A delicious and tender tortoise cake is prepared very quickly. It is worth noting that a small amount of inexpensive products is required to create such an original product. This cake, made with one's own hand, will serve as an ideal option for dessert for any children's holiday.
Unusual and quick cake "Turtle": a step-by-step recipe for cooking
Required Products:
- regular size chicken eggs - 6 pcs.;
- granulated sugar - 1 cup faceted;
- wheat flour - 3 full glasses;
- baking soda with apple vinegar - on a dessert spoon;
- yogurt (preferably taken with sourness, such as orange or grapefruit) - 1 liter (for impregnation);
- thick kefir 3% - half a glass (for impregnation);
- thick fresh sour cream - 4 large spoons (to create a glaze);
- cocoa powder - 3 large spoons (to create a glaze);
- granulated sugar - 4 large spoons (to create a glaze);
- dark chocolate - 90 g (to create a glaze);
- fresh butter - 120 g (to create a glaze).
Cooking dough
Cake "Turtle" is assembled from many short cakes of small sizes. To prepare them, you need to mix in one bowl 6 chicken beaten eggs, granulated sugar, baking soda, extinguished with apple cider vinegar, and wheat flour. As a result of such a connection, you should get the dough with the consistency of liquid sour cream.
Cake baking
To create the base, it is recommended to take a large baking sheet, generously grease it with oil, and then put the previously prepared dough on it. To do this, use a tablespoon (the base is laid out, like on pancakes). About 9 small crusts are placed on one parchment sheet. It is advisable to bake them at a temperature of 185 degrees for half an hour. As a result, you should get about 27 small, but lush and soft cakes.
Impregnation preparation
Tortoise cake can be soaked in any cream. But since this dessert is designed for a children's holiday, we decided to use only natural yogurt with sourness and thick kefir. They are recommended to be joined together in a large container, and then thoroughly beat with a mixer.
Dish formation
Cake "Turtle" is going quite easily. To do this, it is necessary to soak all the baked cakes in milk impregnation, and then put them on the cake box in the form of the corresponding animal with a shell. After that, it is recommended to completely pour the finished dessert over the previously prepared glaze.
How is glaze made
To create such a decoration, mix sour cream with cocoa powder, a bar of chocolate and granulated sugar, bring them to a boil, then add butter (cream) and stir until it is completely dissolved. After that, it is recommended to cool the chocolate icing and fill it with the formed “turtle”. Also, it should make beautiful patterns with the help of the remaining milk soak and toothpicks.
How to serve to the table
A delicious and original “Turtle” cake (we reviewed the classic recipe above) is served to the table only after it is left in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours. During this time, the dessert should be completely saturated with yogurt filling, become soft and tender.