Winter cake
Description
The pre‑holiday atmosphere is already felt, and for that reason I suggest making a “Winter” cake. This tasty and fragrant pastry will help you get into the mood of the approaching New Year celebrations. You can add any nuts, candied fruit, chocolate pieces, or dried fruits to the batter as you wish. All this will make an already wonderful cake even more interesting and refined. Serve it warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients.
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Step 2
Beat the eggs with sugar until a white foam forms.
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Step 3
Add orange jam, sour cream, mayonnaise, and 1 tbsp orange zest.
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Step 4
Mix everything until homogeneous, add the leavening agent and gradually incorporate the flour. The amount of flour may be slightly more or less than indicated. Do not add it all at once.
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Step 5
The dough should have a consistency like thick sour cream.
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Step 6
Grease the baking pan with butter, dust the bottom and sides with flour or semolina, and pour in the dough. Smooth the dough with a spatula. Bake at 200 °C for 30 minutes, then reduce to 180 °C and bake for another 15 minutes.
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Step 7
The winter cake is ready. Take it out of the oven and let it cool a bit.
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Step 8
Decorate the cupcake to your taste. I suggest making a fragrant chocolate glaze. For this, break the chocolate into pieces, add 1 tbsp orange jam and about 0.5 tbsp water. Melt in the microwave or over a water bath.
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Step 9
Turn the finished cake over and cover it with still‑warm chocolate‑orange glaze. On top, I grated a little more orange zest and decorated it with confectionery decorations.
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Step 10
Slice the cake into pieces and enjoy.