This recipe was popular 15-20 years ago. Today the Zebra cake is experiencing a new wave of popularity. And it's worth it. "Zebra" - delicate, airy, with an original cutaway pattern, it is liked by both kids and adults. This cake is especially tasty, being made according to the recipe developed by our mothers.
It is necessary
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- For the test:
- eggs - 3 pieces
- sugar (1, 5 cups);
- margarine (1 pack);
- sour cream (200 g);
- flour (1, 5 cups);
- baking powder (you can use slaked soda);
- cocoa (2 tablespoons).
- For glaze:
- sour cream (2 tablespoons);
- butter (50 g);
- sugar (3 tablespoons);
- cocoa (2 tablespoons).
Instructions
Step 1
Mash softened margarine with sugar in a deep bowl.
Step 2
Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Then add sour cream and stir again.
Step 3
Next, gradually introduce flour into the resulting mass.
Step 4
Add baking powder or baking soda (half a teaspoon) to the dough. You can extinguish soda with lemon juice or vinegar, in extreme cases - with citric acid.
Step 5
Divide the dough into two equal parts, add cocoa to one of which and stir.
Step 6
Take a baking dish, grease it with vegetable oil. Pour either dark or light dough into the mold with a tablespoon one by one. This will give your cake a striped pattern.
Step 7
Place the dough filled in the preheated oven. Bake at 180-200 degrees for 40-50 minutes.
Step 8
While the crust is baking, create the icing for the cake. To do this, take sour cream, butter, sugar and cocoa, mix in a small saucepan. Put on the smallest heat on the stove and stir constantly. You need to cook until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Step 9
After you have taken the cake out of the oven, you must immediately remove it from the mold and pour it over with icing. You can decorate the cake with walnuts, tangerine slices, strawberries. In general, whatever you wish. Bon Appetit!
