Cake
Description
Perfectly pairs with tea and coffee. The "Jupiter" cake recipe with photos is a great gift idea for astronomy lovers. This cake will surprise not only children, but any adult as well. Serve cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
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1. The recipe for making the "Jupiter" cake consists of several separate steps. For the first one, preheat the oven and sift the flour with cocoa. Add sugar, salt, and baking soda.
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2. Separately combine vegetable oil, slightly warm water, vinegar, and vanilla essence. Mix thoroughly and pour into the dry ingredients.
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3. Knead the dough thoroughly to avoid lumps. Place the dough into small (round) molds and put into the oven. Bake for about 25–30 minutes until done.
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4. Softened butter needs to be beaten with powdered sugar until smooth.
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5. Add the separately beaten eggs. The batter should be soft and free of lumps. Pour in a little food coloring.
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6. Now you can add the flour to the dough and mix thoroughly.
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7. Divide the finished dough into two parts.
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8. For the next step, beat soft butter with sugar. Add eggs beaten with a fork and gradually incorporate the flour. Optionally, add food coloring—yellow, for example. Place the finished dough into round molds.
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9. Place the result of the first stage—chocolate hemispheres—into the center, pressing them in tightly. Bake in a preheated oven for approximately 35 minutes.
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Step 10
10. When the workpiece has cooled down well, you need to trim the protruding sides so that it forms a smooth hemisphere.
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11. Place half of the dough into a heatproof dish. Carefully smooth the surface using a hot spoon. Make a depression in the center and place the preparation inside.
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12. Bake in the oven until done (when a wooden skewer comes out dry from the batter).
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13. When this preparation has cooled completely, it needs to be trimmed slightly.
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14. As a result, all layers of the planet should be visible in the cross-section.
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15. Spread the hemisphere with buttercream or another cream and cover with the second half.
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16. The top needs to be slightly removed—use a sharp knife to slice off a thin layer of dough.
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17. The "Jupiter" cake is almost ready at home. Now it needs to be completely covered with cream and the surface smoothed (preferably using a heated knife).
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18. The cake can be decorated on top as desired—using frosting with food coloring or fondant, for example.