Do you have a family celebration or are you waiting for the arrival of guests? In this case, try to bake a very tasty "Casket" biscuit cake according to a simple recipe. Thanks to the delicate sour cream, the treat is juicy, light and not very high in calories. In such a cake, you can put absolutely any fruit to your liking - strawberries, kiwi, cherries, bananas, and so on. It prepares quickly and looks very nice and festive!
What you need to make a cake "Box"
For biscuit:
- granulated sugar - 270 g;
- flour - 200 g;
- chicken eggs - 6 pcs.;
- mixer;
- butter - 3-5 g for lubricating the mold;
- baking dish.
For the cream:
- sour cream with a fat content of 25% - 800 g;
- powdered sugar or granulated sugar - 180-200 g;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
- fresh fruit to taste (for example, strawberries) - 500 g;
- bitter chocolate for decorating the cake - 90 g (optional).
How to cook a biscuit in the oven
Some people in vain believe that making a real biscuit at home is not so easy. In fact, baking it will not be difficult, even for novice cooks. Break the eggs into a deep bowl and beat them together with granulated sugar with a mixer until a white airy mass is formed. In this case, you need to beat for at least 7-10 minutes at the highest speed. Now take the flour after sifting it through a sieve. Add flour in portions, gently stirring it in with a spoon or spatula into the egg and sugar mass. To make the biscuit high and aromatic, using a mixer at this stage is strictly not recommended.
When the biscuit dough is ready, turn on the oven and set the temperature to 180 degrees. While it is heating, take a baking dish and brush it with a lump of butter, including the sides. After that, carefully, without damaging its airiness, transfer the dough into a mold and level the top with a spatula. And then send the blank to the oven for 30 minutes. At the end of the allotted time, check the readiness of the biscuit with a match or toothpick. Pierce the middle of the biscuit - if the tip is dry, then the product is ready and can be removed from the oven. Once the cake has cooled slightly, remove it from the mold. While it cools down to the end, let's start making sour cream.
How to make sour cream
In order to prepare high-quality sour cream, you need to take into account several important nuances. Sour cream should be fat (at least 25%) and fresh. For a thick cream, it is better to use powdered sugar instead of granulated sugar. Powder dissolves better and faster in sour cream, which will maintain the required thickness. In this case, transfer the sour cream, powder and vanillin into a cup and use a spoon to gently stir everything together. If you use granulated sugar, then beat it together with sour cream and vanilla with a mixer at the lowest speed until the sugar is completely dissolved. To make the finished cream thicken a little, put it in the refrigerator.
While the cream is cooling, rinse the strawberries (or any other fruit) under running water, and then cut them into thin slices.
How to assemble and decorate a cake
When all the preparatory activities are completed, we will start assembling the cake. Transfer the crust to a large platter or tray and use a wide knife to cut the top off and set aside. Remove the crumb from the remaining part and crush it into crumbs, leaving the bottom and sides intact. Now take the sour cream out of the refrigerator and cover the bottom of our "Box" with part of it (1/4). Then spread a layer of berries, brush them with a thin layer of cream and lay half of the biscuit crumbs on top. After that, put the cream, berries and the remaining crumb again, which also needs to be soaked with sour cream. Finally, cover the "Box" with the set aside top. Finish assembling the cake by decorating the top and sides with the remaining cream and berries.
Optionally, the cake can be coated with a thin layer of chocolate icing. To do this, melt a bar of dark chocolate in a water bath and apply the glaze in the form of a mesh using a cooking syringe. Once the cake is done, refrigerate it for a few hours to soak well.
When the time is up, the juicy and delicious "Box" biscuit cake will be completely ready! Remove it from the refrigerator, cut it into portions and serve along with freshly brewed tea or coffee.
