Cake
Description
Homemade baked goods for tea. The “Drunken Cherry” cake is best prepared the day before the celebration, so that it can soak overnight in the refrigerator. As for decorating the cake, you can let your imagination run wild. Serve it cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Rinse the cherries under running water. Immediately set aside a handful for garnish. Remove the pits from the remaining cherries.
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Step 2
2. Place the pitted cherries in a bowl and pour rum over them. Let sit for an hour. Then drain the cherries into a colander over a pot, leaving the rum.
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Step 3
3. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease the two sponge‑cake pans with butter or oil, then dust them with flour.
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Step 4
4. Using a mixer or blender, beat 4 tbsp butter, 1.5 cups sugar, 2 eggs and vanilla. Beat for 8‑10 minutes, then add warm milk. Mix well again.
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Step 5
5. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cocoa, a pinch of salt, and the leavening agent. Sift the resulting mixture into the beaten batter.
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Step 6
6. Mix the dough with a spatula until smooth.
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Step 7
7. Pour the prepared dough into the molds and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for half an hour. Check doneness with a wooden toothpick—it should be dry.
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Step 8
8. Cool the biscuits.
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Step 9
9. Prepare the frosting. Using a mixer or blender, beat 200 g of butter with three cups of powdered sugar and a few pinches of salt. Do not start beating at high speed right away, as a white cloud of powder will rise above your head. Gradually add the cream cheese while continuing to beat. Finally, add the cherry syrup. Chill the finished frosting.
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Step 10
10. Cut the biscuits lengthwise into two parts.
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Step 11
11. Soak the bottom layer of the cake with the rum remaining from the cherries. This can be done with a pastry brush. Then spread 1/4 of the cream, on the cream – a layer of drunk cherries.
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Step 12
12. Cover the first sponge‑cream‑cherry layer with another half of the sponge and repeat everything again.
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Step 13
13. In the same way, spread all the cake layers.
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Step 14
14. Cover the entire cake with cream. Garnish the top with cherries. On the side you can make a decorative stripe of chocolate shavings or dust the sides of the cake with cocoa. The "Drunken Cherry" cake is ready!