Loved by many since childhood cake "Prague" has an unusual history. Despite the widespread belief that the cake got its name in honor of the capital of the Czech Republic, in which it was allegedly invented, in fact, the cake has nothing in common, except for the name, with this city. The cake recipe was invented by the pastry chef of the Moscow restaurant "Prague", and it was there that this wonderful dessert got its name. Making a Prague cake at home is not difficult at all.
It is necessary
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- For the dough: 2 eggs
- 1 cup of sugar
- 200 g sour cream
- 1/2 can of condensed milk
- 4 tsp cocoa
- 1.5 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- a pinch of salt.
- For cream: 1/2 can of condensed milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp flour
- 150 g butter
- 3 tbsp icing sugar.
- For icing: 100 g chocolate
- 25 g butter
- 50 ml cream
- jam.
- For impregnation: 1 tbsp. water
- 1 tbsp cognac
- 3 tbsp Sahara.
Instructions
Step 1
Mash eggs and sugar thoroughly. Add half of the condensed milk and sour cream to this mixture, mix until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa. Stir and add to the mixture you prepared earlier. Mix thoroughly again.
Step 2
Lubricate the round shape with oil. Pour the resulting dough into it. Shake it a little to spread the dough evenly over the shape.
Step 3
Place the baking dish in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake for about an hour. Check the readiness of the dough with a wooden stick - pierce the dough with it. If the stick remains dry, then the cake is baked. For this purpose, you can use a match or a toothpick. Remove the mold from the oven and let the cake cool. Then cut it into two or three more cakes.
Step 4
Make sugar syrup. To do this, mix 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 tbsp. cognac and 3 tbsp. hot water. Saturate the cakes with this syrup. Be careful with soaking - there should not be too much of it, otherwise your cake may just get wet.
Step 5
Now start making the custard. Pour the remaining half of the condensed milk into a glass, fill the remaining empty space in the glass with milk. Beat one egg, add a mixture of condensed milk and regular milk to it, mix. Continuously stirring, add flour to the mixture. After that, beat the resulting mixture with a mixer. Place a saucepan with the mixture on the stove over low heat. While stirring constantly, bring the mixture to thicken.
Step 6
Whisk softened butter with powdered sugar. Continuing to beat, pour in the thickened mixture. Bring everything to a uniform consistency. Lubricate the cakes with the resulting cream, collect the cake.
Step 7
Grease the top of the cake with jam. Put the cake in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Step 8
Prepare the chocolate frosting. To do this, melt the chocolate in a water bath, add cream and butter. Stir well and coat the cake with icing. Put the cake back in the refrigerator for an hour. After that, it can be served on the table.
