Cake
Description
Homemade treats for tea. If you're expecting guests soon, I'd like to share with you the recipe for "Monomakh's Cap" cake, which will look great on any festive table. Honestly, I've never been very good at baking, but this cake is so simple that even I had no trouble making it. Now I prepare it quite often because it has a very delicate flavor, and the fruit gives it a certain exotic touch. I also add cranberries to give it a pleasant tartness. The result is a really interesting cake that always disappears quickly—my friends simply adore it. Be sure to try making it; it won't take you much time or effort. To help you succeed, I'm sharing my easy recipe for "Monomakh's Cap" cake. Serve it with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
In a bowl, mix the eggs with a cup of sugar, beat thoroughly until thick foam forms. Add a cup of sour cream, baking soda, and condensed milk, continue beating. Gradually start adding the flour, not all at once, but in portions. In the end, you'll get dough of medium thickness.
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Step 2
Divide the dough into two parts. Place one part into a baking form and put it in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for half an hour. Add cocoa to the second part, mix well, and bake it the same way.
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Step 3
We remove the ready cakes from the pan and cut each one in half, so that we end up with 4 cake layers. One light and one dark cake layer are cut into small cubes with sides about 1.5-2 centimeters.
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Step 4
For the cream, mix three cups of sour cream with one cup of sugar in a bowl, and whisk thoroughly.
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Step 5
Now chop the walnuts and slice the peaches and pineapples.
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Step 6
Place one cake layer on a plate, spread it with the prepared cream, and place pineapple slices on top.
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Step 7
Then place the second cake layer on top, add the peaches, and sprinkle with walnuts.
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Step 8
We dip the diced pieces into the remaining cream and pile them onto the cake layers, mixing them with cranberries, nuts, peaches, and pineapples.
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Step 9
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and pour it over the cake.
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Step 10
Top it with walnuts and decorate with cranberries, then refrigerate the cake overnight; by morning, it's ready to be served at the festive table. That's it.