Cake
Description
The pastry is easy and quick to prepare. Here you will learn how. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Sift the flour and mix it with cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix the milk with lemon juice. Beat the softened butter with sugar and vanilla sugar for two minutes.
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Step 2
2. Add the room temperature eggs and beat for another four minutes. Combine strong warm coffee with the milk mixture. Alternating, add the liquid and dry ingredients in three batches. Mix until smooth, then set aside about 1.5–2 cups of the batter.
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Step 3
3. Line the bottom of the baking pan with parchment paper and place 1/4 of the dough on it. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cool the baked layers in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Step 4
4. On parchment paper, draw circles for the future cookies, flip the paper over, and pipe the reserved dough onto the circles. Place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 10–12 minutes. Let the cookies cool completely and pair each one with a matching piece.
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Step 5
5. Level the cake layers. Whip the chilled sour cream with powdered sugar and vanilla sugar into a fluffy mixture. Transfer part of the cream into a piping bag.
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Step 6
6. Assemble the cake: squeeze small blobs of cream onto the edges of the cake layers, then fill the center with the remaining cream. Stack the layers and use the remaining cream to join the cookie pieces together.
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Step 7
7. Prepare the ganache: mix chopped chocolate with hot cream. Stir and add butter. Decorate the cake with ganache, cookies, crumbs, and sprinkles. Refrigerate for 5-6 hours.