Cake “Smetannik” is a classic of Russian confectionery, which is gaining popularity due to its exquisite taste and ease of preparation. This sweet dessert is based on sour cream, which best emphasizes the tenderness and lightness of the pastry. Cake “Smeetannik” is ideal for both everyday tea and festive tables, pleasing the hostess with its versatility and attractiveness. The
main ingredient – sour cream – gives the cake not only a slight acidity, which balances the sweetness, but also makes its texture surprisingly soft and moist. In combination with thin crusts, which can be made of both sponge cake dough and sandy dough, a harmonious and tasty treat is obtained.
Variations with the addition of nuts, berries or fruit to the cream will allow everyone to prepare their own unique “Smetannik”, adding individuality to the classic recipe.
Ingredients for the sponge cake:
- Eggs – 5 pcs;
- Sugar – 180 g;
- Flour – 110 g;
- Cocoa – 30 g;
- Salt – 1/5 tsp;
- Vanillin – ¼ tsp;
- Cinnamon – ¼ tsp.
Ingredients for the cream:
- Sour cream 20-25% – 1kg;
- Powdered sugar – 150 g;
- Vanillin – 1/3 tsp;
- Canned pineapples – 2 rings;
- Canned peaches – 4 halves.
Ingredients for chocolate glaze:
- Milk chocolate – 80 g;
- Butter – 25 g.
Preparation of the cake “Smeetannik”:
Eggs mix with salt and start beating with a mixer, gradually add sugar. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, vanillin, salt, cinnamon and sift together in a sieve.
Beat the eggs until the surface of the mixture does not lose the patterns from the spoons. Pour into the mixture of loose products, knead a thick homogeneous dough.
Place the dough in a baking dish and bake at 180 degrees for 50 minutes. Then leave the biscuit to cool without the mold.
For the cream, weigh the sour cream and wait for the whey to drain from it. Mix the sour cream with powdered sugar, vanilla and whip to a lush, stable mass. Chop
the peaches and pineapples finely, divide the biscuit into thin cakes
.
Smear each crust with sour cream, pre-soaked with the juice of pineapple or peaches.
On each cream layer one by one put chopped peaches or pineapples
.
The last layer is decorated with glaze, for this purpose we mix butter in melted chocolate.
Leave the cake in the refrigerator for soaking for 8 hours
.
Then decorate the sides of the cake with cream.
It turns out to be a very sweet New Year’s cake. This is a great way to surprise your guests at the holiday.
