Tiramisu cake - a remarkable and unparalleled dessert, whose history began in Italy. These days, even the Italians have issued rights to Tiramisu, arguing that this dessert with the same name can be prepared only in this sunny country with mascarpone cheese and biscuits. But at home it is unusual to make a dish really well, replacing the hard components of our usual cake and thick cream. We offer you a classic recipe and the recipe with apricot jam.
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Types of Tiramisu for the sweet tooth
Classic dessert composition involves the use of compulsory ingredients like eggs, special Italian mascarpone cheese (it is similar to the consistency of cream), espresso coffee, biscuits, sugar and powdered sugar. Italian chefs argue that the ingredients can not be changed, because it will affect the taste. Indeed, it is only with the use of such products obtained dessert with the original smell, taste and appearance.
Today, the recipe is often supplemented brandy or coffee liqueur wines. The cream is added to jams and other components. But the basic recipe remains the same, as well as the delicate taste of dessert.
Today at home, you can do the most different types of Tiramisu, each recipe is different. It all depends not on the amount of ingredients, and the possibility of replacing one component with another. For example, organic coffee is often replaced by cocoa and cookies - a simple sponge cake.
Instead of alcohol for children add the jam and adult table can be used not brandy or coffee liqueur and Sicilian dessert wine Marsala, Madeira strong.
The first classic recipe was introduced in 1971 as a cook Clemente, but since then it has undergone various changes in the dessert. In Italy itself adhere to a strict recipe, but chefs around the world now offer not only the tiramisu cake, but the cake, muffins, ice cream of the same name.
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Tiramisu cake with cream
The famous dessert Tiramisu - a delicate and delicious dessert that tasted once, I want to cook more and more. Many people mistakenly believe that the cake is very difficult to make, but it is not so. To enjoy the lightest coffee aroma, refined taste of cheese and spicy bitterness of cocoa, it is not necessary to visit the sunny Italy, to devote enough not much time cooking in your own kitchen.
The first recipe is to use the cream, which does not include classical. To prepare the dessert at home, it is necessary to lay up such ingredients:
200 g of biscuit (cookie Savoiardi);
100 ml espresso;
6 full article. l. coffee liqueur or brandy;
2 full article. l. cocoa powder;
simple cream Tiramisu (his cooking, consider a classic recipe below);
600 ml of cream (fat content should be from 35%);
3 full article. l. sugar or powdered sugar;
Classic cream;
Mascarpone cheese 500g;
6 eggs;
6 tablespoons. l. sugar.
To prepare the cake should definitely have biscuits in the form of ladies' fingers. Suitable Savoyardy cake, but if you can not get it, you can bake the usual sponge cake layers, which after cooling should be cut. For impregnation cakes need a strong coffee, but you just have to take a natural, soluble for this dessert is not necessary. Coffee after cooking to cool down, after which it must drain, add the brandy and sugar. The drink should have a very sweet taste, a pronounced taste of alcohol, but do not be too cloying.
Cooked cream need to beat with a mixer, starting at a low speed, gradually add powdered sugar. Overall consistency should resemble a thick cream. Now take a square or rectangular dish with a thin layer on the bottom of the cream should be laid on top - adherent biscuits. Then there are two possibilities: cookies can be impregnated with coffee before his placement in the pan or already after biscuit laid on the bottom of the baking dish.
If you do not have sufficient skills in baking, it is best to choose the second option, because too much soaked biscuits can simply break up into pieces when laying.
Top biscuit add more cream, cocoa powder do.
Now laid the second layer of biscuits, cream again, so should have three layers (but no clear rules in a classic Italian recipe with only one layer).
Tiramisu cake on all sides coated with a cream that best align the long knife or a special spatula. Cocoa will need later. The resulting dessert should be put in the fridge for 4 hours and it is best to do it in the evening to the morning he was just fine and will become saturated delicate.
Before serving, sprinkle with cocoa cake, you can decorate the top it with roses from whipped cream and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Cut dessert should be neat, on the section gives a very beautiful, typical pattern.
