known to everyone.
The consistency of such a delicacy turns out to be grainy, and the taste is also quite a good option. This is also an excellent recipe for tea or coffee cakes that will not let you down when you need to cook something tasty and yet simple.
Children and teenagers can be involved in the preparation of this delicacy - they will gladly take up such a responsible task and help create a small culinary masterpiece at home.
To prepare based on 7 people you will need:
- 300 g vanilla crackers;
- 150 ml of condensed milk;
- 100 g of sugar;
- 250 g of walnuts;
- half a packet of butter;
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder;
- 50 ml of milk;
- vanillin - at will.
The preparation time for the goodies is only 20-30 minutes.
Step by step recipe
- We prepare the ingredients.
- Grind crackers. This is conveniently done using a blender or meat grinder.
- Grind nuts. As the cook advises, you can put aside several larger parts for the “eyes”. Mix the crushed nuts with the crumbs of vanilla crackers.
- We put in a bowl for whipping softened or melted butter, granulated sugar, vanillin, condensed milk, cocoa.
- Mix everything thoroughly until sugar is completely dissolved.
- The resulting cream is combined with a nut-cracker mass and mixed.
- In a friable mixture, gradually add milk. As a result, the mass should become sticky and keep its shape well.
- From the finished mixture we sculpt “Potato”. Cooking them is very simple - how to make snowballs!
- We form dense lumps, carefully ramming them with your fingers. We give them the desired shape. Ready cakes, if desired, can be rolled in a mixture of powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Delayed nuts can serve as sprouting eyes.
- Be sure to send the finished treat soaked and set in the refrigerator for about two to three hours.
This delicious Potato cake can be served with coffee or tea, compote or lemonade.
If you are going to present a treat on the festive table, it is better to make sure that it is even and neat in shape, like in a store.
If the purpose of cooking is to spend quality time with your loved ones, then here you can give free rein to imagination and sculpt various animals, fruits and so on.