Cake on February 23

Traditionally, all kinds of sweets are not consideredtoo suitable gift for men. In fact, a strong sex will not be at all against eating a cake - provided that it will not be a shop, but your own cooked. Why not bake your beloved original cake on February 23?

In general, this is not such a difficult task as it canseem at first sight. You can bake a cake that works best for you, and then give it a "manly" look with the help of mastic: mastic jewelry will help make a cake on February 23 at least in the form of a tank, even in the form of a soccer ball. But if you want to cook something special, offer you a few recipes of original cakes.

Cake "Volcano"

Having prepared this cake on February 23 for your man, you will hint to him that your love is as hot as lava flowing out of the volcano.

To prepare this cake, you will need the following ingredients:

flour - 150 g

bitter chocolate - 120 g + chocolate for watering the cake

powdered sugar - 80 g

Butter - 60 g

eggs - 3 pcs.

instant coffee - 2 tsp.

a pinch of salt

First you need to mix eggs, sugar powder,coffee and salt and beat for two minutes. Chop the chocolate into pieces, chop the butter and melt the butter and chocolate in a water bath, stirring to make the mixture homogeneous. Give the chocolate-oil mixture a little to cool down and pour it into eggs, whipped with coffee and sugar. Stir, add the flour and mix with whisk until the dough becomes homogeneous.

Oven heat up to 200 degrees. Form the baking dish with oil. It is better to choose a form in which your cake will have the shape of a truncated cone in order to strengthen the resemblance to the volcano. Pour the dough into a mold and bake the cake for about 10 minutes. Ready cake pour melted chocolate - "lava", serve on the table until the "lava" is not frozen.

Original mastic cake in the form of a tank

Sweet table is an integral part of any feast. To surprise and please your beloved husband or son, you can prepare for the festive table an unusual and original cake in the form of a tank. We will tell you how to bake such a cake and decorate it with mastic. Quite appropriate on the subject, it will fit perfectly to the festive table. And the simplicity of cooking will please the landlady.

To prepare the cake we need:

milk - 120 ml

butter - 60 gr.

eggs - 3 pcs.

sugar - 165 gr.

flour - 165 gr.

baking powder - 0.5 packs

salt (pinch)

vanillin to taste

After we baked a biscuit. Cooking the cream.

For the preparation we need:

150 ml. Milk and 1 egg whisk whisk. Then add 200 grams of sugar to the mixture and mix. Put the resulting consistency on the fire and stirring to bring to a boil. Boil the cream for 5 minutes and cool. Beat the butter with a mixer at a low speed and gradually add a syrup of sugar, eggs and milk to it. In the finished cream add to the taste of vanillin and stir with a spoon.

Cake Decoration:

Biscuit should be cut into 3 pieces and put in the form of a tank. Lubricating each layer with cream. On top you need to decorate with a green mastic.

The decoration of the cake and the filling may be different, it all depends on your imagination.

Red velvet cake

Red velvet cake - Red Velvet Cake isa traditional American biscuit cake of rich red color. If you cake such a cake on February 23, your man just will not remain indifferent!

To make such a cake, take these products:

For cream:

Softened butter with whipped cream with sugar -ordinary and vanilla. Continue to beat, add eggs (one at a time) and salt. Sift the sifted flour with cocoa powder and baking powder. Dye the food color in kefir. If you do not want to get a cake too rich in red, you can take a dye less.

In the oil mixture, pour in the floury part, thenadd kefir, after it - the remains of flour, stir the dough to homogeneity. Divide the dough into two forms and bake for 25-30 minutes at a temperature of 175 degrees (the test is ready for testing with a wooden stick).

Ready cakes let cool completely, cuteach in half, wrapped in culinary parchment and put in the refrigerator for an hour. In the meantime, prepare the cream: cream cheese, mascarpone and sugar whisk together with a mixer, add the cream and whisk until thick.