The Drunken Cherry Cake is one of those desserts that is on the list of the best sweets. Chocolate treat has an unusual juicy taste. There are different recipes for the Drunk Cherry Cake. Each of them has its own characteristics and allows you to make a wonderful chocolate dessert. An unrivaled combination of fragrant berries, delicate cream, alcohol and chocolate will not leave anyone indifferent.
Classic recipe
Despite the popularity of the dessert, no one knows exactly the name of the true author of the classic recipe for the “Drunken Cherry” cake. Some culinary experts believe that there was a treat from the Black Forest cake, which uses alcohol and cherries.
To prepare a dessert, you need pickled cherries, sponge cakes, alcohol, icing and cream. The recipe for the classic drunk cherry cake is not simple. It takes time to get a delicious dessert. But it's worth it.
Cooking a sweet treat should start with the preparation of cherries. They must be marinated in alcohol a few days before you plan to make a cake. Only in this case you will receive a juicy and fragrant cherry.
For the filling, you need 370 g of cherries and 290 g of good wine or cognac.
My berries and certainly remove the seeds. At the same time, it is worth trying to damage the fruits themselves as little as possible so that they do not lose juice. Cherries must be marinated in the refrigerator for two days.
If you need berries urgently, then you can limit yourself to 12 hours for pickling. In winter, you can use frozen fruits. To get a juicy dessert, it is worth taking shock frozen cherries, since they are the most healthy and juicy. As a drink for pickling, you can take whiskey, rum, liquor or other alcoholic beverages. To obtain a spicy taste of berries, you can add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and other spices to the marinade.
Cooking biscuits
Making a biscuit for the Drunken Cherry cake is one of the most crucial moments. The classic recipe involves getting a chocolate biscuit without butter.
Ingredients:
- flour (210 g),
- six eggs
- vanillin,
- sugar (260 g).
Lubricate the baking dish in advance with oil, and you only need to grease the bottom, side walls should not be smeared, as this can make the biscuit heavier. We send the form to the refrigerator. Meanwhile, we ourselves begin to prepare the dough.
Separate squirrels and yolks. Rub the latter with vanilla and half sugar. Beat them until the mass doubles and turns white.
Beat the whites in a separate container with the second part of sugar. We mix cocoa and flour, and then sift the dry mass to enrich it with oxygen. In yolks, gradually add half the proteins and mix. Next, part the flour. And at the very end, add the second part of the proteins.
Experienced chefs recommend closely monitoring the test. In order for it not to settle, it must be mixed from the bottom up. But squirrels need to start whipping at low speed, and then gradually increase it. During operation, it is not worth reducing the speed, otherwise the mass will fall. Since it is necessary to get a high biscuit, it is worth taking the shape of a small diameter.
Baking process
It’s not so difficult to make the “Drunk Cherry” cake at home. After the dough is ready, you can start baking a biscuit. Pour the mass into a chilled form. It is necessary that the dough is evenly distributed over the surface. Next, send the form to the oven. The biscuit is baked for about thirty minutes. It is not worth it to immediately pull the cake out of the oven, it is better to leave it there for a while. Biscuits really do not like sudden changes in temperature.
Experienced cooks recommend that you do not open the oven in the first twenty minutes to avoid a drop in biscuit. Ready cake should cool very slowly. You can give him the opportunity to stand at room temperature for five hours, and then proceed to the next stage of preparation.
Charlotte Cream
The classic recipe for the “Drunken Cherry” cake uses custard cream. Such a filler is perfectly saturated with cake. Its delicate texture goes well with juicy berries.
Ingredients:
- egg,
- butter (220 g),
- icing sugar (270 g),
- milk (1/2 cup),
- vanillin.
Before cooking, leave the oil to warm at room temperature. Break the egg into the dishes and add the icing sugar. Mass thoroughly rub. Next, pour milk into the stewpan and heat it a little, gradually bringing to a boil. Add vanilla and mix well. And then gently pour in the egg mass. Quickly mix the cream mass so that the eggs do not curl. We leave the billet on the smallest fire and do not stop stirring. The cream should gradually thicken. After that, we remove it from the stove and leave it to cool. In a separate bowl, beat the butter until air is massed. After cooling the egg part of the cream, gradually interfere with the oil in it. Cream for a delicious cake "Drunk Cherry" is ready.
It can be prepared in advance and stored for several days in the refrigerator. If you like chocolate cakes, you can make chocolate topping. To do this, add cocoa or crushed chocolate to the cream.
Cake assembly
After all the ingredients are prepared, you can start assembling the cake. We get cherries from alcohol and give them the opportunity to drain.
Next, take our biscuit and cut off the top layer from it. The resulting cake is soaked with the remains of cherry alcohol. In this matter it is necessary to observe the measure and not to overdo it. The cake should not be too wet, but should not be dry.
