Chocolate cake with prunes and nuts
Description
Perfectly pairs with tea and coffee. This cake is very simple and relatively quick to prepare. Your task is to bake just one cake layer and make a cream from sour cream, nuts, prunes, and powdered sugar. Decorate the cake to your taste and let it soak for 2-3 hours. Serve warm or chilled. Ideal with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for the cake.
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Step 2
Put flour and cocoa powder into a bowl.
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Step 3
Put the sugar and soft butter into another bowl.
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Step 4
Add one large or two small eggs to the sugar and butter.
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Step 5
Thoroughly mix the eggs, sugar, and butter. You can use a mixer.
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Step 6
Put the resulting mixture into a bowl with flour and cocoa.
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Step 7
Mix, add sour cream.
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Step 8
Add the baking powder.
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Step 9
Mix all the dough ingredients.
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Step 10
Place the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
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Step 11
Bake the cake layer in an oven preheated to 175-180 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Check for doneness with a dry skewer.
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Step 12
Prepare the cake cream. Place sour cream in a bowl. Add powdered sugar. Mix and set aside 150 grams in a separate container.
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Step 13
Soak the prunes in hot water beforehand and let them sit for 20 minutes. Then drain the water and finely chop the prunes. Toast the walnuts in the oven or in a skillet, then chop them. Add the prunes and walnuts to the cream. Mix all the cream ingredients together.
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Step 14
Let the baked cake cool and cut it lengthwise into three parts. Spread two cake layers with cream.
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Step 15
Place the third layer. Spread the top and sides of the cake with the reserved sour cream and powdered sugar cream. Coat the sides with crushed nuts.
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Step 16
Decorate the top of the cake with melted chocolate.
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Step 17
Let the cake soak for 2-3 hours, then cut the cake.
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Step 18
And serve the cake at the table for dessert.