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Recipe with mascarpone cheese
Tiramisu Dessert at home with mascarpone cheese is considered a classic. This recipe involves cooking cream based on Mascarpone and eggs. Sam is a very simple recipe, cook a Tiramisu cake of this type can each.
First you need to separate the whites from the yolks, placing them in different containers. In the yolks add sugar, stir the mixture thoroughly, then put the mascarpone cheese, 3 tablespoonfuls of any cognac and continue to stir until smooth. If you are making a dessert based on the kids, then the brandy should be replaced by three tablespoons of apricot jam, quince, peach (let the kid chooses himself what he likes). This "kids" version differs from the classical one, that the cream becomes very delicate and interesting flavor. It is possible that you yourself will continue to do exactly dessert with jam instead of brandy.
Then, beat whites advance deferred until a strong foam, add them to the ready mix with cheese. Mix everything with a wooden spatula very carefully, it is impossible for it to take the mixer. The resulting mixture is deposited in the fridge to make it cool.
Assembling the cake at home on is no different from the previous one. Tiramisu traditional form - a rectangular or square, but at home you can use and the usual split round baking dish, if the other does not. Cookies in cooking should be laid so that it does not touch the walls, it will make it possible to make a very nice and smooth edge. Before you file a cake on the table, it is necessary to remove the side of the form, sprinkle with cocoa dessert itself.
Classic dessert Tiramisu will be interesting to those who are not familiar with his gentle, memorable taste. Translation of its name from the Italian word about "carry me away to heaven," but other than unusual, mouth-watering taste of the cake is different and a high content of nutrients than can not boast of any sweet dish.
Try the tiramisu is possible not only in the restaurant, but at home, it is easy to prepare on their own. To do this, not so much food, and special skills are not required. The classic recipe involves the use of a soft mascarpone cheese, which strongly resembles thick cream. It turns out wonderfully delicious!
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The history of honey cake
My favorite classic "Honey"
Homemade honey cake: recipe
Classic honey cake: recipe
Adding honey in breads and cakes began thousands of years ago in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece and Rome. The recipe, as a rule, was very simple: flour and honey mixed together and then the mixture was allowed to "sit" for about a month, until the yeast is not naturally occurring dough starts to rise. This formula has been very important for hundreds of years. Then came up to add extra ingredients such as spices, raisins and other dried fruits.
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The history of honey cake
The advantage of honey is not only its sweet taste, but also its ability to keep pastries fresh for a long time (the honey is an excellent liquid absorbent). With a weight of 1400 g, the cake can be cut into 16 pieces. If you leave the "Honey" at temperatures up to 6 ° Celsius, it will stay fresh for 20 days after the date of production. And it increases the shelf life of one year when it is stored with ice in the freezer.
Another important feature is the effect of honey on human health: According to traditional healers, honey helps fight flu, calm nerves and strengthen the entire body.
In the 12th century nuns in Germany invented a recipe for honey cake. Subsequently, other parts of Europe has become a cake biscuits with honey aroma.
At the same time in France, honey became known as "king of spices". It was added to the traditional French desserts. Each chef from a single county or district swore that his prescription was the best in all of France and contained the correct ratio of honey.
From France, the cake was in other countries such as Holland, Belgium and Italy, and in every place cake recipe further developed and acquired some local features. The recipes have been added spices such as anise, cinnamon and ginger. Ginger has become so popular that it has become a very well-known in England treat - famous gingerbread.
Russia, too, did not remain in storone.Traditsionny recipe ancient Slavs honey cake ordered to do five cakes laid on top of each other and separated kremom.On quite different from other cakes not only in their appearance.
From the outset, the classic "honey cake" attracts even the most demanding gourmets for its delicate flavor.
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My favorite classic "Honey"
Surely every woman stood in front of the problem: how to dessert treat their loved ones? Pancakes stuffed with cottage cheese? Biscuit? Charlotte? Each recipe in his own good, but this is no surprise. Then the question arises: how without unnecessary problems and costs to prepare something special, delicious homemade? The answer is quite simple - homemade honey cake!
