Plum and walnut cake
Description
Homemade dessert for tea. If you want to make the filling thicker and more stretchy, you can add gelatin to the sour cream. To do this, dissolve one teaspoon of gelatin in half a cup of cold water, let it stand for 20 minutes, then mix it into the sour cream. If you don't have much chocolate, you can spread a little of the filling over the top layer of the cake and simply grate the chocolate to decorate the cake with chocolate crumbs. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Beat the eggs with a cup of sugar. The sugar should dissolve completely, so it's faster to do this using a blender. Add cocoa and baking powder to the eggs, and mix everything.
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Step 2
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Meanwhile, generously grease the cake pan with butter and pour in the batter. Bake the cake for 40 minutes. Most importantly, do not open the oven during the first 30 minutes. Let the baked cake cool completely, then slice it horizontally into two equal layers using a long sharp knife.
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Step 3
Now it's time to prepare the filling. Place sour cream in a bowl. Pour boiling water over the prunes and let them soak for 5 minutes, then chop them finely. Grind the nuts and add them to the sour cream together with the prunes. Add half a cup of sugar and mix well.
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Step 4
Place all the filling on the bottom layer and cover it with the top cake layer, pressing it down slightly. For the glaze, melt a bar of dark or milk chocolate in a double boiler and spread it evenly over the top of the cake. Refrigerate the cake and let it chill for at least 3 hours.