To prepare chic desserts for festive lunches and dinners is a task that not every hostess can do. But, you must admit, sometimes you want to brag to your guests with a cake of your own preparation. If you decide to make a festive dessert with your own hands and are looking for a simple and proven recipe, we suggest that you turn your attention to the Aristocrat cake. The best cake recipes are usually based on the preparation of a protein base. It’s quick, easy, even an inexperienced housewife can handle it. Cake "Aristocrat" is also one of them.
Protein Based Ingredients
To make cake cakes, you will need: six egg whites and two glasses (200 grams each) of powdered sugar. Experts do not recommend making a protein base with sugar. Cake "Aristocrat", the recipe of which requires airiness and lightness, should be prepared only with the use of powder.
Cream Ingredients
What a festive cake without a delicious cream ?! For the "Aristocrat" it is necessary to prepare a light chocolate layer. It will consist of cocoa powder (2 tablespoons), two glasses of milk, a glass of granulated sugar, 250 grams of butter and five egg yolks.
Filling
Aristocrat cake, the recipe of which we offer you, is famous for its unusually tasty and easy to prepare filling. For this pie, it contains only two ingredients: prunes (50 g) and walnuts (70 g).
Cooking and assembling a cake
To begin with, you should prepare a protein base. The food processor will be the main assistant here. But how to make Aristocrat cake if you don’t have a powerful kitchen assistant at hand? Do not despair. The protein base can be whipped using a conventional hand mixer, you just have to work a little longer.
So, beat the whites with powdered sugar into a thick, strong foam. The resulting mass is divided into two parts. Each part must be baked separately. To do this, immediately stock up on two approximately the same baking dish. They must first be laid out with parchment paper or greased with vegetable oil (the layer is very thin and odorless oil).
Protein cakes should be baked over low heat in the oven. Cooking time varies from an hour to an hour and a half. Everything will depend on the oven. When the cakes are completely baked, do not rush to remove them from the oven. Allow them to cool with the oven.
You baked cakes for dessert called the Aristocrat Cake. The recipe also requires chocolate cream. It can be prepared using ordinary cocoa powder. First you need to grind cocoa with sugar, then add warmed milk to the mass. Gradually, yolks are added to it. The cream is pounded and mixed until it becomes thick enough.
The filling for the cake is prepared the fastest. Prunes must be washed, rinsed with boiled water and cut into pieces. Walnuts are finely chopped and mixed with chopped prunes.
The most interesting thing in making such a dessert is its assembly. The Aristocrat cake, the recipe of which we described in detail, is assembled in a matter of minutes. To begin with, a flat dish is taken and the first cake is placed on it. It is abundantly lubricated with chocolate cream. A mixture of nuts and prunes (most) is placed on top. Cover with a second layer of protein base. The top is smeared with cream, and the rest of the filling is laid out. The sides of the cake can also be greased with a cream to cover the cake and make a more elegant look.
Ready your Aristocrat cake. The recipe does not tell in detail about its decoration. But if you do not have enough beauty in the form of a filling, then you can always add on top a few whole walnuts. Of them, or prunes, you can lay out numbers or words, depending on the purpose of the cake.