Cakes started to be made in ancient Rome. But, the cake recipe from antiquity was very different from what we have now. In the past, cooking was not so much developed. There were no recipes for cream and lush sponge cake, for example. For the most part, cakes resembled a pie with a sweet filling.
In XVIII the concept of cakes changed a lot. That’s when confectioners started getting processed sugar. Many new confectionery delights were invented. The French in this respect succeeded greatly. For this reason, France is considered the birthplace of confectionery.
Let’s prepare together one of the simple cakes at home.
Ingredients for the cake:
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- salt – a pinch;
- sugar – 250 g;
- vanilla sugar – tsp;
- kefir – 250 ml;
- vegetable oil – 80 ml;
- flour – 250 g;
- cocoa – 2 tbsp;
- leavening agent – tsp.
Ingredients for the cream:
- cream 36% – 300 g;
- condensed boiled milk – 300 g.
Cake preparation:
Break eggs into a bowl, salt, pour granulated sugar and vanilla sugar, stir until the grains of sand are dissolved. Pour the kefir and vegetable oil into the mixture, mix.
Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder into the mixture of kefir and eggs, knead the biscuit dough. Pour the dough into a mold with a diameter of 20 cm, cover the bottom with parchment in advance.
Cover the dough with foil and bake at 170 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Remove the biscuit from the mold, cut off the top, divide into 3 crusts.
For the cream, first whip the cream to a creamy state with a mixer. Then add condensed milk to the cream and whip again.
Cream each sponge cake and assemble the cake.
Leave the cake in the refrigerator under the foil for a couple of hours. Chop the top of the sponge cake in a blender, cover the sides of the cake with crumbs.
You can decorate the cake with chocolate frosting.
You can make a pattern on the dessert with a skewer.
