Sponge cake with soak
Description
Homemade baked goods for tea. This amazingly beautiful and very appetizing biscuit cake with soaking will become a real centerpiece on the table. The filling can be not only curd, but also berry, for example. You can also prepare your favorite cream. The delicate taste of the sponge, refreshing filling, and chocolate glaze — an ideal combination for a dessert.
Instructions
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1. First of all, you need to prepare the soaking syrup. In this case, it's a citrus syrup.
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2. In a small saucepan, add sugar and pour in water.
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3. While the syrup is coming to a boil, peel the zest from previously washed lemons and oranges. Add the zest to the boiling syrup, reduce the heat to minimum, and let the ingredients simmer.
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4. Boil this syrup for at least 1.5 hours. Then carefully drain the syrup and set aside the citrus peel (it will be used later).
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5. Now you can proceed to prepare the cake layer. In this case, it will be chocolate.
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6. Put 3 eggs, butter, sugar, sifted flour, baking powder, and cocoa into a deep bowl. Pour in the milk. Add vanilla or almond extract and knead the dough.
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7. Separately beat 12 egg whites with a pinch of salt into a stiff foam. Add them to the batter and gently mix.
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8. From the prepared dough, you can bake two layers. Pour the batter into a pan and bake in a preheated oven.
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9. Depending on the size of the pan, bake the cake layer for 25 to 35 minutes. Carefully remove it from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack. Only after it has completely cooled, cut each cake layer in half with a sharp knife.
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10. Brush each half with syrup. If desired, enhance this simple syrup-soaked sponge cake recipe with a light alcohol, such as liqueur.
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11. To prepare the cottage cheese filling, pass the cottage cheese through a sieve and add a little vanilla extract.
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12. Cut the candied citrus fruits from the syrup into pieces and add them next. Grind the nuts (in this case, pistachios, but you can use any other nuts) and grate the chocolate finely. Mix everything thoroughly until uniform. Add sugar to taste if necessary.
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13. Each cake layer should be spread with the prepared filling; this will make the soaked sponge cake even juicier and more tender.
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14. All that's left is to prepare the glaze. It's quite simple: cream, melted chocolate, and butter.
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15. Frost the sides of the cake first with the icing.
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16. Use the remaining glaze to cover the top. Smooth out the glaze and refrigerate the cake for at least 1-2 hours.
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17. Here's a variation on how to make a soaked sponge cake. Decorate it to your liking before serving. Enjoy!