The recipe for the famous Kievsky cake is only 50 years old. Like everything ingenious, he appeared by accident. It is believed that the pastry chefs simply forgot to put the eggs in the refrigerator. And the next day a cake was made from them, the protein cakes were generously greased with cream and sprinkled with vanilla powder. The customers liked the cake so much that it became the hallmark of Kiev for many years.
It is necessary
- For the test:
- - eggs - 10 pcs.;
- - sugar - 1 glass;
- - chopped nuts - 1 glass;
- - flour - 3 tablespoons;
- - vanillin.
- For dark cream:
- - sugar - 1/3 cup;
- - butter - 70 g;
- - yolk - 1 pc;
- - milk - 30 ml;
- - cocoa powder 2 tablespoons;
- - cognac 2 tablespoons;
- - vanillin.
- For light cream:
- - sugar - 2/3 cup;
- - butter - 150 g;
- - yolk - 1 pc.;
- - milk - 100 ml;
- - cognac - 1 tablespoon;
- - vanillin.
Instructions
Step 1
Separate the whites from the yolks and leave them at room temperature for a few hours, then beat them into a lather. Fry the chopped nuts in a dry frying pan. Mix them with flour and sugar. Then carefully add the mixture to the protein foam and stir until smooth.
Step 2
Take 2 baking dishes. Line the bottom with baking paper. Until the protein mass has settled, quickly put it in the molds so that you get 2 cakes approximately 1 centimeter thick.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 110 degrees. Place the tins with the dough in it and bake the cakes for 2 hours. Remove from oven and let cool.
Step 4
While the cakes are cooling, prepare 2 creams: dark and light. For each, combine milk, sugar and yolks first. Heat the mixture with constant stirring. Then strain and refrigerate. Whisk in the cream, gradually adding in the soft butter and the rest of the ingredients.
Step 5
First brush 1 crust with light cream. Place the second on it and brush it with dark cream. Decorate the cake to your liking.
