Sour cream is often used in the preparation of a variety of pastries. It is added to the dough for lightness and tenderness, as well as to creams and various fillings. Cupcakes, cakes, buns and many other types of pastries are prepared with sour cream
Cupcake with sour cream and cinnamon
To make a delicate flavorful cupcake, take:
- butter - 200 g;
- sugar - 450 g;
- chicken egg - 4 pcs.;
- sour cream - 400 ml;
- vanilla sugar - 2 tsp;
- baking powder - 2 tsp;
- soda - 2 tsp;
- ground cinnamon - 2 tsp;
- chopped walnuts - 200 g.
First brush with butter and flour on a deep muffin tin. Then start making the dough: in a small bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and baking powder thoroughly. In a separate bowl, mix 150 g of sugar, chopped nuts, add cinnamon.
Whisk butter (pre-softened to room temperature) with 300 g of sugar until a light, fluffy foam appears.
Add eggs, vanilla sugar and sour cream to the mixture. Whisk for 5 minutes. The resulting mixture should be homogeneous.
Pour half of the dough into a baking dish. Sprinkle the dough with half of the nut mixture, then pour the other half of the text and top with the nuts again. Place the dish in an oven preheated to 180 ° C / Baking time - 55-60 minutes.
Sour cream buns
To prepare warm light buns with sour cream, take:
- flour - 400 g;
- sugar - 2 tablespoons;
- ground cinnamon - 0.5 tsp;
- soda - 0.25 tsp;
- salt - 0.25 tsp;
- margarine - 100 g;
- sour cream - 200 ml;
- milk - 2 tablespoons;
- raisins - 0.5 tbsp.;
- icing sugar - to taste;
- milk for glaze - 2 tsp
Preheat oven to 230C. Then, in a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix everything thoroughly, add margarine to the mixture and chop finely. Make a depression in the middle of the mixture, add sour cream, milk and raisins. Knead the dough until smooth.
On a floured table, gently knead the dough. The dough should be sticky, so keep a bowl of flour nearby. Use your hands to stretch the dough into a layer about 1-2 cm thick. Cut out small buns with a special shape or a glass with flour sprinkled edges. Bake on a baking sheet for about 10-15 minutes.
While the buns are baking, prepare the icing. To do this, mix the icing sugar with two teaspoons of milk. Pour the resulting glaze over the prepared buns and sprinkle with cinnamon or sugar if desired.
Sour cream cake
You can use sour cream to soak biscuits and cakes in a variety of desserts, such as cakes.
To prepare such a cream, take:
- sour cream - 500 g;
- sugar - 150 g.
It is best to take sour cream 25-30% fat, otherwise the cream will not churn and will be too liquid. Making the cream is quite simple: just beat the sour cream and sugar with a mixer at high speed using a special whisk attachment. Beat for a long time, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Even if the sour cream is not greasy enough, the cream will gradually thicken. The sour cream will be ready when it does not drip from the spoon. This cream can be used as an independent baking filling or as a decoration.