"Yes this will take a lot of time and effort! "- You will object. And you will be wrong. Even those who do not like honey, will absolutely love the recipe! If you have already tried honey cake, forget about it! New taste dessert will seem perfect.
A simple recipe will help you to please household fragrant, softest, juicy, warm honey cake.
Life is too short to eat dry, not sweet enough, "rough" cakes. So, here the recipe for the preparation.
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Homemade honey cake: recipe
Ingredients:
3, 5 cups (400 g) flour
1 h. L. (5 g) sodium
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 h. L. (approximately 8 g) ground cinnamon
1/2 h. L. ground cloves
1/2 h. L. ground pepper
1 cup (235 ml) vegetable oils
1 cup (340 g) of honey
1, 5 cups (300 g), sugar
1/2 cup (95g) brown sugar
Three large eggs (at room temperature)
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
1 cup (235 ml) of warm coffee or strong tea
1/2 cup (120 mL) freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 cup (45-55 grams) sliced almonds
Preparation:
For starters preheat the oven to 200 ° C. Grease a baking dish with oil. If your form of deep, then it is desirable to lay out the bottom of the baking paper, cut to fit the shape.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, salt, baking soda. Make a well in the center and add the butter, honey, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, coffee, orange juice.
Using a powerful whisk or an electric mixer on low speed, mix, whisk together to make a thick, well-mixed dough. Make sure that the components are not left on the bottom.
Spoon batter into prepared pan (s). Sprinkle the top of the cake (s) uniformly almonds (chopped). In great shape cake will bake longer (60-75 minutes), a small - 40-45 minutes.
Bake until the top layer is not zarumyanitsya (40 minutes). Then cover with foil and continue baking another 15 minutes Check availability: slide a toothpick in the center of the cake if the toothpick will come out dry, it's ready.
Ready homemade cake in the form of leave on for 20 minutes, then it is possible to extract from it and cool.
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Classic honey cake: recipe
Ingredients:
9 egg yolks (room temperature).
1/2 Art. sugar
1 packet of butter
1/2 cup honey
1, 5 teaspoons of soda
3, 5 cups flour
Cream:
jar of cream
1, 5-2 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sprinkling:
grated chocolate
1 / 2-1 cup of walnuts
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 200 °. On a sheet of lined baking parchment paper (you can use several sheets).
In a small bowl, mix the sugar and egg yolks, whisk with a mixer at medium speed for about 10 minutes. Set aside and move on to the next step, let the sugar until thoroughly dissolved.
Melt the butter in a steam bath. To the oil, add the honey. This also add baking soda, when the mixture begins to boil. This is a little trick that will make cakes fluffy. Mix for 20 seconds. As soon as you notice a change in color, remove the mixture from the heat.
Add a mixture of honey and butter to the sugar and egg yolk and mix well.
Slowly add flour mixture obtained in (a tablespoon) and stir. You should have a very soft and slightly crumbly / sticky dough (clay-like).
Divide it into three equal parts. Take one ball of dough and divide it into 4 equal parts. You need to distribute, "smear" his fingers on a sheet as thin as possible a layer of about 3 mm. Do not worry if you think that will be too thin, the cake should be almost transparent. And try to keep it as straight as possible.
Bake for no more than 5-6 minutes.
Repeat steps 6 and 7 with the remaining batter.
Cream:
Mix the sugar, sour cream and vanilla.
Whisk all very well for about 8 minutes to dissolve the sugar.
Putting it all together:
Spread 1/3 of the cream generously on the first layer.
Then make another layer and turn it upside down on the first layer so that the lower layer of the cake was addressed to you (if you notice a crack, do not worry, they will not be visible after the cream is absorbed). Spread 1/3 of the cream over the second layer, and finally finished adding the last layer (face up), and spread the remaining cream on top.
Cut the cake in half honey and half a cake, place on top of the other half. Trim the edges for a nice look of the cake.
Garnish with chocolate chips or nuts.
Leave the cake for 2 hours to cakes absorbed as much cream, then place it in the refrigerator at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Both turn out incredibly tasty cake. Choose a favorite recipe and cook it with pleasure. Believe me, it's worth it!
