Cake
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Even though there are quite a few ingredients and the cake seems like something only professional pastry chefs can handle, anyone can bake it. With step‑by‑step instructions, it's very easy to do. The traditional cream is white, but you can add coloring if you wish to make the cake even brighter and more beautiful. But I'll tell you everything in order. Serve it warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
First, combine the vegetable oil with the sugar and whisk it a little.
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Step 3
Separately sift the dry ingredients – flour, cocoa, baking soda. Whisk everything together for 2–3 minutes.
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Step 4
Add the eggs to the butter and sugar, continuing to whisk.
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Step 5
Add part of the dry ingredients.
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Step 6
Pour in the milk and your favorite alcohol.
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Step 7
Add hot, freshly brewed coffee.
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Step 8
Finally, add the remaining dry ingredients and whisk the batter until smooth.
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Step 9
Grease a heat‑proof pan with butter, line the bottom with parchment. Grease it also with butter and dust the pan with flour.
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Step 10
Pour part of the batter into the pan (I ended up with 5 layers of 300 g each) and place it in an oven preheated to 180 °C.
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Step 11
Bake the layer until a toothpick comes out dry. It's important not to overbake it! For me each layer took about 30 minutes.
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Step 12
First, let the finished crust cool on a rack, then wrap it in cling film and place it in the refrigerator.
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Step 13
For the cream, beat the chilled cream cheese with softened butter and powdered sugar.
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Step 14
I decided to use blueberry juice instead of food coloring. I first mashed the berries into a puree, then strained them through a sieve. I added the juice to the cream by the spoonful, whisking.
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Step 15
And here's what turned out in the end.
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Step 16
Fully cooled layers are spread with cream. If the top has risen too much, trim it carefully with a knife to level the layer.
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Step 17
Assemble the cake.
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Step 18
Level it and place the cake in the refrigerator.
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Step 19
To make the glaze, melt the chocolate, combine it with butter, and cover the cold cake with the glaze. Decorate it to taste.