Today, buying a ready-made, luxurious cake in the store is not a problem at all. Come, choose, pay and enjoy the taste. Neither cooking, nor washing dishes, nor wasting time on culinary exploits. Few people nowadays want to make
delicious cakes with their own hands. And for this, after all, there are a lot of excellent recipes. Pay attention to them, perhaps next time the choice will be made in favor of a home product. We picked up two types of cakes. The most famous and beloved in every family is Napoleon, and very quick, as they say, in haste. It can be baked when there is no time to mess around especially, and the guests are already "just about".
Delicious cakes with your own hands. "Napoleon"
A set of prescription products: milk (3 cups), flour (5.5 cups), margarine (400 g), butter (250 g), egg yolks (4), sugar (2.5 cups).
Cooking Napoleon
This is one of the options for making delicious cakes with your own hands.
Stage One. Dough and baking cakes
- Sift flour on a board, put margarine there and chop it into crumbs.
- Pour 1 cup of milk and quickly knead the dough. This will result in a mass of greasy consistency that does not stick to hands and surfaces. Yes, you canβt knead for a long time in any case, since the dough will lose its characteristic properties.
- Divide the resulting dough into 2 pieces, and those into 7 more servings. Each roll out with a rolling pin. Should not stick.
- Put on a round baking dish (bottom diameter 28 cm), cut off all excess.
- Bake cakes in the oven at 200 degrees. It will take 5-7 minutes, the main thing is not to overdry and not burn. Remove the finished cakes with a knife and carefully, as they are very brittle.
- Slices of raw dough on a baking sheet and bake. Grind finished products into crumbs and set aside.
Stage Two. Cream and cake decorating
- Finished to grind 3 yolks and 3 cups of sugar.
- Add flour (3 cups), stir.
- Pour a little milk and stir until jelly.
- Now boil milk in the amount of 500 ml and add to the mass.
- Put it on fire and bring to a boil.
- Beat butter with sugar (2 cups), adding custard (each time a spoon). Beat well after each additive to get a smooth, uniform consistency.
- As a result, the cream should have a soft, airy and light texture.
- Lubricate the cakes and stack them on top of each other.
- Sprinkle crumbs on top of Napoleon.
- Put the finished cake in the refrigerator for 8-10 hours. Above you can install oppression in the form of a can of water or a teapot. Sprinkle the remaining crumbs on the sides of the cake, on which the cream will act.
The recipe for a simple and delicious jam cake with sour cream
A set of products: flour (2 tbsp.), Milk (tbsp.), Jam (tbsp.), Sugar (tbsp.), Eggs (2), soda.
For cream: sour cream (2 tbsp.), Powdered sugar (0.5 tbsp.).
Cooking a delicious and quick cake
- Beat 2 eggs, mix with 1 cup sugar.
- Add milk, jam, sugar, flour and soda, stirring everything thoroughly.
- Divide the dough into 2 parts and bake at 180 degrees 2 cakes.
- Cut them into layers (how much will turn out), coat with cream (whipped with sour cream), lay on top of each other and put in the refrigerator for impregnation.
- The finished cake can be sprinkled with grated chocolate, nuts or fresh fruit.
These are delicious cakes. With your own hands you can make not such masterpieces, most importantly, do not be lazy!