Classic sour cream cake recipe
Description
The recipe won't take much time. The classic sour cream cake recipe should definitely be taken as a base for making it at home. After that, you can vary it to taste by adding nuts, citrus zest, or other ingredients. It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. The butter should be softened and cut into small cubes. Combine it with the eggs and beat until smooth. Then add the condensed milk.
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Step 2
2. Add about 1 cup of sour cream and continue beating. Sift the flour together with the baking powder and gradually add it to the batter.
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Step 3
3. The batter should be quite runny. But do not add flour, otherwise the cake will be too dry.
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Step 4
4. Pour about half of the dough into a heatproof baking dish lined with parchment paper and place in the preheated oven.
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Step 5
5. Into the second half, add the sifted cocoa powder. Mix thoroughly until the batter color becomes uniform. The sour cream cake can be made more aromatic by adding a pinch of cinnamon or vanilla, for example, to the classic recipe.
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Step 6
6. The cake layer bakes quite quickly—about 20 minutes. While the first one cools, you can put the brown cake layer in the oven.
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Step 7
7. Trim the finished cake layers slightly to match the shape of the plate on which the cake will be served. Then carefully slice each layer in half horizontally. Use the trimmings as a nice decoration.
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Step 8
8. To make the cream, beat sour cream with powdered sugar. You can, of course, use regular sugar, but it dissolves less easily.
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Step 9
9. Alternately layer the white and brown cake layers, generously spreading each with cream. An interesting variation for a sour cream cake is to enhance the classic recipe with chocolate or coconut flakes, for example.
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Step 10
10. Generously spread the cream on top as well.
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Step 11
11. The cake trimmings should be crumbled and sprinkled on top. To ensure the sour cream cake is well soaked, the classic home recipe requires leaving it for at least 2 hours, or preferably preparing the cake in advance so it can soak overnight.