Cake "Leningradsky", the recipe of which we want to tell today, comes from Soviet culinary. Unfortunately, many do not remember such a sweetness, and today it is impossible to find it on sale. According to GOST, the cake "Leningradsky" was decorated with an inscription, nuts, figures and patterns on a chocolate surface. This dessert was prepared on the basis of shortcrust pastry. We bring to your attention several options for this dish, which has become a classic of the Soviet confectionery school.
Cake "Leningradsky" according to GOST: recipe
This cooking method can be called classic, since it was this technology that was used by Soviet confectioners. To make the cake, we need the following ingredients:
- for the test - a pound of flour, 200 g of granulated sugar, 300 g of margarine, 2 chicken eggs, one yolk, a tablespoon of baking powder and 1 g of vanillin;
- for cream - 300 g of butter, a can of condensed milk, 200 g of powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. l cocoa powder;
- for chocolate fudge - one protein, 150 g of powdered sugar, 3 tbsp. l cocoa powder, 1 tbsp. l water;
- for decoration and filling - nuts (peanuts are best) and sparse jam, jam or jam.
Cooking dough
"Leningrad" cake is better to start cooking in the evening. We start by kneading the dough. To do this, mix the softened margarine with sugar and vanilla. Add eggs and yolk and mix again. Pour pre- sifted flour, as well as baking powder. Knead the dough, which should turn out pretty steep, and send it to the refrigerator for an hour and a half. After that, divide the dough into two equal parts. Each piece is rolled out using a rolling pin in the form of a rectangle about 5 mm thick and baked in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes. We lay the finished cakes one on top of the other and cut across into two equal parts. The resulting four parts are superimposed on each other and cut off the uneven edges to make them the same shape.
Cooking cream
While our cakes are baked, you can do cream. Combine softened butter with condensed milk and icing sugar, add cocoa powder and mix well. Cool the cream a little in the refrigerator or in a cool place.
Making a cake
Lubricate the cake with a thin layer of jam, jam or jam. Add a layer of cream on top. We perform the same operation with each cake, except for the top one, which is covered only with jam. We coat the edges of the cake with chocolate cream and put it in the refrigerator overnight so that it is well soaked.
Let's make chocolate fudge. Beat egg white, add cocoa and icing sugar to it, a spoonful of cold water and mix. As a result, you should get a homogeneous and slightly viscous mass.
Using a knife or spatula, coat the edges of the cake with crumbs. Cover the top of our dessert with chocolate fondant. Then let the cake stand for a couple of hours so that the fondant hardens. We use the remains of chocolate cream for decoration and inscription, and also add nuts for beauty. The Leningradsky cake, the recipe of which we have provided, turns out to be very tasty and will not leave indifferent any lover of sweet desserts. Also, it will definitely be appreciated by senior members of your family and guests who, most likely, often bought it in stores in Soviet times. They will have something to remember!
Leningradsky cake at home: recipe
In the process of preparing this delicious dessert, it is not necessary to follow GOST. We bring to your attention another recipe for the "Leningrad" cake.
Ingredients
We need the following products:
- 330 g sifted wheat flour;
- 345 g butter;
- 255 g of granulated sugar;
- 75 ml of milk;
- one chicken egg;
- one yolk;
- a tablespoon of brandy;
- 17 g of cocoa powder;
- 7 g of vanillin;
- a teaspoon of baking powder;
- 200 g of ready-made fudge (if you have the time and desire, you can cook it yourself), as well as a handful of nuts and sponge crumbs to taste.
Cooking process
Combine 185 g of pre-softened butter with 125 g of sugar or icing sugar and an egg and beat until a homogeneous mass is formed. Add flour, baking powder and knead soft dough. We divide it into four equal parts, each of which is then rolled out on baking paper so that it takes the form of a square about 20 x 20 cm in size. The rolled dough is sent for 15 minutes to the freezer, and then baked in preheated for 12 minutes up to 200 degrees oven. Cool without removing from paper.
Mix the fudge with 10 g of cocoa powder and apply it evenly on the cake, which will be the top in our cake.
Combine milk with yolk, add 130 g of sugar, bring to a boil over low heat and cook for about five minutes until thickened (the mass should resemble condensed milk with a consistency). Cool, while constantly stirring.
Beat well 160 g of butter, add vanillin and slowly pour in the cooled syrup, whisking actively. We attach cognac to everything and mix again.
We shift two or three tablespoons of cream into a confectionery envelope, with which we will decorate our cake. Pour 7 g of cocoa powder into the remaining cream and beat thoroughly. Fry nuts a little in the oven and chop.
We collect the cake, carefully coating each cake with chocolate cream. On top, lay out the pre-coated cake. Smear the sides of the cake with the rest of the cream and cover with biscuit crumbs. On top, decorate it with white cream from a confectionery envelope and nuts and send it for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator. Delicious dessert ready to be served! Enjoy your meal!
Another recipe for the "Leningrad" cake
We bring to your attention another way of making a delicious dessert, familiar to us from childhood. Cake according to this recipe will become a real decoration of the festive table and will appeal to all households and guests.
Ingredients
We will need the following products for making a wonderful dessert:
- for the test - a pound of flour, 280 g of butter, 200 g of sugar, two medium-sized chicken eggs, half a teaspoon of soda and a little vinegar to extinguish it;
- for cream - 200 g of butter, 100 g of powdered sugar, 400 g of condensed milk, 2 tbsp. l cocoa powder;
- for chocolate icing - a 100 gram bar of bitter or milk chocolate and 20 g of butter.
Also, to smear the cakes, we need sour jam (for example, apricot), and for decoration - nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts or peanuts).
Create a delicious dessert
To prepare the dough, it is best to use a mixer, so it will turn out more airy. Using a whisk, beat the sugar with butter, add the eggs and beat until lush foam. We put on a nozzle for the dough, add flour, slaked with vinegar, soda and beat at medium speed. The result should be an elastic dough. We divide it into three equal parts and send it to the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes.
We proceed to the preparation of the cream. Beat butter with condensed milk and icing sugar. Add the cocoa powder and mix well for a few more minutes. We send the cream to the refrigerator.
On baking paper, draw a circle with a diameter of about 25 centimeters. We take a piece of dough from the refrigerator and roll it on paper to the desired shape and size. For 15-20 minutes, bake the cake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees. We perform the same procedure with the remaining pieces of dough. For still warm cakes, trim the edges with a knife. We use the remaining crumbs to decorate the cake.
We take out the cream from the refrigerator and separate its part, which is subsequently useful for decorating the confectionery. On the first cake we apply an even thin layer of jam, on top of which we spread the chocolate cream. We do the same with the second cake.
Now you need to make chocolate icing. To do this, melt a bar of chocolate in a water bath, add 20 g of butter to it and mix well to form a homogeneous mass. Glaze cover the upper cake.
Smear the edges of the cake with cream and decorate with sand crumbs. We decorate the top of the culinary product with the remnants of chocolate cream and nuts. We send our dessert for several hours in the refrigerator, after which you can serve it on the table.
As you can see, the sand cake "Leningradsky" is quite simple to prepare. And despite the fact that you will have to spend a lot of time on the process, having tasted a piece of this delicious dessert, you will not regret it for a moment!