Crazy Cake is a budget American cake, translated into Russian, its name sounds like "crazy cake" or "crazy cake". His recipe was invented at a time of widespread scarcity, when even simple products were difficult to obtain. Despite its uncomplicated composition, the pie has an interesting taste, similar to chocolate. There is no oil in the recipe, no eggs are added to the unleavened dough, but the baked goods are not inferior in appearance and taste to homemade cakes that have these ingredients in their composition.
Amazingly tasty and at the same time budget-friendly American "crazy cake" Crazy Cake will help out the hostess in many situations. For its preparation and baking, not so much effort and ingredients are required, because it is very simple to prepare a dessert that is interesting in appearance and taste. You can even make such a pie during fasting, replacing the milk with warm boiled water, and there are no eggs and butter in the composition initially. The baked goods are fluffy, sweet, with a pleasant aromatic smell.
Ingredients
To make a simple dessert with the interesting name Crazy Cake at home, you need a short list of products.
For the test:
- 400 ml of milk (in the original recipe, ordinary water was present, but it tastes better with milk);
- 400 g sifted flour;
- 300 g of sugar (slightly less or more, to taste);
- 6 tablespoons of powdered cocoa (in the children's version it is easy to replace cocoa with "Nesquik");
- 4 teaspoons baking powder.
For the cream:
- 2 glasses of 1.5% or 2.5% milk;
- 1 glass without a slide of granulated sugar;
- 2-3 tablespoons of wheat flour;
- a raw egg.
Step-by-step cooking recipe
All the preparation of the American "crazy pie" consists of several stages. They must be done sequentially, mixing the ingredients in a deep bowl. Here is the simple recipe itself.
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Mix baking powder with sifted flour, add cocoa powder and granulated sugar in the required amount here.
Mix baking powder with sifted flour -
Pour dry ingredients with slightly warmed milk (in the dietary version - water), knead not too thick dough.
Knead the dough - Pour the dough into a greased or parchment-lined round dish, a rectangular baking sheet of your choice.
- Bake in the oven for 40 minutes, setting the temperature to 180 degrees. Then remove from the mold, being careful not to crumble the edges and crust.
Now it's the turn of the cream. For its preparation you need.
- Boil milk in a saucepan.
- Beat the egg separately with sugar and three tablespoons of flour.
- Pour the egg sugar mass into boiling milk, stir.
- Bring the mass to a boil, without letting go of the spoon and stirring it, otherwise it will burn.
- Wait until the cream thickens, remove from the stove.
- Cool until warm.
It is best to cook the cream when the American Crazy Cake is baked in the oven.
A cake that looks like a chocolate muffin on a cutting board needs to be cut into 2-3 thin cakes, smear each with warm cream, spreading it with a spoon. Top it off with chocolate or sugar icing, leftover cream, fresh berries, or canned fruit.
