Anyone can make a homemade cakeany housewife! And this is not an unfounded statement. After all, what is the main thing in homemade cakes? Not the taste or appearance that makes these cakes special. And not even uniqueness (and every homemade cake is unique in its own way). The main thing in them is the soul and warmth of human hands. Sounds pompous? But it is true. Prepared with love and for loved ones, these cakes are charged with special energy, and therefore are unique. In addition, making cakes at home is such a fascinating process that it can turn into a real hobby and even (even!) become a way to earn extra money. But we will talk about those cakes that are not made to order, but for yourself. A large cake for a big holiday, a traditional birthday cake with candles, a small cake for girls' get-togethers and even a cake "Just like that" for a good mood. Each of us can make any of these cakes. As they say, where there is a desire, there is a way. Let's consider these very possibilities?
Cakes without baking
The fastest and probably the easiest waymaking a cake at home - cookies instead of cakes. And most importantly - you will never buy such a cake anywhere! Only in home confectioneries are these incredibly simple, but very tasty cakes prepared.
Cake "Nonsense"
Ingredients:
- A kilogram of a rectangular or square cookie;
- A glass of fresh milk;
- Bank of condensed milk;
- A pack of butter;
- Teaspoon of vodka or cognac;
- Vanillin.
Preparation:Making this cake is more than simple, which is clear from its name. First, let's make the cream, since it will take us the longest. Let the butter melt a little: it should become soft and pliable. Then put it in a saucepan and beat it lightly at low speeds of the mixer. Now, increase the speed of the mixer and, gradually pouring in the condensed milk, begin to beat the cream. Add the condensed milk in small portions (a tablespoon at a time). At the end of the preparation, add vanillin and vodka to the cream. If you are making the cream for children, do not add alcohol. Limit yourself to vanilla or add a tablespoon of cold boiled water instead of vodka. Beat the cream again until smooth and you can start assembling the cake. Pour the milk into a deep plate and prepare a dish or tray on which the cake will be placed. Now lay out the bottom layer of the cake from dry biscuits and spread it with cream. Lay out the next layer, dipping each biscuit in milk. Note! To make the structure strong, imitate brickwork by covering the edges of two "bricks" of the bottom layer with whole biscuits. For even edges of the cake, simply break the biscuits in half. Lay out each new layer from biscuits soaked in milk and spread with cream. Spread the sides of the cake and its top with cream and sprinkle with biscuit crumbs.
Cake "Snickers"
Ingredients:
- A kilogram of crumbly cookies;
- Bank boiled condensed milk;
- A glass of any nuts;
- A pack of butter;
- Chocolate bar.
Preparation:Whip the butter and condensed milk cream (see above for how to do this). Grind the cookies into crumbs and mix them with the nuts, then put half of the resulting mixture into the cream and mix. Next, add the remaining cookies with nuts in small portions to make a thick, viscous (like soft plasticine) "dough". How many cookies with nuts you will use in the cream depends on the density of the cookies. So adjust the exact amount by eye. Now form a large "Snickers bar" from the dough, put it on a plate or tray and put it in the refrigerator: let it cool thoroughly. Melt the chocolate in a water bath, cool slightly and coat the cake with chocolate. Note: From this "dough" it is easy to mold a cake of any shape: a heart, a dome, a Christmas tree, a flower. And instead of melted chocolate, you can use any chocolate glaze. By the way, this cake can be decorated with meringue or any other cream, as well as marmalade, candied fruit and fresh fruit.
Cake "The Perfect Man"
Honey cake is a classic homemadeconfectionery art. Such a delicious and popular cake that the recipe for honey cakes has been adopted by professional confectioners. But we will prepare a special honey cake, which has a promising name "Ideal Man". Ingredients:
- 4 eggs;
- 2 cups of sugar;
- Tablespoon of honey;
- 100 g of cognac;
- 2 teaspoons of hydrated soda;
- 3 cups of flour;
- Any oily or creamy cream.
Preparation:First, beat the eggs with sugar using a mixer. Then add honey, cognac (two tablespoons), soda and flour one by one. Divide the finished dough into four parts for four cakes. Grease a cake pan with vegetable oil or margarine, put the dough in it and knead it with your hands along the bottom, forming a cake. Turn on the oven in advance, and then bake all the cakes one by one. Bake for ten to twelve minutes until deep brown. Assemble the cake from the cooled cakes, soaking each cake with diluted cognac and spreading with cream. And you can decorate the cake as you like: sprinkle with cookie crumbs, grated chocolate or nuts, make decorations from cream or use fresh fruit for this. Note: This recipe is designed for two cakes or one, but very large. It is also not forbidden to add cognac to the cream - the cake will turn out even "perfect".
