The Count ruins cake has been very popular for many years. It is prepared in different variations by both housewives in their kitchens and confectioners in factories. You can make a cake of the Earl ruins at home according to a proven classic recipe.
Ingredients for making a cake:
On cakes:
- 1 glass of fatty (best homemade) thick sour cream;
- 1 glass of granulated sugar;
- about 1, 5 glasses of flour;
- 1-1, 5 tsp of slaked soda;
- 1 tbsp cocoa without additives;
- 2-3 eggs (depending on size, if small, then 3 is better).
On the cream:
- 1/2 l sour cream (also better homemade and thick);
- 1 cup of sugar.
On the glaze:
- a tablespoon of sour cream and sugar;
- 1 tsp cocoa;
- 1 tablespoon butter.
Cooking cake Earl ruins:
1. The first step is to prepare the dough for the cakes. To do this, you need to mix eggs, sugar, sour cream and soda, gradually adding flour. Beat the dough lightly and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.
2. After the specified time, pour out a third of the dough, pour cocoa into the remaining part, mix.
3. From the prepared dough you need to bake 3 cake layers. It takes about half an hour to pour out the cakes at 185 degrees. Thus, you should get two chocolate cakes and one simple one.
4. The cooled chocolate crust should be placed on a flat plate of a suitable size. Cut the light and second dark cakes into arbitrary pieces, but not too large.
5. To prepare the cream, beat the sugar and sour cream until a thick, fluffy mass is enough.
6. Cream well the base - the chocolate crust. Then, using a small fork, completely dip each piece in the cream and place in a slide.
Important: each piece of the cake should be abundantly covered with nuts on all sides.
7. To decorate the cake, you need to cook the chocolate icing. For these purposes, combine sour cream, sugar, cocoa and soft butter in a saucepan or small saucepan, bring to a boil. Boil a little and cool.
8. Pour the finished icing over the cake. Then it needs to be put in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours so that it is well saturated.
