Fasting Cake
Description
Perfect with tea and coffee. Below I will give a step‑by‑step description, the pastry is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for baking the sponge cake.
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Step 2
Mix the flour, starch, cocoa, vanilla, and baking soda in a large bowl.
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Step 3
In another bowl, combine the sugar, vegetable oil, and water. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
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Step 4
Add the dry ingredients to the bowl. Mix.
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Step 5
Pour the batter into a baking dish. Bake the sponge cake in the oven for 15 minutes at 130 degrees. Then change the temperature to 150 degrees and bake until done. About an hour.
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Step 6
The finished sponge cake should rest for a night, preferably a full day.
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Step 7
Trim the top of the sponge cake so that it becomes even, and toast the crumbs in the oven.
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Step 8
Cut the sponge cake in half.
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Step 9
Spread with apricot jam. Place the cake in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
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Step 10
Heat the cocoa milk; as soon as steam appears, remove it from the stove. Add finely chopped chocolate, stir until it dissolves. Then pour in the melted cocoa butter. Stir again.
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Step 11
Cover the cake with the first layer of ganache, refrigerate for 10 minutes. Then apply the second layer. Decorate the edges of the cake with dried crumbs.
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Step 12
The Lenten cake “Zacher” is ready.