Next, gently remove the pulp from the biscuit with a teaspoon. We should have a cavity for the cream in the thick part of the cake. When taking out the flesh, care must be taken not to disturb the integrity of the bottom and sides. Half the crumb must be crushed and added to the cream. We put cherries there. Mix everything thoroughly. Spread the resulting mass inside the container from the biscuit. Cover the cake with soaked cake and put it in the refrigerator. If you like nuts, you can add them to dessert.
How to decorate the Drunk Cherry Cake
Decorate the cake with chocolate icing on top.
Ingredients:
- milk chocolate (you can take bitter chocolate),
- butter,
- powdered sugar (3/4 cup),
- starch (tbsp),
- cocoa (three tablespoons),
- cherry pickle.
We drown the oil in a water bath. After its complete melting, add the powdered sugar. Stir the mass until the sugar grains are completely dissolved. And then add alcohol and cocoa. After adding starch and stir until all the lumps are dissolved. In the mass, add crushed chocolate and mix again. Remove the icing from the stove and let it cool. We take out the cake and apply chocolate mass on it. This should be done quickly, because the glaze hardens quickly enough. If you want to get a perfectly even layer of chocolate, then you should use a spatula. Dessert should be infused in the refrigerator for half a day. After that, it can be served. You can decorate the cake with berries, cream, cream and just powdered sugar.
Cream Sour Cream
Among the hostesses, the “Drunk Cherry” cake with sour cream is popular. Dessert sponge cake may be loved. But the cream is prepared on the basis of sour cream.
Ingredients:
- sugar (1.5 cups),
- thick sour cream (470 ml),
- vanilla.
To prepare the cream you need only chilled sour cream. Add vanilla and sugar to it, then beat with a mixer. As soon as the mass becomes lush, the cream is ready. Sour cream mass impregnates sponge cake much faster. Therefore, the berries should not be excess fluid. And cakes do not need to be lubricated with alcohol.
Real homemade sour cream is good for cream, but remember that with intensive whipping it can turn into oil. If you think that the cake based on such a cream turned out to be too soft, next time add gelatin to the cream mass.
Custard
The recipe for the “Drunk Cherry” cake involves the use of different creams. You can also make custard without oil. It is prepared quite simply. Such a cream can be used if you want to reduce the calorie content of Charlotte cream.
Ingredients:
- four yolks
- vanilla,
- a glass of sugar
- milk (480 ml),
- flour (two tablespoons).
Rub the yolks with sugar. And then gradually stir in the flour. As a result, we should get a very dry mixture. In a saucepan, boil milk and pour it into the mass, stirring actively. The mixture is sent to a fire and over low heat bring the cream to the desired density. We grease the cake with the finished mass.
Homemade Dessert Recipe
Not all housewives use the classic drunk cherry cake recipe. There are different variations in the preparation of this dessert. We offer to evaluate the merits of another recipe.
How to make a drunk cherry cake? As a basis, you can take absolutely any biscuit that you can do well.
Ingredients:
- flour (370 g),
- a glass of sugar
- sour cream (330 ml),
- five eggs
- vanillin,
- baking powder.
Separate the yolks and squirrels. The first well beat with sugar. And then gradually add sour cream. As a result, we get a viscous creamy mass. Sift cocoa, vanillin, baking powder and flour.
Dry components are introduced into the mass. Beat the whites until a thick foam is obtained, after which we intervene in the main part of the test. We prepare the form, greasing it with oil and sprinkling with semolina. We transfer the dough into the container and send it to the oven. The finished biscuit is not immediately pulled out of the stove. Let it cool down a bit. Next, collect the cake using any cream. We suggest using the oil option.
Butter cream
This version of the cream can be called fast, because it is only whipped, but it does not need to be cooked. According to reviews, the “Drunken Cherry” cake based on such a cream is also very tasty, so you should try this option.
Ingredients:
- butter (230 g),
- a glass of cherries
- condensed milk (eight tbsp. l.),
- vanilla,
- liquor or other alcohol (three tablespoons).
Before starting cooking, the oil should lie down at room temperature and warm. Next, beat it with a mixer until an air mass is formed. After that, you can introduce condensed milk one spoonful without stopping whipping. In addition, do not forget to add vanilla and alcohol. Add cherries to the finished cream. Next, grease our biscuit with the resulting mass.
Quick recipe
If you do not have a lot of time, then the fastest recipe for a beautiful cake will come to the rescue. Of course, the simplified version does not look much like the classic one, but it also has a right to exist.
Ingredients:
- six eggs
- a glass of flour and sugar
- baking powder.
We break the eggs into a deep dish with wide edges. Next, whisk the mass to a white state. Culinary experts strongly recommend gradually increasing the speed of the mixer. In a separate bowl, mix the baking powder and flour. Sift the dry mass, enriching it with oxygen. After that, gradually introduce it into the dough. We shift the finished mass into a baking dish and cook for about forty minutes. The resulting biscuit should cool, then cut it into cakes and grease with any cream that you like. The quick cake is ready. Cherry fruits can be located between the cakes. This cake is also very tasty, and the preparation does not take much time.