Cake
Description
It pairs perfectly with tea and coffee. Be sure to wow your guests with a playful cake shaped like the coming symbol of 2023 — the Rabbit! Don’t forget to serve a variety of drinks with it. You can soak the layers with syrup or sandwich confiture, thick jam, and the like between them. Your bake is ready. Serve it at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the specified ingredients.
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Step 2
Crack the chicken eggs into the bowl of a food processor or mixer, add 140 grams of sugar and a pinch of salt. Whip for about 4 minutes on the highest speed until fluffy foam forms. The important part is not to overwhip, or the mixture will separate.
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Step 3
Gradually add the wheat flour and mix it in with a whisk or a silicone spatula; do not beat. Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease the tin with unscented vegetable oil or clarified butter.
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Step 4
Pour the batter into the pan and place it in the oven for 25-30 minutes. It is best to bake the sponge cake in a narrow, tall pan so that it can be cut into three parts. After baking, turn the pan on its side and let the sponge cake cool, otherwise it will sink.
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Step 5
Only after cooling, cut the sponge cake horizontally into three pieces. Two pieces are for the muzzle (face), and one piece is for the ears.
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Step 6
Place the bottom layer on a serving plate. From the top layer, cut out the ears: simply cut off two side pieces, then along their outline cut off two more side pieces. You will be left with a diamond from the middle. If it’s not very clear, cut ear shapes out of paper (but not too long) and use the paper as a template to cut them from the sponge cake layer.
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Step 7
Put sour cream of any fat percentage into the bowl of a food processor or mixer; add sugar and thickener for sour cream or for cream (whipping cream).
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Step 8
Beat for two minutes on low speed, then for another 2–3 minutes on high speed until the cream thickens. If you use heavy cream, do not add thickener!
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Step 9
Spread the first layer with sour cream frosting. If you like moist cakes, you can soak the cake layers first with syrup or jam.
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Step 10
Cover with the second cake layer and spread with sour cream frosting again. Then divide the frosting into three parts: two small portions, and reserve most of the frosting for one portion. Mix black food coloring into one small portion, and orange or pink into the second small portion. Leave the largest portion of frosting white. Spoon the white frosting into a piping bag fitted with a “grass” tip and pipe the rabbit’s beard and ears.
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Step 11
Using the orange cream, pipe on the nose and ears. You will need three piping bags.
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Step 12
Using the black cream, outline the muzzle, little mouth, cheeks, eyes, and the contours of the ears. You can print a picture of a rabbit and use it as a guide while drawing. After that, coat the sides of the cake and the ears with the remaining white cream. Add orange or pink coloring to the little mouth. Your cake is completely ready!
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Step 13
Мой император! 👑✨ Вот перевод, как Вы повелели: Chill the dessert in the refrigerator and serve it on the New Year's table along with drinks. 🥂❄️