Snezhinka cake is a delicate, airy treat that is great for the New Year and Christmas holidays. This festive dessert will not leave anyone indifferent.
There are several cooking options for this cake. Sometimes cocoa is present in the recipe. In this case, the appearance of the cake may differ from the classic white.
Snowflake Cake
The recipe for this snow-white sweetness is quite simple and easy, and the result exceeds all expectations.
To make a cake you will need these products:
- flour - 200 g;
- sugar - 130 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- butter - 30 g;
- chocolate - 120 g;
- cream cheese - 200 g;
- coconut flakes - 100 g.
Practical part
To prepare a delicate Snowflake cake, the eggs are ground with sugar and salt, after which the flour and a little baking powder are added.
The resulting batch is refrigerated for several hours.
After the allotted time, the dough must be taken out and add pre-cooked heated oil to it. Then mix thoroughly and make a sausage from the dough and divide it into 6 segments.
Then, each piece obtained must be rolled thinly on parchment paper and baked in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for 5 minutes.
To prepare cream for the Snezhinka cake (a photo of a snow-white delicacy is indicated in our article), you should melt white chocolate, add whipped cream cheese with sour cream, coconut flakes, and cream to it. After this, the cake cakes should be smeared with the cream obtained and garnished with coconut chips on top. Before use, it is necessary to let it soak for 5 hours.
Canned Peach Option
According to this recipe, the snowflake cake is quite airy, light and mouth-watering. The top of the dessert is decorated with icing sugar with the addition of fresh mint leaves.
For cooking, you need such components:
- butter - 100 g;
- sugar - 300 g;
- eggs - 3 pcs.;
- flour - 250 g;
- milk - half a glass;
- canned peaches - 1 can;
- cottage cheese - 0.5 kg;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- cream - 350 ml;
- powdered sugar - 5 tbsp. l
Before preparing an airy dessert, preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Finely chop the butter with a knife, mix it with 1/3 of the prepared sugar, add egg yolks and milk. Combine the flour, starch and baking powder and add the milk-egg mixture.
In a special form, bake 2 cakes, after dividing the dough into 2 parts. Then beat the whites with sugar and pour whipped cream onto the cake. Send this cake to the oven for baking for 10 minutes.
The cooked cottage cheese must be crushed by adding lemon juice and the remaining sugar to the mass. Give gelatin to swell, and then introduce it into the resulting curd mass. Mix the unused portion of whipped cream with the curd. Place the cake in a round shape and put on it a curd mass with slices of peach. Cover the dessert with a second meringue cake and leave in the refrigerator for 5 hours. Delicate snowflake cake is ready to eat.
Snowflake cake with cocoa and condensed milk
On the eve of the New Year, every housewife thinks about how to cook a treat to pamper her loved ones. A wonderful option for the upcoming holiday will be this delicacy, the top of which can be decorated with snowflakes made of cream. During cooking, you will need such components.
Dough:
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- sugar - 200 g;
- condensed milk - 200 g;
- flour - 350 g.
Cream:
- butter - 250 g;
- condensed milk - 200 g.
For glaze:
- sugar - 3 tbsp. l .;
- cocoa - 2 tbsp. l .;
- milk - 100 ml;
- butter - 60 g.
To prepare the dough for the Snowflake cake, we take eggs, sugar, sour cream, condensed milk and soda. Mix thoroughly and add the sifted flour in small portions. The resulting dough must be laid out in a mold for the cake, before this, smearing it with butter and sprinkling with flour a little.
Bake cakes should be in a preheated oven for 25 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C. Experienced chefs test their preparedness with a wooden stick. If you pierce the cake and the stick is wet, the temperature in the oven should be reduced to 140 ° C and bake the cake until ready.
Cooking cream and glaze
Mix the butter with condensed milk and divide the resulting mass into 2 parts. We will use one of them for the layer of cake, and the other - to decorate the surface of a delicious treat.
To make chocolate icing, mix cocoa, a little butter, sugar and milk. Boil the contents a little to dissolve all the sugar.
Lightly cooled cake must be divided in half, then cut off the entire top from the top. According to the recipe, it is cut into small cubes. The bottom cake should be smeared with half the cream, then put a layer of diced cubes on it. Grease the remaining cream on top and cover with the second part of the cake.
The last step in making the Snowflake cake is to decorate it.
The top and sides of the treats should be covered with glaze, and with the help of coconut chips or cream, lay out a large snowflake in the center or a few small ones at the edges.