Cakes have become an integral part of any celebration. It is impossible to imagine a birthday or anniversary without cakes. Many people buy cakes in confectionery stores or order them from confectioners. Author’s cakes have become especially popular, as confectioners recreate the customers’ ideas on the dessert very skillfully. However, author’s cakes are quite expensive. Therefore, not everyone can afford an author’s dessert.
Buying a cake in the store is not advised by confectioners, as there is a lot of palm oil and dyes in purchased products. Then you can bake the cake yourself. Thanks to the Internet and various homemade recipes, everyone can make a cake on their own.
Ingredients for the cake:
- Kefir – 200 g;
- Egg – 1 pc;
- Sugar – 200 g;
- Flour – 200 g;
- Soda – 1 tsp;
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp;
- Salt – a pinch;
- Cocoa – 20 g;
- Sour cream – 400 g;
- Powdered sugar – 2 tbsp.
Cake preparation:
In a bowl with kefir pour baking soda and pour lemon juice, mix the components. Break the egg into a separate bowl, pour the granulated sugar and stir until the grains of sand dissolve
. Combine the egg mixture with kefir, mix
.
Sift flour and cocoa into the mixture and knead the dough
. Add vegetable oil to the dough and continue kneading a thick dough without lumps. Pour the dough into a 22 cm diameter
baking
dish lined with parchment
and bake the biscuit at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
Remove the top from the biscuit, divide it into two cakes.
Mix powdered sugar and sour cream to create a cream. Smear each cake with sour cream, form the cake.
Smear the sides and top of the cake with cream and sprinkle with cocoa.
Shred the top of the sponge cake and sprinkle the sides of the cake with crumbs.
You can also decorate the cake with nuts and dried fruits
.
This is a perfect homemade chocolate cake with sour cream.
