Pasta-based cake is not yet so popular in Russia that its recipes are widespread. But at the same time, such a dessert is quite in demand, it is an unusual dish and is able to significantly diversify the diet.
Pasta is traditionally used as a side dish for meat dishes. However, in fact, their use is more widespread in cooking, and housewives around the world have learned to use them not only as a basis for second courses, but also as a main ingredient for creating quick and easy sweet baked goods. So, for example, you can easily make an original sweet cake based on ordinary pasta. You can use this both for the holidays and do it in order to pamper your home. A simple and easy description, well-chosen portions - homemade ones will definitely appreciate this option.
Why pasta?
Pasta is used as a base for quite understandable reasons - they will replace flour and other heavy components. When preparing this version of the dessert, you don't have to get your hands dirty and wash the kitchen.
Croatian cake
The calorie content of such a cake is not much higher than that of what is offered as a standard and familiar baking. Moreover, it is tasty, quick to prepare. In the photo, this option looks quite appetizing.
So, to make such a cake you will need:
Rigatoni pasta (the format should be chosen thinner) - 100 g
Peeled walnuts - 100 g
Sugar - 200 g (brown sugar should be used to make the cake healthier)
Cinnamon - 2 tsp
Cardamom - 2 boxes
Rum - 1 tablespoon
Water - 3-4 tablespoons (alternatively, it can be replaced with 1 chicken egg)
Filo dough or any other shortcrust pastry, rolled out very thin - 2 sheets
A step-by-step recipe for making such a cake is as follows:
1. Cook rigatoni, drain and cool.
2. Grind the nuts in a blender, mix them with sugar, spices and alcohol
3. Then the whole mixture should be diluted to a more liquid state - for this you can use either water or an egg
4. It remains to mix pasta with nuts
5. Put the dough on a baking sheet - one sheet on top of another, smearing them together with a small amount of olive oil
6. Spread the filling over the piece and cover with the free edge of the dough.
7. Then the cake is sent to the oven to bake for 10-15 minutes. In this case, the oven should already be preheated to 180 degrees
A portion of this cake is perfect for a lean table. Moreover, even men appreciate its benefits and value. After all, such a cake has an interesting and unobtrusive taste and becomes a means to diversify the table. A classic cake here, of course, will not work, but an interesting snack comes out quite well.
Airy noodle dessert
A great solution for quick baking is a noodle-based pie. A clear and simple recipe will allow even a novice housewife to cope with herself. So, for such a cake you will need:
Milk - 750 ml
Vermicelli - 250 g
Margarine or butter - 50 g
Sugar - 75 g (you can use brown or even turn to a sweetener)
Chicken egg - 2 pieces
Raisins - 2 tablespoons
Walnuts - 30 g
Salt - a little, to taste
Milk should be lightly salted and boiled. Then you should add the vermicelli there and leave it to swell. Melt margarine, add sugar and add egg yolks. Then turn for chilled noodles and pre-washed raisins.
The finished mass must be transferred into a form that has been prepared in advance - greased with oil. After spreading the dough, sprinkle it with crushed nuts and bake in a preheated oven for about half an hour.
Cake for the lazy
If you have a minimum of products at hand, you can make this option. Take:
· Spaghetti
A couple of eggs
Butter for frying
Salt, sugar - a little
· Sour cream
Boil the pasta, then let it drain and rinse. After the turn for the egg. You need to do the following with it - beat it well with a little salt and sugar.
Next, the egg must be mixed with pasta, put on a preheated pan and left to fry until the egg grabs. Then the resulting mass must be turned over and fried on the other side. It remains only to cover such a cake with cream of sour cream with sugar. A clear and simple recipe even for a bachelor. You won't have to spend a lot of time with this, the need for a dessert will be satisfied.
Sweet pasta cake with fruit
This delicacy will be appreciated by both adults and children. Making it at home is not so difficult. The trick is that you can make pasta for its preparation yourself, or you can use ready-made ones. For this dessert option, you will need:
Pasta in the form of bows or wide noodles - 300 g
Bread crumbs - 100 g
Butter - 80 g
Peaches and apricots - can be fresh, can be canned
Sugar, cinnamon, salt - a little
The bows should be boiled in a little salted water. Then they must be thrown back and rinsed with cold water. Leave them in a colander to drain all the water. At this time, put a frying pan on the fire, melt the butter in it and add the breadcrumbs. Fry them until golden brown - it is important to understand that you can easily burn the crackers, they are fried for only about a minute.
Add pasta to the breadcrumbs, mix everything and fry quickly. Then place on a platter. First a layer of pasta, then fruit, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. Then again a layer of pasta, then again fruit. The dessert turns out to be really great.
What can you choose as a filling
Anything can be a good filling for a cake based on regular pasta. So, for example, you can flavor it:
· Cottage cheese with different fillings, such as raisins, apples, etc.
Sour cream with sugar
Boiled condensed milk, mashed with butter
Various fruits, berries
Jellies and mousses
Pasta goes well with a variety of sauces, including sweet ones. They are saturated with them and acquire an unusual taste. Recipes for sweet pasta cakes are not so common, but if you give free rein to your imagination and allow yourself to experiment, you can get a rather unexpected solution. This cake will be a nice addition to the standard diet. Cooking such sweets is easy.
