Let's prepare a cake "Drunk cherry" for the holiday
The Drunken Cherry cake is an excellent dessert for a festive table. The essence of the recipe boils down to making a chocolate sponge cake with a delicate and at the same time juicy cherry-cream filling. Our step-by-step guide to making this cake will help even a novice cook create not only a delicious, but also a beautiful dessert for a festive feast.
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What do you need for the cake?
Drunk cherry cake, the recipe of which is quite simple, you can prepare from the following products:
- cherry (in order for the dessert to be juicy, 0.35 kg of frozen cherries is needed);
- cognac (350 ml);
- flour (0.2 kg);
- eggs (6 pieces);
- sugar (0.45 kg);
- milk (0.15 l);
- cocoa (60 g);
- butter (0.2 kg);
- black chocolate (1 bar).
Step by step guide
There is nothing difficult in making a delicious and beautiful cake with cherries, a recipe with a photo and step-by-step instructions will help you with this.
Step 1.
Step 2.
Biscuit baking. This is the most important part of making a dessert such as the Drunken Cherry Cake. A step-by-step recipe with a photo will help you clearly see all the nuances of cooking.
In order for a lot of filling to fit in the dessert, the biscuit should be high - preferably 8-10 cm, otherwise the appearance of the cake will resemble a pie or flatbread. You can achieve this height with a high sided baking dish.
It is necessary to cover the bottom and walls of the form with parchment paper and grease them with butter, then place in the refrigerator.
To prepare the biscuit, it is necessary to separate the egg whites and yolks. Beat the whites with 0.350 kg of sugar until they become dense foam, if the latter is liquid or not thick enough, then the biscuit will not be fluffy. Beat with a blender or mixer.
Grind the yolks in a separate container with the remaining sugar.
Then you need to sift the flour and mix it with cocoa. Pour 2/3 into the resulting mass (the rest will be used for the cream) of the yolks and whites, grated with sugar, gradually stirring. Knead the dough and place in a chilled mold. Bake at 180 ° for half an hour.
To check the readiness of the biscuit, you need to pierce it with a thin wooden stick, toothpick or match. No pieces of dough on the stick should remain after removing from the dough.
Step 3.
Cream preparation. While the biscuit is baking, it is necessary to prepare the cream for the future cake "Drunken cherry". To do this, you need to boil the milk (not all, leave a few tablespoons for the glaze), add the remaining eggs whipped with sugar to it and boil for a couple of minutes. Place the resulting syrup in a convenient container and beat with a mixer or blender along with butter.
The cream should be oily so that the biscuit does not soften and fall apart.
Step 4.
Filling of the dessert cake "Drunken cherry". The recipe with a photo is shown below.
Remove the finished biscuit from the oven and let cool with the mold. Then remove from the mold, cut off the top layer (1 cm) of the cake.
Take out the pulp and stir it with the cream.The filling of the cake should consist of several layers: 1st - cream, 2 - cherries... Cover the dessert with the top cut crust.
Step 5.
Glaze. This is the most enjoyable and final stage in the preparation of the delicious Drunk Cherry cake. The dark chocolate should be melted in a steam bath and mixed with milk. Pour the resulting mass on top and sides of the dessert, garnish with cherries if desired. Place in refrigerator for several hours.