Homemade pies are a decoration of any table. But not always familiar and ordinary desserts are suitable for special occasions. In such cases, you can prepare dishes for important events that will surprise loved ones.
Below are the recipes for holiday cakes that every housewife can create. Special skills are not required, and the result is a tasty and delicate dish. All the housewife needs are ingredients and a little patience.
Ham and Vegetables Festive Cake
Required Products:
- Shortcrust pastry - 600 grams.
- Bell pepper - 2 pieces.
- Ham - 150 grams.
- Eggplant - 2 pieces.
- Cheese - 150 grams.
- Zucchini - 2 pieces.
- Oil - half a glass.
- Pepper - a pinch.
- Salt is at the end of the knife.
We form a "mesh"
First you need to prepare the products included in the recipe for the holiday cake. It is advisable to choose vegetables longer, and purchase cheese so that you can cut it very thinly, and when baked, it melts easily. Next, we will consider in detail how to make a delicious holiday cake.
Wash eggplant, bell pepper and zucchini well. Then cut the first two vegetables into slices. On the one hand, each bar should be peeled. Put the flesh of eggplant and zucchini to one side. In Bulgarian red pepper, remove the stem, clear of seeds and partitions. It is also cut into long strips, the width of which will be the same as that of already chopped vegetables.
Cut the finished shortcrust pastry for the holiday cake into two identical parts. Take a sheet of baking paper and lay it on the table. Put one part of the dough on top. Cut it into strips about 1.5-2 centimeters wide. Set aside a few blanks. Lay one strip vertically on the left side of the dough. It also needs to be carefully pressed down to the bottom layer to securely lock.
The upper horizontal strip is left as is, and the second is thrown over the vertical. Next, throw each even tape through the "column".
Then with slices of bell pepper we form a vertical strip. We place it next to the "column" of the test. After throwing back all horizontal stripes. Repeat the entire process with already odd horizontal dough pieces. Then lay out the eggplant. Again, return the horizontal strips into place and throw through the vegetables already those ribbons that previously remained on the table. Repeat the process with the remaining vegetable. Thus, observing the sequence of pepper-eggplant-zucchini, walk to the right edge of the dough. Then, using the remaining lane, form a board after the last “vegetable tape”. Put the resulting braid with paper in the refrigerator.
Now, following the recipe for the holiday cake, you need to prepare the second part of the test. On a baking sheet in which the dish will be prepared, you need to lay out a sheet of paper intended for baking. Place the second part of the dough on top of it. Next, lay out the stuffing from thinly sliced ham. Grind the remains of eggplant, pepper and red bell pepper into small cubes. In a pan with olive oil, simmer vegetables for 10-15 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Then mix. After that, evenly spread the vegetables on top of the ham and cover with a layer of thinly sliced cheese.
Getting to the cake baking
It remains to get the previously prepared vegetable wicker from the refrigerator and carefully place it on a baking sheet with dough and filling. Connect the edges of the braid to the edges of the dough and pinch well. Sprinkle the top of the holiday cake with water, then place it in the oven. The temperature at which the dish will be baked should be 170 degrees, and the time should be from 50 minutes to one hour. After cooking, take out the finished beautiful holiday cake from the oven.
Beautiful cake "Malinka"
The composition of the ingredients for the test:
- Flour - 600 grams.
- Eggs - 2 pieces.
- Baking powder - 2 teaspoons.
- Oil - 350 grams.
- Sugar - 200 grams.
- Salt - a couple of pinches.
Products for filling:
- Flour - 4 tablespoons.
- Sour cream - 800 grams.
- Raspberries - 400 grams.
- Sugar - 1 cup.
- Eggs - 8 pieces.
Making a cake
When preparing such a dessert, we will use one of the many recipes for holiday pies with photos. And the first thing to do is to leave all the ingredients, except butter, in a warm room a few hours before cooking. Oil, on the contrary, needs to be placed in the freezer. Let's consider in detail how to make a sweet holiday cake with raspberries.
Sift high-quality wheat flour into a bowl convenient for kneading dough, add sugar, baking powder and stir. Grate the frozen butter here and grate the flour and butter in the crumbs with your hands. Break the eggs in a bowl and knead a soft dough that will not crumble. If necessary, when mixing in the mass, you can add a small amount of ice water.
Bake a pie
The dough for our holiday raspberry pie is ready. Now you need to take a detachable baking dish and grease well with butter. Roll out the dough so that it covers the bottom and walls of the baking dish. Place it in a container and press down to the sides with hands. Submit the dough form for cooling to the refrigerator for about 40 minutes. While it is cooling, we need to prepare the filling for a beautiful holiday cake.
In a suitable bowl, beat the chicken eggs, pour the granulated sugar and beat in a foam with a mixer. Then to this mixture it is necessary to report sour cream, flour. Beat everything up again. The mass should turn out magnificent. Peel, wash and spread raspberries on a kitchen towel to remove moisture. After 40 minutes, remove the mold from the refrigerator. Put raspberries on the bottom.
Top with whipped, lush mass of eggs, sugar and sour cream. Place the dough into the oven, which is heated to 180 degrees, and bake a festive sweet cake for about 45-50 minutes. After cooking, do not remove the baked goods from the container until it has cooled completely. It is important.
Then the cooled raspberry pie must be placed in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours. So it will be easier to cut into pieces. And when chilled, it is much tastier. A very delicate and fragrant cake will appeal to everyone. You can serve such a dessert with a cup of green or black tea, with coffee, with milk or just with juice.
Chocolate brownie
List of ingredients:
- Flour - 300 grams.
- Dark chocolate - 200 grams.
- Sugar - 300 grams.
- Walnuts - 200 grams.
- Eggs - 6 pieces.
- Oil - 300 grams.
Ingredient preparation
You need to start by preparing some of the ingredients. Heat the oven to a temperature of 140 degrees. Sort and rinse walnuts. Place parchment on a baking sheet and spread the nuts on it. Place the pan in the oven and dry the nuts for 15-20 minutes. The next thing to do with the recipe from the photo of the holiday cake is to melt the dark chocolate. To do this, place the product broken into pieces in iron utensils. Pour water into a small saucepan and place on the stove. Put the dishes with chocolate on top and melt it.
Next, take a deep glass dish, put butter in it. We put everything in the microwave for 40 seconds. Pour sugar in a bowl with melted butter and beat with a blender until all sugar is completely dissolved. After that put already a little chilled dark chocolate and stir. Now we will add one egg each to the resulting mass. Beat the mixture with a blender. This is done after adding each egg.
Following them, pour the sifted flour here, whisk. Put the resulting dough aside. The next step in making a festive sweet cake is crushing dried walnuts with a knife. Pour the component into the dough and mix. Turn on the oven and heat it to a temperature of 180 degrees.
Getting started baking
Next, you need to prepare a baking dish. The container must be covered with two sheets of baking paper. So that both the bottom and sides of the mold are covered with paper. Then grease liberally with soft butter. Prepared for a delicious holiday cake, chocolate dough with walnuts must be carefully placed in a baking dish. Using a spatula, level the dough and place in a heated oven. The holiday cake should be baked for 30 minutes.
When a fairly hard crust forms on the surface of the cake, and inside it remains a little moist, you can turn off the oven and get out a baking dish. About 40 minutes it needs to be allowed to cool without removing from the container. Then cut the chocolate festive sweet cake into small squares and sprinkle with powder. Serve with a cup of aromatic tea or coffee.