Cake "Mandarin miracle"
An incredibly easy-to-make cake. Perfect for a friendly party or a small family celebration. Ingredients:
- The 1st;
- One and a half cup of sugar;
- 100 g of margarine;
- A glass of yogurt;
- 3 cups of flour;
- 4 large sweet mandarins.
Preparation:Wash the tangerines and grind them in a meat grinder (or chop them in a blender) with the peel on. Grind the margarine with sugar and egg, add kefir, flour and the ground tangerines. Knead the dough and put it in a greased and floured pan. Bake in the oven (preheated) for about half an hour. Check the readiness with a toothpick. If there are no raw lumps of dough left on the toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake, the cake is ready. You can decorate the cake with any cream and tangerine slices. You can also coat it with orange or tangerine jam.
Cake of "Scheherazade"
A cake that always turns out! At least, that's what those housewives who have tried the recipe say. Ingredients:
- 2 eggs;
- A glass of sugar;
- A glass of flour;
- A glass of walnuts;
- A glass of raisins;
- Half a teaspoon of soda.
- For cream:
- Bank of condensed milk;
- A pack of butter;
- Tablespoon of cocoa powder.
Preparation:Mix the eggs with sugar and beat them with a mixer. Then add flour, baking soda slaked in vinegar, washed and sorted raisins and not very finely chopped nuts. Mix everything thoroughly and divide the resulting dough into two parts (for two cakes). Bake the cakes in a greased form in a pre-heated oven for twenty minutes. Let the finished cakes cool, and then assemble the cake, spreading the middle, top and sides of the cake with cream. For the cream, beat the softened butter with condensed milk (pour the condensed milk into the butter gradually), and at the very end add cocoa. Decorate the top of the cake with nuts, raisins and candied fruits.
Cake "Chocolate with boiling water"
A masterpiece of home cooking. It is probably impossible to make a more delicious chocolate sponge cake. The cake captivates not only with its amazing taste, but also with the simplicity of its preparation. Ingredients:
- 2 eggs;
- One and a half cup of sugar;
- 2 cups of flour;
- Half a glass of vegetable oil;
- One and a half teaspoons of soda;
- One and a half teaspoons of baking powder;
- 6 tablespoons of cocoa powder;
- A glass of milk;
- Vanillin;
- A glass of steep boiling water.
For the cream:
- 3 tablespoons of cocoa;
- A glass of powdered sugar;
- Half a glass of milk;
- Third pack of butter.
For the glaze:
- 100 g of sour cream;
- 3 tablespoons of sugar;
- 2 tablespoons butter;
- 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
Preparation:Break all the eggs into a bowl, add sugar and mix thoroughly or beat with a mixer. You should get eggnog. Then pour in the butter and beat again. Now add the sifted flour, baking powder, soda (not slaked), vanilla and cocoa powder, pour in the milk and mix everything thoroughly. Next, put the kettle on the stove and turn on the oven and prepare the cake pan (grease with butter and sprinkle with flour). As soon as the kettle boils, quickly pour a glass of boiling water into our dough and immediately mix it. Don't be afraid of the very liquid consistency of the dough - that's how it should turn out. Now pour the dough into the pan and put it in the oven, which should have already warmed up. Bake for about forty-five minutes, take out the cake and let it stand in the pan for about ten minutes. Then remove the cake from the pan and leave it to cool. While the cake is cooling, let's make the cream and glaze. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add cocoa and stir. In a separate bowl, mix the milk with powdered sugar and vanilla, then combine it with the butter and beat with a mixer (at medium speed). Now cut the cake into two or three parts (depending on the height of the cake) and make a layer of cream between them. For the glaze, mix sugar, sour cream and cocoa in a saucepan, then boil it all over low heat, remembering to stir. As soon as the glaze starts to boil, put the butter in the saucepan, wait until it dissolves, and the glaze boils again. Now remove the glaze from the heat, cool slightly and pour it over the cake. Making a cake at home is a kind of mystery. Every self-respecting housewife has a signature recipe for a homemade cake. And each has her own secrets of cooking. Perhaps one of the suggested recipes will become your signature homemade cake. Try, cook, dare! You will definitely succeed! We recommend reading:
