Far from always for a complex, refined dessert there are suitable products in the refrigerator and the hostess has free time. And if something tasty, home-made baking, for example, would you like anyway? Such recipes come to the rescue, examples of which are given in this article.
"Stump" on the festive table
This cake comes from childhood, and our grandmothers and mothers can retell his recipe in detail. “Rotten Stump” is a rather unusual name for dessert, isn't it? Or another, less poetic, “Rotten Stump”. Despite this, the cake is really very tasty. And products for him require a little, and the most ordinary. So, the recipe. "Rotten stump" is baked in sour milk, yogurt or kefir. If you have fruit yogurt or butter (sour-milk drink) fruit and berry or vanilla in store, take 1 cup of this drink (200-250 g). Ryazhenka is also suitable, that is, any sour-milk liquid product. You will also need a glass of any jam, preferably with sourness. The “Rotten Stump” recipe recommends cherry (seedless), currant, strawberry, cornel. Fresh berries are also suitable, only to drain excess juice from them. Flour requires about 2 cups (sifted), and another 1.5-2 teaspoons of soda, slaked lemon juice, a glass of sugar and 2-3 eggs. Well, a pinch of salt, of course. First you need to beat the eggs with a mixer or whisk, gradually introducing sugar into them.
Then, jam or berries, salt, soda (dissolve in kefir), kefir itself and flour are laid out in a bowl. The dough is mixed with a homogeneous but liquid consistency. It is poured into a baking sheet with sides, the bottom of which needs to be lined with oiled paper, and sent to the heated oven for 25-30 minutes until cooked. This “Rotten Stump” recipe contains such a quantity of products that it is enough for several thin cakes or 1 thick, which can then be divided into several parts. Ready cakes should be smeared with sour cream. The simplest is to beat half a liter of fresh, thick, good fat sour cream with one and a half glasses of sugar. How “Rotten Stump” should turn out, the recipe photo clearly shows you everything. Yes, a little clarification: so that the dessert does not turn out to be tough, you can soak the cakes with syrup or sprinkle with cognac, red wine. Prepared in this way, they are smeared with cream, decorated on top as imagination tells you. And send your "Stump" in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours. Then you can enjoy!
Dried Fruit Dessert
Consider how else you can bake a rotten stump cake. Recipe, photo attached. To knead the dough, you need sour cream - a glass, and sugar - a little more than half a glass, as well as flour - 2-2.5 glasses, half a teaspoon of slaked soda. As a filling, prepare a mixture of dried fruits, soaking them in advance for softness: 200 g of raisins, dried apricots, chopped prunes. Grind 150 g of walnuts (do not soak!). Then drain the water, dry the berries.
- Prepare the dough by whipping chilled sour cream with sugar. Add a little salt, vanillin, soda, flour. Knead, then divide into 3 parts. From each roll thin cakes. Put your filling on the cake and roll it up. Send to bake in a preheated oven to 200 degrees until cooked.
- At this time, make a cream by whipping one and a half glasses of thick sour cream with three quarters of a glass of sugar and 150 g of chopped nuts.
- Cut the cooled rolls into small slices, put on a dish close to each other and pour cream. The cake will turn out in several layers - each coat. Sprinkle with grated chocolate, colored crumbs, nuts or coconut, poppy seeds. Be sure to refrigerate the cake for 4-5 hours.
Enjoy a delicious dessert!