Cakes can be attributed to the category of holiday treats, because almost no celebration or name day is held without this delicious dessert. Probably, almost every housewife has her own home-made recipe for a “crown” dish for every occasion. But it’s also good to experiment, for example, try to cook the cake “Food of the Gods” (the recipe of which has many variations), you can treat your relatives with such a dessert for the weekend.
Cooking method
Cake "Food of the Gods" (a recipe known since ancient times) can be prepared as follows:
- The first cake. Beat eggs (6 pieces) with sugar (1 cup), gradually add flour (the same amount). Bake at about 180-200 ° C.
- The second cake. The dough is prepared similarly to the first, but you still need to put walnuts (1 cup) (previously chopped and fried).
- The third cake. Beat whites well from 6 eggs with two glasses of sugar. Bake at 110˚.
- Cream. Beat the yolks from 6 eggs and even whole eggs (2 pcs.) With sugar (1 cup), add milk (300 ml) and a glass of flour. Warm the mass in a boiling "water bath". After that, cool the mixture and beat well with a mixer with oil (200 g).
- Cake "Food of the Gods" (photo presented in this article) is prepared in this way: put the second cake on the dish, then the third and only then the first biscuit. All components must be soaked in cream, as well as grease the top and edges. You can also sprinkle with nut or chocolate chips.
Other recipes
There are also other ways in which you can cook the cake "Food of the Gods." Recipe, photos and tips are given in this section. As is commonly believed, the cooking method was invented by American housewives. To make a cake, you can "adopt" the following information:
- Cooking cake. To do this, you need to beat 180 g of butter with two glasses of sugar, after you get a creamy mass, you need to add eggs one by one (only 3 pcs.) And two large spoons of bitter cocoa powder. Separately mix flour (340 g), baking soda and baking powder (one small spoon each) and salt (half a teaspoon). Half of this mixture must be added to the whipped mass and continue to whisk. Then put half a glass of low-fat yogurt and the remaining flour with other ingredients. To enhance the taste, you can add half a cup of hot coffee. Bake by dividing the dough into several portions. You should get a few cakes.
- Cooking cream "Ganache". To do this, you need to break 250 g of dark chocolate into pieces and melt in 250 ml of cream (pre-ground with the same amount of powdered sugar). In this case, the mixture should turn out to have a uniform soft and plastic consistency.
- Layering cakes with cream and "process" the edges. The top of the dessert can be decorated as desired - with icing, fruit or chocolate chips.
Cake "Food of the Gods" (the recipe of which requires patience and culinary skills) can also be done differently, for this you can follow the following procedure:
- Divide eggs (6 pcs.) Into proteins and yolks. In the first ingredient add a little salt and beat in the foam first separately, then gradually add the yolks and sugar (3 cups).
- In the egg mass, put sour cream (500 g), cocoa powder (200 g) and vanillin. Mix everything carefully and carefully.
- To extinguish soda (about 2 tablespoons without top) with vinegar. Add to the dough, stir and put flour (5 cups) gradually, continuing to beat.
- Bake the cake, cool and grind into crumbs.
- Make a cream. To do this, beat butter (600 g) with 3 cans of condensed milk. Add crumbs to this mixture (you can also put nuts) and stir. Give the shape of the cake as desired.
- Cream for decoration can be made from 500 ml of cream, which must be whipped with icing sugar (100 g). Add soaked gelatin and put in a cold place for 2 hours. Decorate the cake with frozen cream.
As you can see, the “Food of the Gods” cake (the recipe of which can be changed by adding ingredients such as nuts, apples and others) has various modifications. Each nation has its own “version” of this dessert, and you can choose the most suitable variant of this wonderful treat. It can be prepared for a great celebration, and just for relatives on a normal day.