Simple biscuit dainty - potato cake
Where did this name come from - the cake"Potato"? This dessert is named so because it resembles the most widespread and familiar vegetable - potato, except that it is small in size. There are many recipes for "Potatoes", but most often they are based on biscuit dough, nuts, cocoa and butter. Dessert can be flavored with meringue, vanillin, cream, cinnamon, condensed milk, sugar powder, sour cream to get a unique taste.
From this article you will learn how to prepare a cake "Potato":
- according to the classical recipe, close to state standards;
- from a purchased or homemade cookie.
Recipe 1. The classic performance of the "Potato" cake: biscuit dessert
In the dessert, if it is, of course, prepared for adults, you can add a little rum or cognac. You will receive a delicate treat, close to GOST.
Necessary ingredients:
For biscuit base:
- egg - 6 pcs.
- sugar - 6 tbsp. l.
- flour - 4 tbsp. l.
- walnut crushed - 30 g
- potato starch - 1 tbsp. l.
For cake:
- egg - 2 pieces (for cream)
- butter - 150 g (for cream)
- granulated sugar - 3 tbsp. l. (for cream)
- rum or cognac - 3 tbsp. l.
- chocolate fudge or cocoa
Cooking method:
First you need to prepare a biscuit base. On a water bath, mix the eggs with sugar until they reach the temperature of 50 degrees. After this, whisk with a mixer until the mixture has cooled to room temperature. Fill in the same chopped walnuts, gently mix. After that, knead the soft dough, adding the sifted flour twice. In the form put the biscuit dough obtained and bake for 40 minutes in the oven, heated to 200 degrees. The base is ready. From the form can be removed only after cooling.
The next stage is the preparation of an oil cream. It is also necessary in a water bath, whipping eggs with sugar-sand, get the temperature of the mixture - 50 degrees. Then beat the mixer in advance with a softened butter, mix it with a mass of sugar and eggs, mix until homogeneous. The cream for the cake is ready.
We have only to form cakes. Cool the biscuit base from the mold, pass through a meat grinder or blender. In a separate bowl, mix the oil cream, the crumb obtained from the biscuit, and the filler - rum or cognac. A small amount of cream should be set aside in order to decorate ready-made cakes. Divide the resulting mass into parts, form cakes with an oblong or round shape. Roll the dessert in a mixture of cocoa and sugar powder. The product can be filled with finished chocolate fondant. Before cooling, take the cakes out into the cold.
To serve on the table for guests, relatives and friends as a dessert for tea.
Recipe 2. Quick recipe for cake "Potato"
To prepare potatoes according to this recipe, you do not need to bake a biscuit, just take a cookie or cooked at home.
Necessary ingredients:
- cookies - 300 g
- cocoa powder - 4-5 tbsp. l.
- thick condensed milk - 200 g
- Butter - 150 g
- Vanillin - 1 tsp.
- walnut - 100 g
Cooking method:
Grind the cookies into a homogeneous fine crumb, mix the condensed milk with a whisk or a fork with softened oil. Do not whip the mixture!
Add to the mixture a chopped Greeknut, cocoa powder and vanillin, mix. Combine the cream and biscuit crumb, to mold products in the form of small potatoes of round or oblong form.
Mix sugar and cocoa powder, sprinkle cakes. Dessert put cool in the fridge.
Serve for tea at a lunch or a festive table.
As you could see, loved and known to everyonea cake "Potato", even at home, is easy and easy to prepare. Moreover, this is an excellent option for babies, sweet tooth, without any chemical additives, harmful to the growing body. Try it, and you do not have to look for delicious desserts in stores anymore.
