"Anechka" - a cake from Emma's grandmother. Anechka cake with sour cream recipe Anechka cake classic recipe with chocolate icing
I inherited the Anechka cake recipe from my grandmother. A large amount of walnuts and honey makes it stand out among shortbread cakes. And the light sour cream gives the cake a very pleasant and unusual taste. Since I indulge in homemade baked goods quite often, Anechka’s cake is one of my everyday cakes. The cakes are kneaded and baked quickly, and the cream is whipped in 5 minutes. In general, this cake is best made the day before and let it brew. To mature, so to speak. Then it will simply melt in your mouth.
Time: 90 minutes. Difficulty: Easy
Compound:
For the test:
Flour - 2.5 cups (glass - 200g)
Butter – 100g
Egg – 1 piece
Granulated sugar – 1 cup
Honey - 2 tbsp. spoons
Sour cream – 2 tbsp. spoons
Walnuts – 20 pcs
Soda – 0.5 teaspoon
Vinegar 9% - 1 tbsp. spoon
For cream:
Sour cream – 200g
Granulated sugar – 0.75 cups
For chocolate glaze:
Sour cream – 2 tbsp. spoons
Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp. spoons
Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp. spoons
How I prepare Anechka cake:
First of all, turn on the oven to preheat. I will bake at a temperature of 220 degrees. While the oven is heating up I have time to make the dough:
Beat the egg, sugar and honey with a spoon until smooth. No more than a minute
In a large bowl, beat the egg with sugar and honey.
It is convenient to rub butter and sour cream with a spoon
Add softened butter and sour cream, grind into a homogeneous mass
The slightly tart taste of walnuts will add piquancy to Anechka’s cake.
I pour out the nuts and slaked soda. I stir.
I pour out the flour in small portions and knead the dough. I divide the dough into three equal parts. I will bake three cakes.
The dough should be thick.
I grease the baking pan with butter and sprinkle it with a little semolina (so that the cakes don’t stick). Spoon out the dough and spread it evenly over the pan.
I bake the cakes at 220 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes until golden brown.
For the cream in a bowl, mix sour cream with granulated sugar. While the cakes are baking and cooling, the sand will disperse in the sour cream and the cream will become homogeneous
In order for the cake to be well soaked, I use the sharp tip of a knife to make a grid on the surface of the cake. Assembling the cake, coating the bottom and middle layers sour cream. And I’ll cover the top crust chocolate icing
For the glaze, in a small metal bowl, mix sugar and cocoa powder, add sour cream to them. I put it on low heat and stir continuously until the sand is completely dispersed.
I quickly coat the top layer of the cake with hot glaze.
Anechka's cake is almost ready, but has not yet acquired its true taste. In order for the cake to soak, I put it in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours (or better yet, overnight)
When the cake is soaked and the notes of honey, walnuts and sour cream are mixed, Anechka’s cake will appear on the table in all its glory.
Let's repeat the sequence again
1.Preheat the oven to 220 degrees
2. In a large bowl, beat the egg with sugar and honey.
3. Add softened butter and sour cream to the beaten egg and grind into a homogeneous mass.
4.Pour nuts and slaked soda into the prepared mixture and mix
5.Add flour in small portions and knead the dough. The dough should be thick.
6. Divide the dough into equal parts for three cake layers.
7. Grease the baking pan with butter and sprinkle a little semolina (so that the cakes do not stick to the pan).
8.Pour and evenly distribute the dough into the pan with a spoon.
9.Bake the cakes at 220 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes until golden brown.
10 Remove from the stove ready-made cakes and leave to cool
Making the cream:
11. Mix sour cream and granulated sugar in a bowl. That's all. While the cakes are cooling, the sand will disperse in the sour cream and the cream will become homogeneous
Assembling the cake:
12. To ensure that our cake is well soaked, use a sharp knife to make a mesh on the surface of the cake.
13. Consistently coat the bottom and middle cakes with sour cream.
14. Cover the topmost cake with chocolate glaze
For the glaze:
15. Mix sugar and cocoa powder in a small metal bowl.
16. Add sour cream to them. Place over low heat and stir continuously until the sand is completely dispersed.
17. Quickly coat the top layer of the cake with the hot frosting.
18. Place the almost finished Anechka cake in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours (or better yet, overnight)
Bon appetit! If you have any questions or difficulties, do not hesitate to ask questions, I will help
- flour - 2.5 cups;
- honey - 50 gr.;
- butter -100 gr.;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- sugar - 0.5 cups;
- sour cream (20 - 25%) - 2 tbsp soda slaked in vinegar - 0.5 tsp.
For impregnation:
- tea (or black coffee) - 1 glass;
- sugar - 1 tbsp.
For the cream for the Anechka cake you will need:
- sour cream 30% - 1 glass;
- sugar -0.5 cups;
- walnut - 100 gr.
For chocolate glaze:
- dark chocolate - 90 - 100 gr.;
- butter - 50 gr.;
- sugar - 50 gr.;
- milk - 3-4 tbsp.
Recipe for homemade Anechka cake:
- Beat the egg with 0.5 cup of sugar.
- Add sour cream. Stir.
- Add melted butter, honey. Mix.
- Add flour and soda. Knead the dough.
- Form 3 cakes from the resulting mass.
- Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake quickly, about 5 minutes each. Don't miss out!
- Remove from the oven and immediately trim the edges to the size of your cake pan. Then it will no longer be possible to do this. So we do it right away, while the cakes are soft.
- For cream-sour cream mix with sugar. I do this with a mixer.
- Peeled walnuts grind, either by hand or with a blender. Add them to sour cream.
- Prepare the chocolate glaze. To do this, prepare two pans: a small one and a larger one. The small one should hold onto the edges of the big one with its hands. Pour water into the large one so that it reaches the bottom of the small one. Bring the water to a boil.
- Place sugar, butter, pieces of chocolate into a small bowl (pre-break the chocolate bar into small pieces). It will all start to melt. Stir. The result is a homogeneous thick mixture. Add milk one spoon at a time, stirring constantly. And thus, we bring it to the consistency we need.
- We collect our delicious cake. Soak the cakes with sweet tea or coffee. Spread cream on each cake. Coat the edges well. And put the cake in the refrigerator for at least an hour. I usually do this in the evening and clean it until the morning, but this is not necessary.
- Then we cover the cake with glaze. If the glaze is frozen, you need to melt it in a water bath.
- Decorate Anechka cake at will.
- Delicious homemade cake with sour cream ready!
- Enjoy your tea!