Christmas and New Year are family holidays that can unite several generations under one roof. These festive celebrations are celebrated in relatively similar ways in different countries.
However, there are also significant differences between different nationalities. For example, each country has its own traditional baked goods, which are prepared every year.
In England housewives cook burning, in Israel they prepare festive challah, in Holland they create Christmas doughnuts. It is worth to tell more about the Italian Christmas dessert
. This cream cake will easily fit on any festive New Year’s and Christmas tables.
Ingredients for the holiday cake:
- butter – 140 g;
- egg – pcs;
- sugar – 100 g;
- vanilla sugar – 10 g;
- orange peel;
- flour – 300 g;
- leavening agent – 10 g.
Ingredients for the cream:
- milk – 500 ml;
- egg yolk;
- vanilla sugar – 10 g;
- sugar – 4 tbsp;
- cornstarch – 5 tbsp;
- orange juice – 50 ml;
- sweetened cream – 150 ml;
- peaches in syrup – 200 g.
Preparation of the birthday cake:
In a bowl with creamy soft butter, break an egg, pour vanilla and classic sugar, add orange peel. Sift flour and baking powder into this mixture, knead a soft, elastic and not sticky dough.
⅓ of
the dough should be separated from the main piece. Place the large piece of dough in a thin layer on a 26 cm baking
dish. Poke the dough in the dish with a fork over the entire surface.
To prepare the cream, mix the egg yolk, vanilla and classic sugar and starch in a saucepan with milk. Cook the mixture over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly.
Remove the cream base from the heat, add the orange juice, stir. Pour the sweetened cream into the cream base, stir again.
Add the peaches in syrup to the cream, cut the peaches into small pieces beforehand
.
Spread the cream with peaches on the surface of the dough in the baking dish.
From a small piece of dough roll out a thin layer, cut out various shapes from the layer with a cookie cutter
. Place the dough shapes on the cream filling.
Bake the cake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.
If desired, such a homemade cake can be decorated with jam and powdered sugar. It turns out a simple creamy dessert from Italy, which reminds us of a cake.
