The trend of making homemade cakes has been gaining popularity lately. Young girls are posting beautiful desserts on their social media accounts. It is commendable that people have turned cake baking into an interesting hobby.
Self-cooking desserts gives you the opportunity to diversify your culinary knowledge. In addition, homemade cakes turn out tastier than purchased ones. Of course, provided that the rules of cooking are followed.
Cakes are finickier than cakes and pies, as they have special requirements for cooking. For example, it is necessary to monitor the correct impregnation of the cakes.
We will tell you the recipe for one of the simple cakes, which can be prepared by a novice pastry chef.
Ingredients for cream cake:
- eggs – 6 pcs;
- white chocolate – 100 g;
- sugar – 150 g;
- salt – ¼ tsp;
- starch – 50 g;
- flour – 110 g;
- milk – 600 ml;
- 82.5% butter – 255 g;
- vanilla sugar – tbsp;
- water – 180 ml.
Preparation of cream cake:
In a saucepan break a couple of eggs, pour granulated sugar, vanilla sugar and starch, mix well. Pour cold milk into the mixture, mix and put the pan on medium heat.
Cook the future cream, stirring constantly, until thickened. As soon as the base for the cream thickens, reduce the heat to a minimum, cook until the first bubbles.
Transfer the base into a container, cover with foil in the contact and leave to cool. At this time it is necessary to prepare the cakes for the cake.
In a saucepan pour water, salt, add 75 grams of butter. Leave the rest of the butter at room temperature. Bring the mixture to a boil in the saucepan, remove from the heat and pour in the flour. Knead
a lump of dough, which is then dried in the saucepan over a low-medium heat. Cool the dough to room temperature and gradually add the eggs. Knead the dough until a slightly thicker consistency is obtained.
Place two 25 cm diameter plates on two 30×40 cm sheets of parchment
.
Use a pencil to trace the circles from the plates. Place the dough in a pastry bag, make a 5 mm cut at the tip. Draw a circle on the parchment with the bag equal to the diameter of the plate. Inside the circle make a small grid.
Bake these cakes in the oven at 210 degrees for about 15 minutes.
The most unsuccessful shortcake crushed to the state of crumbs.
For the cream, beat soft butter with a mixer for 3-5 minutes. Gradually add a spoonful of base to the butter, mix the mass.
Melt white chocolate on a water bath, transfer to a pastry bag. Create a thin web of chocolate on the cakes, smear them with cream – form the cake.
Do not smear the last cake with cream, use the rest to cover the sides of the cake.
Sprinkle the sides of the cake with crumbs from the cake. You can decorate the dessert to your taste. For example, fill the crust squares on the top of the cake with cream.
