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Christmas cake with prunes
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Christmas cake with prunes

600 min4 serv.21 февр. 2026 г.

Description

The approach of Christmas and New Year holidays brings not only happy childhood memories, but also pleasant hustle and bustle related to searching for delicious recipes for salads, meat dishes, and, of course, desserts. A Christmas cake with prunes will become a true centerpiece of any celebration. The prunes in the recipe should be soaked in liqueur; however, if preparing for children, this step can be omitted.

Instructions

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    Step 1

    1. Wash the prunes under running water, then dry them to remove moisture, transfer to a bowl, pour 30 milliliters of liqueur over them, mix and set aside.

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    2. Sift the flour into a bowl to enrich it with oxygen, then add cocoa, vanilla, and baking powder.

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    3. Take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance. Into a bowl, break the eggs, add the softened butter and 125 grams of granulated sugar, add salt, and beat.

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    4. Gradually add the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder) in portions to the butter-egg mixture and mix thoroughly.

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    5. Pour in the chocolate topping and 50 milliliters of liqueur.

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    6. Mix with a mixer until a smooth, homogeneous consistency is achieved.

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    7. Line the baking pan with parchment paper, then pour the batter into it and smooth it out with a spatula.

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    8. Bake in a preheated oven at 180-190 degrees for about 40 minutes.

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    9. I take the slightly cooled biscuit cake out of the pan, cut it into 2 layers, then each layer into 2 pieces, resulting in 4 equal semicircles.

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    10. Pour the sour cream into a bowl, add 160 grams of sugar, and mix with a mixer until the sugar granules dissolve.

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    11. I cut the prunes marinated in liqueur into small pieces, add them to the sour cream whipped with sugar, and mix.

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    12. I evenly and generously spread each cake layer with the resulting prune cream, then stack the layers on top of each other.

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    13. I spread the top and sides of the cake with the cream without prunes.

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    14. Pour the cake with chocolate topping and refrigerate for 6–10 hours to soak. Then cut into pieces and serve.