Cupcake "Capital": a recipe for cooking

We invite you to remember the taste of childhood! The very cake with raisins, which could be taken in the school or student canteen. You can easily prepare this simple dessert at home!

In our article you will find the recipe for the Stolichny cake according to GOST, in order to enjoy the unforgettable taste. In addition, we will reveal the secrets of making a delicious dessert.

What is famous for "Capital"?

No wonder this cupcake has been popular for decades. It's all about a unique recipe - the perfect ratio of ingredients. As a result, the Stolichniy cake makes a soft and crumbly dough that perfectly matches the original raisin flavor.

Why is the same recipe valued in accordance with GOST? Cooking according to the state standard, the standard of taste and quality, which was specially developed by masters of their craft, bringing the product characteristics to ideal, is the right proportions, and the absence of harmful impurities, and an excellent taste component.

Unfortunately, the same dessert made according to GOST can no longer be found in modern department stores, bakeries and confectioneries. But according to our recipe, you can easily make a cupcake yourself, because the products that are required for it can be found in every kitchen. "Stolichniy" will be good for breakfast, and for afternoon tea, and for a working snack, and for gatherings with friends.

Essential Ingredients

For the Stolichniy cake, we need to prepare the following:

• Flour - 270-300 g.
• Butter - 200 g.
• Sugar - 200 g.
• Baking powder for dough - 10 g.
• Medium Chicken Egg - 3 pcs.
• Dry raisins - 150 g.
• Vanillin (vanilla, vanilla sugar) - 10 g.
• Powdered Sugar - 10 g.
  

Kitchen tools

To prepare the Stolichny cake, you must have at hand the following:

• Special forms for cupcakes - this can be either one large baking sheet or several small tins.
• Deep bowls.
• Measured dishes. An alternative is a kitchen scale.
• Tablespoons and teaspoons.
• Wooden culinary spatula.
• Whisk for whipping.
• Grater.
• Big sieve.
• Mixer or blender - modern equipment is still better at kneading dough.

Everything is ready? Then we get down to creativity.

Stolichny cake according to GOST: kneading dough

If in the days of the USSR they preferred to buy such a dessert than to cook it yourself. It seemed to people that the "secret" technology is very complex, but now we can easily dispel this myth. Here is the recipe for the Stolichniy cake with raisins according to GOST:

1. We will use necessarily softened oil - for this it needs to be cut into small pieces and held at room temperature.
2. We send the oil into a deep bowl and begin to whisk thoroughly until airy. It’s best, of course, to use a mixer or put the mass in a blender, but you can also handle a metal whisk.
3. Once the butter has become a lush and airy mass, add granulated sugar. Beat until crystals dissolve.
4. Eggs are driven into the mass of the future Stolichny cake. Try to pick the largest ones. It is advisable to cool the eggs slightly. Mix thoroughly and beat until lumps remain in the mass.
5. At this stage, we have obtained a lush and homogeneous mass of cream color. It can be slightly stratified, which is not at all scary and is not your mistake.
6. Take a new medium-sized bowl. Flour is sifted into it through a sieve. What for? To get airy and crumbly dough.
7. Vanilla sugar or vanilla extract and baking powder are added to the flour. Everything is mixed, the dry mass is combined with the already prepared cream composition.
8. First, gently, so as not to spill flour dust, mix the dough with a spoon, and then start to wield the mixer.

For "Capital" you need a relatively thick dough. To make sure that the mass is mixed up to the desired state is simple. Scoop the composition with a spoon and turn it over. If the dough slid off a whole piece of it, everything is as it should - you can move on.

Adding toppings

The highlight of the Stolichny cupcake recipe is a sweet raisin filling:

1. Dried fruit is thoroughly washed under cool running water.
2. Then it is poured with boiling water for a couple of minutes and it remains to swell. This will make dried fruit softer.
3. Dry the berry with a paper towel.
4. Be sure to roll raisins in flour - after that it can already be added to the dough.
5. Mix the mixture well with a spoon so that the filling is evenly distributed.
   

Baking cupcakes

We have already passed with you to the final stage:

1. Preheat the oven to 160 ° C.
2. Prepare a cupcake mold: grease it with a silicone brush or a feather soaked in vegetable or melted butter, and then sprinkle with flour.
3. Put a little dough with a tablespoon and evenly distributed over the mold.
4. If you use a solid rectangular shape, then on top of the workpiece, make a thin shallow longitudinal section - with a wet knife or a wooden spatula.
5. In small molds, you simply lay out the dough with a small slide.
6. At 160 ° C we bake dessert for 80 minutes.
7. After time, check readiness, remove the cupcake, sprinkle it with powdered sugar on top.
8. Wait a little while the product cools down - you can serve it to the table!

Bon appetit and enjoy the taste of one of the recognizable Soviet delicacies!

Secrets of the "Capital"

So we learned the secrets of the recipe according to GOST cake "Stolichniy". Let's study the recommendations from the confectioners who will help to make a delicious dessert:

• Before the process, be sure to pour raisins with boiling water and let it brew for a few minutes. Dried fruit will not only be softer, but also much tastier.
• It is better to use the highest quality and fatty oil (at least 80%) for our cake. It must be fresh! Rancid or spread (and especially margarine) is guaranteed to spoil the taste and smell of the “Capital”.
• If there is no store baking powder in your kitchen, then it is easy to prepare it yourself. To do this, mix 45 g of flour, 35 g of baking soda and 3 teaspoons of citric acid from a bag. That's the trick! This is enough for a few pastries.
• If you often cook cupcakes, you noticed that in the process of baking raisins often settle on the bottom of the mass. Fighting this is simple - roll the dried fruit in the flour before adding it to the dough. But the flour on the raisins should not be in excess, otherwise you will make the cupcake dry.
• If you have a slow cooker or a bread machine, then you can bake a Stolichny cupcake in this device. It is necessary to grease the bowl with oil and place the workpiece in it. After we turn on the Baking program for 50 minutes. After 40 minutes, you can already check the readiness.
• Instead of icing sugar, you can cover the cupcake with spicy icing - mix a spoon of the same icing with lemon juice and cover the upper part.
  

A cupcake is very tasty, while it is still warm - then its crust does not have time to become stiff. It goes well with tea, coffee, hot milk or cocoa.