Is the holiday approaching? A wonderful gift for the solemn event will be the “Cat” cake. This surprise will appeal to both adults and children. Cake "Cat" from cream and biscuit, shortbread or puff pastry looks very attractive and original. For lovers of tailed and baleen animals - just what you need.
Cake "Cat" from biscuit dough. Ingredients
So, consider the composition in more detail. Cake "Cat" from the biscuit test does not require special talents. For its preparation you will need: 2 tablespoons of starch, a glass of flour, a glass of sugar, 4 eggs. To prepare the cream: 2 tablespoons of starch, a can of boiled condensed milk, a liter of thick sour cream. For the filling - a half-liter can of canned peaches. The Cat cake is decorated with coconut flakes.
Step by step recipe
How to cook this culinary masterpiece? The Cat Cake is baked quickly and simply. You will need to cook two rectangular biscuits according to the standard recipe. There is only one amendment: the second cake must be made caramel. To do this, add syrup instead of sugar in the dough (a glass of sugar in half a glass of water is boiled to a caramel state and cooled).
Biscuits are cut in half. It turns out two dark and two light cakes.
Next, we begin to collect the cake in the form of a cat. We cut one piece from each cake, gradually reducing the size by half a centimeter around the perimeter. The body of the cat should be evenly rounded.
To prepare a cream, a can of condensed milk is whipped with sour cream, starch and sugar. Peaches for the filling are cut into plates. The biscuit is soaked in fruit juice, smeared with cream. A layer of peaches is laid out on it.
The back and head are formed from scraps of cake. Do not forget about the tail and ears.
The cake is completely smeared with cream. In order to give the cat "shaggy" - sprinkled with coconut. Mustache, eyes and nose are made of chocolate.
Ingredients for Making Honey Cake
Another good option. Cake in the form of a cat from honey dough. For its preparation you will need: 100 grams of margarine, a glass of sugar, 4 tablespoons of milk, 3 tablespoons of honey, one and a half tsp. baking soda, one and a half Art. l wine grape vinegar, 3 cups flour, vanillin to taste. For cream: half a liter of milk, a glass of sugar, 3 tablespoons of flour, a pack of butter, vanilla to taste. For decoration: mastic, grated coconut and green dragee.
How to cook?
In a large bowl, honey, sugar, margarine, milk are laid out. All ingredients are mixed periodically. Preparing the dough in a water bath. As soon as the mass becomes homogeneous, it is also necessary to pour eggs whipped with a fork into a thin stream. It mixes well again. Add soda, quenched with vinegar. The mass is mixed again. As soon as it increases in volume and foams, it must be removed from the water bath and pour the sifted flour into it one glass each.
After that, the table is sprinkled with flour. The dough is laid out on top and kneaded. Pressing it hard is not worth it. It’s enough just to slowly roll it in flour. The dough should be warm enough. We divide it into ten pieces. Roll out cakes and bake.
To prepare the cream, you need to mix flour, sugar and cold milk. The mixture is cooked over low heat with constant stirring until thickened. Make sure that no lumps form in the cream. The mass is cooled and whipped together with oil until splendid.
Cream two cakes on a cake. Grease the top of one with cream. Let it soak. Greased cake is divided into two parts. Lubricated parts are connected to each other. This will be the body of the cat. The second cake is also divided in half. The ears, tail and head are cut from the first part. From the second - paws.
The body is smeared with cream. Paws are attached to it on the sides. Head in front. Ears - to the head. If necessary, they are fixed with toothpicks. The tail is added to the side.
The finishing touch remains. Making children's cakes can be the most diverse. A cat sprinkled with coconut flakes looks very attractive. For the eyes, you can use dragees. For tongue, nose and mustache - red mastic. You can also add a ball of mastic. Attach a bow to the neck. In principle, it all depends on the flight of your imagination. Only in the case of coconut - do not be stingy. Otherwise, the cat will turn out not very fluffy. Enjoy your meal!