Cake "Catherine" is one of the easiest desserts, but this does not affect its taste. Consider in detail the recipe for making cakes, cream and cake in general. In addition, we will analyze the relevant tips and tricks.
Dough Ingredients
To bake the cake "Catherine", it is necessary to prepare the following list of ingredients:
- chicken egg - 3 pcs;
- wheat flour - 350 g;
- granulated sugar - 250 g;
- baking powder for dough - 1 tsp;
- sour cream of average% fat content - 300 g;
- cocoa powder - 5 tbsp. l .;
- walnut - 100 g;
- food poppy - 1 tsp.
The amount of ingredients is designed to prepare 12 servings of dessert. The amount of this or that component can vary slightly, depending on taste preferences. For example, you can add cocoa, but reduce the serving of sugar.
Cream Ingredients
As you know, a cake consists not only of a base made of dough, but also of a sweet cream filling. To prepare the cream you will need:
- gelatin - 20 g;
- sugar - 180 g;
- fat cream - 100 g;
- sour cream - 0.6 kg.
It is also necessary to prepare chocolate and marmalade to decorate the cake. If you are not a fan of marmalade, replace it with icing sugar, nuts, waffles, or any other sweets.
We proceed to the preparation of the cake "Catherine" according to the recipe! Total dessert preparation time: 1 hour 15 minutes. On average, 100 g of cake contains 300 kcal.
Cooking cakes
We make cakes as follows:
- Break the eggs into a deep container. Beat with a mixer, adding sugar a little.
- In a bowl with eggs, spread sour cream and whisk again.
- Sift the flour and add the baking powder for the dough.
- Mix flour with eggs until smooth. We divide into 3 parts and put in different containers.
- In the first container, add cocoa and walnuts. Mix thoroughly.
- In the second container we add cocoa, but without the nuts.
Important! The oven must be preheated to 180 degrees. You should also take into account its power: the cooking time may vary precisely depending on this indicator.
Cooking cream
Cream preparation:
- Spread the gelatin in a deep bowl. Add cream, mix and leave to swell.
- Put sour cream in another container, add sugar. Also leave until sugar is completely dissolved.
- As soon as the gelatin swells, transfer it to the pan and set it on a slow fire. It is important that the gelatin dissolves. Boil is not advisable!
- In a container with sour cream we spread the mass with gelatin and mix thoroughly.
Making a cake
And finally:
- The first cake, which includes nuts, is greased with the prepared cream.
- So do the product, which includes poppy.
- The remaining cake is cut into small cubes. Bone them in the remnants of the cream.
- We lay out the cubes in the cream on the cake.
- Pour the resulting cake with the remaining cream.
- Take the chocolate and melt it in a water bath. Pour on the cake in a chaotic manner (you can make a picture or an inscription).
- We decorate the cake with marmalade or nuts to your taste.
- We send the cake "Catherine" in the refrigerator until the cream is completely frozen.
Tips & Tricks
In conclusion, it is advisable to present some tips:
- If the cream turned out to be too liquid, the cakes should be laid in a special detachable form - this way the cream does not leak.
- The detachable shape also allows you to create cakes in the form of various shapes: circle, rectangle, heart.
- If desired, you can make more cakes and add additional ingredients. For example, maple or caramel syrup, white chocolate. On the photo is a cake “Catherine” with a standard design.