Baking at Christmas is an important part of the culture of many European countries. In America, for example, children bake cookies. In France, kids make a roll for a fairy-tale character who also brings presents. More extensively to the concept of Christmas baking and desserts are treated in England. There, housewives invented to bake Christmas cakes. There are
many recipes for this dessert, each lady prepares it based on the preferences of the family. There are only basic nuances that it is desirable to observe in order to prepare a delicious sweet treat for the holiday.
Let’s try to make a Christmas cake for the Orthodox celebration
.
Ingredients for Christmas cake:
- cookies – 250 g;
- cream 33% – 570 g;
- butter – 80 g;
- dark chocolate – 100 g;
- cream cheese – 400 g;
- powdered sugar – 50 g.
Preparation of Christmas cake:
Cookies need to be crushed to the state of fine crumbs.
Melt butter and pour it into the crumb, mix the products. The
resulting cookie dough should be laid out in a round mold with a diameter of no more than 18 cm. It is required to carefully tamp the crumb, creating an even surface.
While the base of the cake hardens in the refrigerator, whip the cream cheese with a mixer. Similarly, whip separately 450 grams of cream, gradually pouring in powdered sugar.
Bring the cream to standing peaks and integrate in batches into the whipped cream cheese. Stir the cream mixture with a spoon
. Spread the cream on the cookie crust, smoothing it over the surface. Leave the base of the cake in the refrigerator until it hardens.
Pour 120 ml of cream into a saucepan, combine with crushed chocolate. Cook the chocolate mixture until thickened over low heat. Then cover the creamy top of the cake with the chocolate mixture.
We recommend using crushed peanuts to decorate the cake.
You will have a delicious cream cake for Christmas.
