Everyone can give grandmother a cake for 80 years, but only relatives who love a birthday girl can make a tender and tasty homemade cake! You must admit that there is nothing more beautiful than a self-baked cake or pie, which not only overshadows the store ones, but is also executed with a soul. What else is needed for such a holiday?
You can please the birthday girl with both a biscuit cake and the classic Napoleon. The preparation of such desserts does not require special skills, and there are products for the cake in any refrigerator.
Birthday cake for 80 years old grandmother
To prepare this dessert, you will need:
- flour - 250 grams;
- granulated sugar - 250 grams;
- two chicken eggs;
- condensed milk - 250 grams;
- butter - 350 grams;
- water;
- sugar syrup;
- vanillin.
We divide the cooking process into several stages:
- in a deep bowl, beat two eggs with sugar, add flour and mix everything thoroughly;
- divide the dough into several parts and roll out with a rolling pin, periodically sprinkling with flour;
- it is necessary to bake biscuit cakes at 180 ° C for 20 minutes;
- condensed milk is combined with two yolks and warmed in a water bath until it is thickened;
- the resulting mass is mixed with melted butter and vanilla;
- finished cakes are soaked in sugar syrup, lubricated with the resulting cream and combined;
- the cake is also greased with cream and decorated to taste.
You can decorate the finished dish with chocolate chips, chopped oranges and strawberries, or you can add candles with the inscription "80 years." The cake for the grandmother turns out to be tender, soaked and very tasty.
Classic cake "Napoleon"
This dessert is familiar to everyone, it is famous for its exquisite milk taste and aroma. The cake for grandmother for 80 years will turn out to be tender and very tasty, which, undoubtedly, will delight the hero of the occasion.
To make such a dessert at home, you need the following ingredients:
- flour - 450 grams;
- butter - 250 grams;
- egg;
- chilled water - 150 ml;
- vinegar - 1 tbsp. l .;
- salt - 1 tsp.
So, making a cake:
- butter and water sent to the freezer for 25-30 minutes;
- sift the flour in a deep bowl, rub the butter and mix thoroughly;
- add the egg, salt and vinegar to the water. It is worth noting the fact that vinegar should be no more than 6%;
- pour the liquid into dry ingredients and collect everything in a kind of ball;
- divide the dough into 15 pieces, put it on the board, after sprinkling it and balls with flour, and put it in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
While the dough is in the refrigerator, you need to cook custard.
Cooking cream
To do this, take a liter of milk, pour it into a saucepan and put on a slow fire. As soon as the milk begins to boil, turn off the stove and add it to the previously prepared composition of eggs, sugar and starch. Whisk the resulting mixture with a whisk and send it to the stove. Once the cream becomes thick, remove it and add the butter. The resulting cream should be cooled before use.
We roll out our dough as thinly as possible and make small holes with a fork. Cakes are baked for 5-7 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.
Now you can proceed to the assembly of the cake itself. Grease each layer with whipped cream and press it to the previous cake. To decorate the cake, grandma for 80 years uses crumbs obtained from the remains of cakes. Fresh fruits can also be added. Ready cake should be refrigerated for 2 hours.
The cake for 80 years old grandmother, whose photo is above, turns out to be light, soft and with a pleasant creamy aroma.