Today it’s hard to say who first made the Turtle cake. This dessert was especially popular in the 80-90 years of the last century.
Due to the extraordinary simplicity of cooking, as well as the unusual shape, not a single children's party could do without the “Turtle” cake.
Cake "Turtle" step by step recipe - the basic principles of preparation
Cake "Turtle" is prepared from biscuit cakes, smeared with sour cream and laid in the form of a shell.
For the preparation of the cake using only the freshest and natural products. Flour should only be premium. It is better to take home-made eggs, with them the dough will turn out more magnificent. Sour cream for cream should be as greasy as possible, at least 20%. If you could not find the sour cream of the right fat content, you can correct the situation with the help of butter. It is added to sour cream and whipped. So the cream will turn out lush and thick.
To cook the right biscuit dough, you must have certain skills and know some of the nuances. For this we need flour, eggs and sugar. Eggs must be chilled. Proteins are carefully separated from proteins. It is worth noting here that if even a drop of yolk gets into the proteins, you can no longer beat them until you need a consistency, which means that the dough will not work. Squirrels beat with a whisk or a mixer in a dense foam. You can beat eggs into lush foam without dividing them into squirrels and squirrels. Then add sugar and continue to beat until it dissolves. Now yolks are introduced one at a time. When the mass becomes homogeneous, turn down the mixer speed and pour in the sifted flour. The main secret of the right biscuit: beat the dough in only one direction.
Sour cream is prepared by whipping sour cream with sugar. This is a simple cream recipe. But you can diversify it by adding condensed milk, berry puree, etc.
For the tortoise cake, the step-by-step recipe is not baked with traditional cakes, but with small biscuit cakes, which are placed in the shell of the shell, smearing each layer with cream. The cake will soak faster if you dip each cake in sour cream and leave for a couple of minutes. The paws and neck are made from crusts that are oval in shape. A round cake is left for the head. The surface of the "Turtle" cake is decorated with a step by step recipe at its discretion with chocolate icing, berries, etc. With the help of chocolate icing or special pastry pencils draw a muzzle and paws.
Recipe 1. Cake "Turtle" step by step recipe
Ingredients for Turtle Cake Step-by-Step Recipe
Dough
two tablespoons of cocoa powder;
six chicken eggs;
one and a half teaspoons of slaked baking soda;
white sugar - one and a half glasses;
flour - two glasses.
Sour cream
white sugar - one and a half glasses;
fresh strawberries - 300 g;
condensed milk - 200 g.
Chocolate glaze
milk - half a glass;
dark chocolate - 100 g;
butter - 50 g.
Cooking method
1. Before starting to cook the dough, turn on the oven 200 degrees and remove the butter from the refrigerator. It should be soft.
2. Drive six eggs into the mixer bowl and beat them until fluffy foam is obtained. Without stopping the whipping process, add sugar in a thin stream. Continue whisking until crystals are completely dispersed in the egg mixture. Instead of sugar, you can use powdered sugar. You can buy it in a store or make it yourself by grinding sugar through a coffee grinder. Powdered sugar will dissolve much faster in eggs, and the dough will turn out tender and uniform.
3. Transfer the flour twice through a sieve and combine with cocoa. Stir. Use only high quality cocoa powder. Flour must be premium. Slow down the mixer and add the cocoa flour mixture in small portions. Make sure that there are no lumps left.
4. Now add slaked baking soda. You can repay it with vinegar or lemon juice. Stir again. It should turn out to be a fairly thick dough, the consistency of rustic sour cream. Beat the dough in only one direction, in which case it will turn out airy. This is the main secret of a successful biscuit.
5. Cover the baking sheet with parchment or foil and grease it with oil. This is necessary so that the biscuit cakes are easily removed. With a teaspoon, put the dough on the parchment in the form of small cakes, leaving a small distance between them, as the dough will rise during baking. Make six cakes oval. They will be needed to form the neck and legs of the turtle. Instead of parchment or foil, you can use a special silicone mat. It is not necessary to lubricate it with oil.
6. Put the baking sheet in the oven and bake the cakes until golden brown. During cooking, and for ten minutes after the end of baking, do not open the oven door so that the cakes do not sit down. Continue to bake the cakes until you use the whole biscuit dough. Put the finished cakes in a plate, put oval cakes in a separate bowl.
7. While biscuits are baked, do the cooking cream. Sort the berries of the strawberry, remove the rotten ones, tear off the tails. Put them in a colander and rinse under running water. Put on a paper towel and pat dry. Put two-thirds of the berries in a deep plate and crush to a puree condition using a potato crusher. You can mashed strawberries by placing them in a blender bowl and interrupting until smooth. Finely chop the remaining strawberries. Place sour cream in a mixer bowl, add condensed milk and beat, constantly increasing speed until a thick, lush mass is formed. If you could not find the sour cream of the right fat content, add a little butter to the cream to make it thick. Add strawberry puree and pieces of berries to sour cream. Beat a couple of minutes at low speed. The cream will acquire a pale pink color and a pleasant strawberry flavor.
8. Pour half a glass of milk into a small stewpan and place it on a small fire. It is better to take homemade milk. Break a piece of dark chocolate into pieces and put into hot milk. Stir the mixture continuously until the chocolate has melted completely. Make sure that the glaze does not stick to the walls and bottom. Remove the stewpan from the stove. Add butter to the chocolate mixture and continue whisking with a whisk until the glaze is uniform in consistency. Leave to cool. Stir occasionally so that no film forms on top.
9. There are two ways to form a cake. Set aside one round cake. Of these, later make the head of a turtle. In the first, put a layer of cakes on a dish in the form of a circle and pour them with cream. Then form a second layer of cakes, only making it smaller than the first. Lay out cakes, reducing the circumference of each layer, thus forming a tortoise shell. This method is suitable if you have time for impregnation. If you do not have time, the second method is suitable for you: lower the biscuit cakes into a cream and leave to soak for a while, then carefully remove them and put them in layers, spreading each cream. Insert oblong cakes on the sides. It will be paws, neck and tail. Use a cream to attach a round cake to the neck. It will be the head. Lubricate the surface of the carapace with cream and place the cake blank in the refrigerator to soak.
10. Then take out the cake and pour the shell on the chocolate icing. On top of it, you can apply a picture of sour cream. Paws and muzzle draw with chocolate icing. Now you can buy special pastry pencils, with which you can apply absolutely any pattern. For drawing a picture on the face and legs, the glaze can be placed in a confectionery syringe with a thin nozzle. Or put in a plastic bag, cut off the tip of which so that the glaze comes out in thin strips. Put the finished cake in the cold for a couple of hours.
11. Serve the “Turtle” cake a step-by-step recipe on the table, you need to whole so that guests can appreciate the unusual appearance of the dessert. It is better to serve not too sweet soft drinks, tea, milk or coffee to the cake.
Cake "Turtle" step by step recipe - tips and tricks
- If you place the crusts before laying for a couple of minutes in the cream, the cake will soak faster.
- Spread slices of nuts, almonds or dried fruits between layers of crusts, so the cake will turn out even tastier.
- Cake "Turtle" step by step recipe can be prepared without baking. To do this, use ready-made biscuit cookies.
- The icing for the cake can be prepared not only from black, but also from white chocolate.
- For cream, use sour cream of at least 25% fat.
