Simple and delicious cake
Description
Homemade dessert for tea. Chocolate sponge layers, which take no more than 10 minutes to prepare, combined with a delicate sour cream frosting result in a simple yet amazingly delicious cake. You can bake this cake either in the oven or in a multicooker (simply select the "Bake" setting and bake the sponge for 40 minutes, then leave on the "Keep Warm" setting for 15 minutes). I recommend using a pan with a diameter of 20-25 cm so that the sponge can be easily sliced into thin layers. There's no need to soak the cake layers—they turn out light and airy, and the cream soaks in beautifully. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First, preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Prepare the sponge cake: sift all dry ingredients—flour, cocoa, sugar, vanilla sugar, baking soda, salt, and baking powder—into a separate bowl and mix well.
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Step 2
2. In a separate bowl, mix (but do not beat) the eggs with milk and vegetable oil using a mixer. Combine the wet and dry mixtures—this will result in a very thick dough. Mix boiling water with vinegar and add it to the dough.
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Step 3
3. Quickly mix the batter with a mixer until smooth. Grease the baking form with butter, transfer the batter into it, and bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for 30 minutes, then for another 30 minutes at 160°C.
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Step 4
4. Completely cool the sponge cake and cut it into 4-5 layers. Crumble the top part with a blender for decoration. Prepare the cream: mix sour cream with sugar and vanilla sugar, then let it sit for 10 minutes.
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Step 5
5. Mix the cream with a whisk and add the thickener, then mix the cream again (preferably with a mixer). Spread the cooled cake layers with the cream and assemble the cake.
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Step 6
6. Decorate the cake with crumbs or chopped chocolate. Refrigerate for 5-6 hours.