What is the best cake in the world? There can be many answers to this question, since the choice depends on personal tastes and culinary preferences.
Napoleon
Our list of "Best Cake Recipes" will be led by Napoleon. This dessert is considered by many to be an unsurpassed culinary masterpiece. Russian housewives love to bake it for the holidays, surprising guests with the great taste of the product and the incredible number of layers.
To bake this very best cake, you will need these products:
- Cow butter - 1 pack;
- flour - 3 full glasses;
- milk - 100 ml for dough and 1 liter for cream;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- a pinch of salt;
- soda - half a teaspoon;
- vinegar - 1 l.h. (for extinguishing soda);
- sugar - 3 cups without a slide;
- starch - 3 l.st. without a slide.
Cooking process
Hands thoroughly grind flour with butter, collect in a slide. From above, make a small depression in which to pour the egg. Sprinkle with flour, add slaked soda, pour a little bit of warm milk. Knead the dough, gradually adding milk and raking flour. The dough will turn out bold, elastic. Divide it into 20 identical balls and put in the refrigerator for an hour.
Pour 900 ml of milk into a saucepan, pour sugar, put on low heat. In a bowl, mix the remaining milk, starch and egg. Pour this mixture into the pan after the milk has boiled and the sugar has completely melted. Boil the cream for 6-8 minutes until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
Roll the dough balls into thin cakes, bake them in the oven at a temperature of 185 degrees (one cake is baked for no more than 5 minutes). Each cake should be trimmed with a knife, greased with hot custard. Sprinkle crumbs from the scraps on top.
Napoleon is ready! He rightfully claims the title "Best Cake", because it is difficult not to fall in love with the delicate taste of this wonderful dessert.
Biscuit
We continue to talk about the best cakes (recipes with photos are in the article). Let's talk about biscuit. Any cake based on biscuit dough is prepared very simply and quickly. Love him for his incredibly delicate, melting in his mouth taste. On a biscuit basis, you can prepare various desserts using custard, sour cream, butter cream, impregnation from any syrup, jam, ice cream, fruits and berries.
The biscuit recipe is very simple. You will need:
- eggs - 4-5 pcs.;
- sugar - 200 g;
- flour - 1 glass without a slide;
- salt is a pinch.
Separate the yolks from the proteins, add salt to the proteins and beat with a mixer for at least 8-10 minutes. Grate the yolks thoroughly with sugar, mix with flour. Without ceasing to whisk, carefully introduce the proteins. Put the finished dough in a greased form, bake in the oven for about 30 minutes at a temperature of 185 degrees. Cut the finished biscuit lengthwise, grease with any cream or soak in syrup, combine the halves. Another best cake is ready!
Tiramisu
This dessert appeared recently with us, but immediately gained immense popularity. This tiramisu contains espresso coffee, chocolate, Marsala wine, mascarpone cheese and special Savoyardi cookies - this combination gives strength, excites and invigorates.
Of course, it is not easy for housewives to find all the necessary ingredients to prepare an authentic delicacy. Therefore, imagine a recipe adapted to Russian realities.
Ingredients:
- eggs - 6 pcs.;
- fat cottage cheese - 450 g;
- fat cream - 2 lbs .;
- sugar - 6 lst;
- biscuit - 250 grams;
- cocoa - 1 l.
- espresso coffee - 300 ml;
- cognac - 50 g;
- salt is a pinch.
How to make tiramisu
Wash eggs thoroughly with soap. Separate yolks and squirrels. Grate the yolks with sugar, add the cottage cheese, mashed to a homogeneous mass, and cream. Mix everything thoroughly. Beat the proteins with salt until stable peaks, combine with the egg-curd mass. Pour strong cold coffee with cognac in a bowl, there we send a biscuit for 5 seconds. Put the impregnated biscuit to the bottom of the mold, spread half of the egg-curd cream on top, the third layer is again biscuit, the last is the curd. We remove the form in the cold for 9-11 hours. Sprinkle cocoa dessert before serving.
Honey cake
We continue to list the best homemade cakes. "Honey" often appears on the festive table. How to bake this wonderful delicacy of honey cakes and tender sour cream? You will need:
- flour - 0.5 kg;
- sugar - 2 glasses;
- eggs - 3-4 pcs.;
- cow butter - 100 g;
- honey - 150 g;
- soda - 1 l.h .;
- thick sour cream - 400 g.
Grate the eggs with a glass of sugar, add melted honey, cow's butter and soda. Mix well. Put the mixture in a water bath, heat for 20 minutes with constant stirring. Add a glass of flour, mix quickly and hold in the bath for another 5 minutes, so that the mass is slightly brewed. Remove from heat, add leftover flour and knead dough. Divide it into 7 or 8 parts. Roll each part into a thin layer. Bake cakes in the oven at a temperature of 185 degrees (each cake is baked for no more than 4-5 minutes). While the cake is hot, trim the edges. Rub the scraps into crumbs for sprinkling.
Prepare sour cream: beat sour cream with a glass of sugar. Add all the cakes, smearing them with cream. Sprinkle with crumbs. Leave to soak overnight. And in the morning, another best cake is ready!