Almost every housewife wants to cook something unusual and to please her loved ones, but not all women can afford to spend a lot of time and effort on cooking. It is worth trying to cook a fabulously delicious cake "Cornucopia" for the festive table. This dessert will appeal to many sweet tooth.
Products
Before starting the cornucopia cake preparation process, it is worth making sure that all the necessary ingredients are available.
For the test you will need:
- egg whites - 9 pieces;
- premium flour - 3/4 cup;
- cocoa powder - 3 tablespoons;
- sugar sand - 1.5 cups;
- crushed walnuts - 1 cup;
- starch - 1.5 tablespoons.
For cream:
- egg yolks - 9 pieces;
- sugar sand - 1.5 cups;
- butter - 600 g;
- milk - 1/3 cup.
After all the necessary ingredients are prepared, you can proceed to the process of preparing the dough and cream.
Recipe step by step
In order for the dessert to turn out to be truly delicious, you should strictly adhere to the Cornucopia cake recipe. Various ingredients are allowed at the discretion of the cook, for example, fresh berries (strawberries, raspberries, cherries), a mixture of nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts), confectionery powder or syrups. Before starting work on creating a dessert, you should see a photo of the Cornucopia cake in order to have an idea about the finished product.
Cornucopia cake cooking progress:
- Beat sugar and egg whites with a whisk in a steep foam.
- Add nuts, cocoa powder, starch and flour to the mixture, stirring constantly to form a homogeneous mass.
- Oil baking paper, sprinkle with flour and pour the dough.
- Put in the oven, preheated to 160 degrees. Bake for 2 hours.
- For the cream, grind the yolks with sugar, add milk and mix until smooth. Bring to a boil over low heat, while constantly stirring the mixture.
- After cooking, strain and cool.
- Oil is added to the syrup and beat until a thick mass is formed.
- Using food coloring, the cream is given color.
- A rose, chrysanthemum or other nozzles are put on a pastry bag and form a composition of flowers.
- The Cornucopia cake is cut from the prepared base.
- The resulting form should be placed on a plate or dish for serving, so that in the future not to transfer the cake and not damage its structure.
- The cake is decorated and decorated with cream flowers, pastry toppings, syrup, fruits or berries. You can add sweets or pieces of chocolate, marmalade.
Ready dessert must be given time to brew and soak in cream. Further storage should be in the refrigerator.
Innings
In order to add dessert to a more festive mood, you should thoroughly approach its design: make more bright decorations, sprinkle with nuts. The Cornucopia cake is quite sweet, so you need to pick up spicy teas, for example, with citrus, bergamot or jasmine.
An undoubted advantage to serving will be sliced fruits with a bright taste, such as pear, kiwi, orange. They will not only soften the sweetness, but also reduce the feeling of oily cream.