For sweet tooth any dessert is always a joy. But cakes are always very popular among the people. No celebration can do without a sweet treat. And if the multi-tiered cake is decorated with all kinds of edible decorations, a congratulatory inscription, birthday candles, then it becomes the main course of the solemn feast.
Let's talk about the benefits of cakes.
Fantasy confectioners have no limits. You can issue a festive treat on any subject. Cakes are anniversary, personalized, wedding, children’s, special purposes - you can’t count all of them. Cake can not only treat dear guests, but also present it as a gift for a personal holiday. The original design of the confectionery, taking into account the tastes of the hero of the occasion, will be especially appreciated by him.
However, holidays in life do not happen as often as we would like, but sweet ones can please themselves every day. As you know, sweets can enhance the mood of people. Especially if the dessert is made from natural quality products. The reason for improving well-being is the hormone serotonin, otherwise called the hormone of happiness. A positive reaction to sweets is explained by the high content of valuable amino acids in them, which can provide the human body with energy, relieve stress and give positive emotions. Therefore, in order to give a worthy rebuff to life's difficulties and troubles, you must certainly give yourself joy by eating at least some delicious cake.
The easiest way to buy a finished product in a store where there is always an abundance of confectionery. But much better and tastier cake made by hand.
Unfortunately, most recipes are complex and time-consuming, and cooking time is not always enough. The so-called cold cakes come to the rescue - products that do not require heat treatment and complex manipulations. All kinds of cookies, crackers, crackers can serve as the basis of such dishes. For the cake, waffle cakes, corn flakes, marshmallows and semi-finished biscuit are also suitable. The choice of the main product depends only on the taste of sweetened.
Tasty "Hedgehog"
Cake “Hedgehog” (without baking) can serve as a classic example of quick cooking sweet treats. To create it, you need very little time, plus the fiction and fantasy of the hostess. To make a cake “Hedgehog” with your own hands will not be difficult even for adult sweet tooth men. This treat will delight kids too. A cute animal, the hero of many cartoons, will surely cause violent emotions in young children. It is necessary to involve your assistants in the cooking process. Joint creative work in the kitchen contributes to the development of imagination in children, enriches them with new knowledge and adds life experience.
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How to make a Hedgehog Cake can be found in the cookbooks. Although the principle of preparation is described everywhere approximately the same. The only difference is in the ingredients and methods of decorating the product.
Option one. "Hedgehog" biscuit
The most delicious of all types is the “Hedgehog” cake, created on the basis of biscuit cake. Semi-finished products can be freely bought in a candy store or in a special department of supermarkets, where biscuits are baked just behind the counter. If time allows and there is a desire, then you can make a blank ahead of time yourself.
To prepare a biscuit, you need fresh chicken eggs and sugar, which should be thoroughly beaten for a long time with a blender or mixer at the highest speed. The mixture should turn into a strong, stable foam. It is considered finished if a fingerprint remains on the surface.
Then comes a very crucial moment, on which the quality of the biscuit depends. With great care, flour mixed with potato starch should be added to the whipped mixture. So that the egg-sugar foam does not subside, the flour is poured through a fine sieve and mixed with gentle, rare movements to evenly distribute the ingredients. The dough is immediately placed in a warm oven and, gradually increasing the temperature, bake until cooked. The baked biscuit should be kept for twelve hours for complete “ripening”.
You can do otherwise
Cake "Hedgehog" can be prepared from biscuit even after a few days, keeping the cake mix in the refrigerator. First you need to whip the butter cream, consisting of condensed milk, butter and cocoa powder. Sponge cake should be crushed into large crumbs. To do this, you can break it with your hands or grate if the biscuit has already dried up. To the resulting crumbs, you can add a little cherry jam with berries, chopped walnuts, grated chocolate, cognac and a third of butter cream. The resulting mixture should be mixed until a viscous mass is obtained from which you can sculpt a hedgehog figure. For additional moisture, you can add a little condensed milk.
Chocolate icing is boiled from a mixture of butter, sour cream, sugar and cocoa until thickened over low heat, avoiding boiling. Warm glaze should be applied to the face of the hedgehog using a soft brush. Nose and eyes can be made from dragees, peanuts in chocolate glaze or hazelnuts. The remaining oil cream is applied to the hedgehog using a pastry bag with a spike nozzle in the form of thorns. Wonderful hedgehog cake ready to serve!
The second option. We use crunch cookies
The composition of products for a pastry dish can be changed in accordance with their taste preferences and financial capabilities. In order not to waste time baking a biscuit, you can just take the most ordinary cookie - a crunch with poppy seeds. The basis for the “Hedgehog” cake will be prepared from it, the recipe of which is very similar to the biscuit cake recipe .
Cookies are easily crushed into small crumbs using a wooden rolling pin. Powdered sugar, cocoa powder, condensed milk, sour cream and softened butter are added to it. The products are mixed into a homogeneous confectionery mass, from which the hedgehog's body is molded.
The finished figure can be rolled in a poppy and garnished with peeled sunflower seeds, imitating needles. The last action is a painstaking process. To make the “Hedgehog” cake, made with your own hands, turned out beautiful, the work needs to be done carefully and carefully.
The third option. "Maria" and "Zoological" as the basis for the "Hedgehog"
It is worth considering another option for how to make a cake from the Hedgehog cookies. In this case , the biscuit will serve as the basis, for example, “Maria” or “Zoological”. Warm chocolate icing, cooked over low heat from sugar and cocoa powder, is introduced into the rubbed base. Raisins and softened butter are also added to the mixture.
From the resulting sweet mass, you need to fashion a hedgehog with a pointed muzzle and place it on a large dish. So that when serving, there is no difficulty in cutting the cake, you should cover the dish with a sheet of parchment paper.
The final stage. Decor
Next, the registration procedure begins. Hedgehog cake is sprinkled with cocoa powder and decorated with peeled seeds. On the back of a hedgehog you can arrange fruit and mushrooms made from edible mastic. Such jewelry is sold in pastry shops, but you can do it yourself. The process of creating design elements resembles classes in creative circles, where various figures are molded from plasticine.
Mastic has a plastic consistency and is quite suitable for creating fruits or berries. The easiest way is to make mastic based on condensed milk. It is mixed with powdered milk and powdered sugar. To add taste, you can pour a few drops of brandy and a couple of spoons of lemon juice. Using food colors, mastic is easy to colorize in all kinds of shades.
A cake without baking is a simple and “tasty” solution to a difficult task!