Chocolate sour cream cake is an amazing dessert that combines delicate layers of chocolate sponge cake and airy cream based on sour cream. Its popularity is explained not only by its great taste, but also by the simplicity of preparation.
This cake is able to decorate any celebration, whether it is a birthday, wedding or just a cozy evening with the family.
Initially, smetannik appeared in Russian cuisine as a simple and tasty treat, but over time the recipes began to evolve, introducing a variety of ingredients that enrich the taste and texture of the dessert
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Chocolate sour cream has become one of the most beloved variants thanks to its deep chocolate flavor, which blends harmoniously with the lightness of the sour cream.
Ingredients for the sponge cake:
- sour cream – 250 g;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- salt – a pinch;
- sugar – 130 g;
- flour – 200 g;
- cocoa – 40 g;
- vanilla sugar – a pinch;
- leavening agent – 15 g.
Ingredients for the cream:
- sour cream 20% – 500 g;
- condensed milk – 150 g;
- juice of 1/2 lemon – 30 ml;
- cocoa – 30 g.
Ingredients for chocolate glaze:
- cocoa – 2 tbsp;
- sugar – 1 tbsp;
- 20% sour cream – 3 tbsp.
The size of the mold is 19 by 28 cm. You can take a round mold 26 cm.
Preparation of chocolate sour cream biscuit:
Mix eggs and sour cream for the biscuit, add salt, sugar, vanilla sugar, flour,
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powder and cocoa to the mixture.Knead
a thick dough, which we transfer to a baking mold covered with parchment
.Bake the biscuit at 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes. After baking remove the convex top and cut into 2 crusts.
For the cream, mix condensed milk with lemon juice, beat with a mixer until white. Add sour cream to the mixture, beat with a mixer for 3-4 minutes.
Pour cocoa to the cream, stir.
Grease the crusts with the cream and assemble the cake, sprinkle the sides with crushed crumbs from the convex part.
For the glaze, melt chocolate, mix with sour cream and sugar. Put the glaze in a pastry bag and decorate the top of the sour cream cake.
It turns out incredibly chocolatey and tasty sour cream cake. It will easily replace a bought chocolate cake at a party.
