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A cake with a romantic name is considered a classic dessert.
The Black Prince cake clearly did not get its name in honor of the son of the English king Edward III, who lived in the 14th century and bore this nickname because of the color of his armor.
These are baked goods with chocolate cakes and white cream, so the name stuck, perhaps, precisely because of the cocoa in the cakes. But although this recipe is more festive, it’s easy to prepare a delicious cake. The main thing is to follow the recipe. It was shared on the Kolizhanka website.
Cake “Black Prince”
Ingredients:
For the test:
- 3 eggs;
- kefir 3.2% – 300 ml;
- butter – 100 g;
- sugar – 200 g;
- flour – 300 g;
- baking powder – 15 g;
- cocoa powder – 30 g;
For decoration:
- dark chocolate – 100 g.
For cream:
- sour cream 30% – 500 g;
- cream 33% – 250 g;
- powdered sugar – 230 g;
- vanilla sugar – 10 g.
Preparation:
- First prepare the crust dough. Eggs and kefir should be at room temperature, so remove them from the refrigerator in advance. Melt the butter and let cool.
- Break the eggs into a bowl, add sugar. Whisk everything with a whisk to obtain a fluffy and homogeneous mass. Pour in kefir, melted butter and beat again. The sugar should completely dissolve.
- Sift flour into a bowl. Add half to the eggs and kefir. Add baking powder and cocoa powder and stir. Then gradually add the remaining flour. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Line a 22cm diameter mold with baking paper. Pour the dough into it and leave for 10 minutes. Then place in the oven and bake for about an hour.
- Once the cake base has cooled, use a sharp knife to cut off the top horizontally to create an even surface. The top is then used for decoration.
- Wrap the cake base in cling film and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
- After eight hours, cut the base of the cake into 2-3 layers with a sharp knife.
- And prepare the cream. Beat sour cream with a mixer with cream, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar.
- Spread the cakes with cream, and then put the cake in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
- Apply cream to the sides and place in the refrigerator again for at least an hour.
- Grate the dark chocolate on a fine grater. Grind the dried top of the cake in a blender and mix the crumbs with chocolate. Sprinkle the resulting crumbs over the top and sides of the cake. But if you want, you can skip this step. You can also decorate the cake with cocktail cherries.
