The Smetannik cake is quite simple to prepare and will help you out when guests unexpectedly arrive. The cake tastes tender, sweet, but not cloying, and thanks to the raisins and nuts, it is also healthy. The ingredients for the cake are easy to purchase at your local store for a small amount.
It is necessary
- - 4 eggs
- - 540-580 g flour
- - 10-15 g baking powder
- - 50-110 g cocoa powder
- - 150 g poppy seeds
- - 440-450 g sugar
- - 80-120 g of walnuts
- - 10-15 g vanilla sugar
- - 450-550 ml sour cream
- - 180-220 g butter
- - 120-150 g of raisins
- - 35-50 g of instant coffee
- - 100-140 g of chocolate
- - 50-100 ml cream
Instructions
Step 1
Place the raisins in boiling water and leave for 37-40 minutes, then throw in a colander and dry. Grind the nuts with a blender. Place the poppy in boiling water and leave for 7-8 minutes, throw on a sieve, dry and grind in a mortar with sugar.
Step 2
Beat eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar until white with a blender. Add sour cream and stir well. Pour flour together with baking powder, mix until smooth. Divide the resulting mass into 4 parts. Add nuts to one, poppy seeds to the second, cocoa to the third, raisins to the fourth.
Step 3
Grease a baking sheet with oil, place one part of the dough in an oven preheated to 195 degrees and bake for 27-35 minutes. Also bake the remaining 3 cakes and refrigerate.
Step 4
For the first cream, beat the egg with sugar and vanilla sugar with a blender until white, add coffee, diluted with 2 tbsp. l. boiling water. Cool the resulting mass and beat. Then put soft butter, beat until smooth.
Step 5
For the second cream, beat the cold sour cream with a mixer. Add sugar and vanilla sugar little by little, beat until smooth. Melt the chocolate, mix it with the cream. Coat the cakes with cream, alternating between its two types, pour chocolate icing on top, put in the refrigerator for 7-8 hours.
