Alas, a man is weak, and therefore he cannot do without satisfying his whims! Sometimes he is drawn to eat salty, and sometimes sweet. This is normal. The main thing is to find the strength in yourself to stop at reasonable servings, and not to turn every day into a holiday of disobedience.
On a festive day, it is perfectly acceptable to treat yourself. For example, make a cake "Gypsy". It is so tasty that it is able to win the heart of even those who don’t like sweets at all. So the dessert will appeal to you.
Associative row
The very name of the Gypsy cake is inspiring. Associations such as beauty, bright colors, a light aftertaste of exoticism and the enchanting atmosphere of the night pop up immediately. Actually, this dessert also embodies all this. It has a dark color of cakes and layers, has a mild taste and rich aroma. Well, you can experiment with the recipe. After all, no one has canceled the fight for a good figure, and you always want to afford a piece of cake.
Let's go through the list
So how to make a gypsy cake? Let's start with the selection of ingredients. For cakes, you need about 3 cups of wheat flour, a teaspoon of soda, 2 cups of sugar and low-fat sour cream, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons of cocoa, and a tablespoon of vinegar.
Sour cream in this recipe can easily be replaced with natural yogurt. Sift the flour before cooking. Then the dough will be more magnificent and airy.
For the cream you will need butter (200 grams), a can of boiled condensed milk, a pinch of cocoa and about 50 grams of milk.
Well, do not forget about the impregnation, otherwise our cake "Gypsy" will be dry. Stock up on a small dose of aromatic strong alcohol and a glass of sweet black tea.
Classic version
If for dessert you are planning a cake "Gypsy", the recipe is better to try out well in advance, otherwise you just can not meet the time. On average, all the work will take about 70 minutes, but after the cake you need to let it brew, so you need to do it in the morning to treat yourself and your family to dinner.
So, in a deep bowl, combine sugar, cocoa, eggs, yogurt or sour cream. Add the flour, mix everything thoroughly until the last lumps disappear. Quench the soda with vinegar and mix in the dough, which in the end should turn out to be quite liquid.
By this time the oven should already be warming up. Oil the mold and pour the dough into it. Now send the form to the oven and bake for 180 minutes at 35 degrees until tender. After cake you need to cool and get out of the mold. While the base of the cake cools, there is time to tackle the cream. Mix butter with boiled condensed milk, and then add cocoa diluted with warm milk to the mixture. The cream should be thick.
Final stage
The cream and base are ready, which means it's time to form the cake itself. With a sharp knife, cut the cake into three "washers". Mix tea with alcohol and soak cakes with a teaspoon. Most often, cognac or vodka is used, but the original taste of impregnation is possible when combining vodka with cherry jam or tea with cherry liquor.
Spread cream on cakes and lay other cakes on top. Leave a little cream for the top. Use grated chocolate and fresh berries to decorate the surface.
As an option
And even easier and faster to cook a cake "Gypsy" in a slow cooker. The dessert is tender, resilient, with an acidic layer. In this option, you can not add whole eggs to the base, but do only with proteins. Then the dough will be airy and less high-calorie. Instead of soda, you can add baking powder to the base. And replace sugar with fructose or, even better, honey.
Mix all the ingredients and send them into a multicooker form. So you save 10-15 minutes to quickly prepare the cream. Try to make it more exotic and add a little cinnamon, and replace the butter with mashed fruit. Knead the cream with a mixer or blender, but at a moderate speed. The cream should reach the consistency of thick sour cream. For impregnation, use cherry liquor or good cognac with tea. And the main highlight lies in the addition of cherries to the base. Soak each cake, coat with cream and decorate with halves of berries.
The main thing here is not to overdo it with the juiciness of cherries, because an excess of juice can adversely affect the shape and taste of the dessert. Do not forget to smear the side edges with cream and lay the berries on top. So the Gypsy cake with cherries is ready. Enjoy your meal!
What do people say?
Send the finished cake to the refrigerator to give a little "rest". While you have time to make fragrant tea and make dinner. You can not especially worry about the calorie content of dishes, because an unusual dessert awaits you. What do people say about him?
Girls note the unusual viscosity of the cream and the richness of the cakes. Such a cake, according to the majority, does not require any additions. One piece is enough to get enough, so a whole cake is enough for a family of five. It is very tasty to drink dessert with milk, tea, both black and herbal.
Representatives of the stronger sex positively note the satiety of the dessert, and the ladies, always dieting, even came up with their own gypsy cake. Reviews about him are also very positive among all categories of sweet tooth and gourmet.
For the test you will need 3 eggs, half a glass of sugar, a glass of flour, 5 tablespoons of milk and 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder. The layer in this embodiment is sour cream-curd. For it, you need 400 grams of cottage cheese, 250 grams of sour cream, half a glass of sugar, 300 grams of prunes and 20 grams of gelatin. All ingredients need to be whipped and sent to the oven for baking. Cakes are thin and delicate. Meanwhile, soak the gelatin in boiled water, wash the prunes and beat it with sour cream and cottage cheese until smooth. Send the dissolved gelatin there and beat again. Remember to add sugar or honey. Now put the bottom cake in a deep pan, but pre-tighten the inside with plastic wrap. Layering the cakes with the curd mass, and on top make the curd layer.
Send the cake in the refrigerator so that it freezes well. After solidification, remove the dessert from the mold and remove the film. Garnish the sides and top with grated chocolate and serve. Here is a version of the cake that both adults and children love.