Recipe cake "Flight" according to GOST, many housewives today dream of finding. Those who managed to catch Soviet sweets remember this amazingly delicious dessert. Of course, most would like to try it again, if you can’t find the same delicious cake in stores, you can try to make it yourself. The main thing is to find an accurate and proven recipe. We will give it in this article, we will tell in detail how to make this cake in full accordance with all GOSTs.
Famous cake
Recipe cake "Flight" according to GOST, ideally, every housewife should know. After all, this is a surprisingly tasty combination of too sweet and even sugary dessert, which becomes crunchy and creamy in the mouth.
In past times, you could often find these cakes stuffed with peanuts, now other nuts are often used. The most pleasant surprise will be the fact that it is not difficult to bake it, so any novice cook and pastry chef should cope with this task. The main thing is that the cakes are well baked. If you succeeded, then everything else will work out for sure.
The only advice that should be given before preparing a recipe for the “Flight” cake in accordance with GOST USSR is to monitor the readiness of the dessert before serving it on the table. The final cooking time depends on various factors. It should be noted right away that this will take at least one hour, but in practice this process can increase up to two hours.
Benefits of "Flight"
Those who have never tried this cake will ask a reasonable question: why is it so good, what are the advantages of the recipe according to the GOST of the "Flight" cake. The thing is that in this dessert very tasty ingredients are successfully combined. These are protein air cakes, nuts and butter cream. It tastes very bright and sweet, it may even seem cloying to someone, but very tasty. There were many admirers of this sweetness in Soviet times, no less than they are now.
In past times, at the bakeries and confectioneries of the Soviet Union, this cake was made from high-quality butter. But in today's stores you can find the same cakes, but made from cream based on spread or margarine, which is even worse. Not only are such substitutes much more harmful than natural butter, but also the cake itself loses much of its taste. Therefore, no one will argue that the modern counterparts of "Flight" are significantly inferior to the Soviet, therefore, so many housewives prefer to cook this cake at home from proven products that they will be sure of.
Many are also attracted to the fact that preparing such a cake is not difficult at all, therefore it is very good even for those who rarely bake cakes. So the chance is high that you will get an option close to the Soviet counterpart, anyone can try their hand at making this dessert.
Tips
When preparing this cake, it is very important to take only high-quality butter. It is from it that a cream should be prepared, the fat content of such an oil should be higher than 72 percent, this is a prerequisite. Only with such a rich cream, protein cakes will not get wet.
Of the nuts, many prefer peanuts, but the cashew option is very popular, and some cook it without any nuts at all. So in this case, you can get room for culinary creativity, focus on what you like best, or on those nuts that were at hand at the moment.
It is worth noting that now any hostess can cook "Flight", and if you wish, go and buy it in a store. In Soviet times, it was a real deficit, which, as they say, was mined. It was possible to meet him on the table only on a special occasion. Most often at a birthday, anniversary or celebration of the birth of a child. Especially kids loved this cake.
List of ingredients
A step-by-step recipe for the "Flight" cake according to GOST (a photo of the finished dessert is in this article) is given in this article. To make it, you will need the following ingredients. For the test you need to take:
- 170 grams of egg whites (this will take you about five chicken eggs);
- 130 grams of nuts (usually opt for cashews or peanuts);
- 320 grams of fine sugar;
- one teaspoon of vanilla sugar.
To prepare the cream you will need:
- 100 ml of milk;
- 200 grams of sugar;
- 200 grams of butter;
- one tablespoon of brandy.
You will also need half a tablespoon of cocoa.
Cooking process
If you follow a strictly step-by-step recipe for the "Flight" cake according to GOST, then you should start by drying the nuts in the oven. Unless, of course, you use them. As you recall, some people consider this to be a completely optional ingredient and omit it.
If you still included nuts in the list of products, then they should be dried as accurately as possible in a frying pan or baking sheet. By the way, if desired, you can use peanuts and cashews in one cake. In this case, it is best to add peanuts to protein cakes, and cashews to sprinkle. So it can be even tastier.
Taking the right amount of protein, you need to thoroughly beat them, it will take about five minutes, no less. Then, in small portions, add sugar to the resulting mixture. It is important not to forget about vanilla sugar, in this form, continue to whisk this mixture for at least five minutes. It is important to clearly follow the flight recipe according to GOST, then everything will work out for sure.
Ultimately, you should have a very dense protein mass in which you need to completely dissolve the sugar so that it does not taste and that it is not visible.
Bake cakes
The crucial moment in the preparation of the cake "Flight", a step-by-step recipe for which is given in this article, is baking cakes. In the resulting mass, carefully inject the chopped nuts, and then with the help of a spatula we apply it on two circles drawn on baking paper. Their approximate diameter should not exceed 25 centimeters. Keep in mind that this will take you about two-thirds of the resulting protein mass. If you want to simplify your task a little, then it is allowed to use a silicone mold.
Protein cakes should be baked (or dried) in the oven at a temperature of 100 degrees for about two hours. During this time, use one part of the protein mass that you have left to make small meringues. We will need them to decorate the "Flight" cake. A GOST recipe with a photo will not allow you to make a mistake if you follow it exactly. Put another part of the protein mass on parchment, after baking it will need to be used for sprinkling.
The same blank will serve us as a prototype to determine the readiness of the cakes, how much they had dried out. This is an important point, because you can’t break the cakes (this will ruin the appearance of the cake), and this will be your extra cakes, which you then break into crumbs and also use them for decoration.
Cream
The recipe in accordance with GOST of the "Flight" cake at the Chadeika (on the blog), of course, is. This is a very popular resource, but in this article you will find the most complete and detailed instructions for its preparation.
It's cream time. Mix milk with yolk, add sugar to the resulting mixture and bring it to a boil. Reducing the fire, cook, stirring constantly, until it completely thickens.
By the way, one more tip for those who want to simplify their task. If you do not want your cake to be prepared in strict accordance with GOSTs, then together with self-made cream you can use condensed milk. But if you want that everything turned out incredibly tasty, then continue to follow this recipe exactly with the photo of the "Flight" cake.
You will get a thick sweet milk syrup, it needs to be removed to the side so that it is well cooled. During this time, butter, softened at room temperature, whisk. Then, without stopping whipping, we begin to pour this milk syrup in small portions. At the very end, pour a tablespoon of alcohol into the cream - it can be cognac or rum.
Part of the cream is thoroughly mixed with cocoa. We will need this to decorate the cake, because even now most often such desserts are prepared on holidays, special occasions.
Making a cake
To obtain protein and nut crumbs, we carefully grind the extra cake in the blender, which we used to make sure that the main cake is ready. Add the second part of the remaining nuts to the blender.
Now it's time to collect our Flying Cake. To do this, apply about half of the oil cream to the very first protein cakes. We cover it with a second cake on top, and apply the second part of the cream on it. Do not forget to carefully coat with cream and sides of the cake.
Sprinkle the whole cake with nut and protein crumbs, if you liked it very much. But according to GOST, only the sides and the central part of the upper cake should be sprinkled.
Decoration
To decorate our cake, we use chocolate cream and meringues, which we prepared in advance. You can attach them to the same cream.
That's all, the cake is almost ready. It remains only to cool it a little and you can serve it to the table. If you followed all the recommendations exactly, then such a dessert can be stored in the refrigerator for a couple of days, unless, of course, your guests and loved ones do not deal with it right away.