Dragon Cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Take everything you need for a biscuit and divide the ingredients into two identical parts. It is necessary to bake two round biscuits.

2. Step 2:

   

   Knead the dough. Beat the butter with plain and vanilla sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then we introduce eggs one by one. Then add the flour with baking powder and pour in the milk. We introduce all the ingredients without stopping whipping. We continue to beat until a fluffy homogeneous mass for 5-10 minutes.

3. Step 3:

   

   We introduce crushed chocolate and well, with a spatula, knead the dough with chocolate.

4. Step 4:

   

   Transfer the dough to a parchment-lined form.

5. Step 5:

   

   Bake the sponge cake until ready in a preheated 170 degree oven. We prepare the second biscuit. Ready-made biscuits must be cooled to room temperature.

6. Step 6:

   

   Meanwhile, whisk the cream. Caramel candies, better like toffee or "cows " melt in a small amount of water, can be mixed with condensed milk in the microwave and gradually added to the churned butter. When the cream is knocked down, add brandy and whisk for another two minutes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Cut one biscuit according to the template.

8. Step 8:

   

   The second one is divided by diameter into two parts.

9. Step 9:

   

   Smear the halves with cream.

10. Step 10:

    

    Collecting the dragon's torso.

11. Step 11:

    

    We take those parts that are for the head and neck. And we cut off a little from the tail, as in the photo, you can even less.

13. Step 12:

    

    We lay out the neck and head, lifting it a little with a triangle cut off from the tail.

14. Step 13:

    

    Install the front paws.

15. Step 14:

    

    Assemble the hind legs and put them in place.

16. Step 15:

    

    Install a two-part tail. Before assembling at the neck and head, it is necessary to cut the corners.

17. Step 16:

    

    We collect the whole dragon with cream and smear it on all sides with cream. We give it to soak and harden the cream a little in a cool place.

18. Step 17:

    

    Meanwhile, on parchment, we make elements of the dragon crest from melted chocolate. Draw serpentine movements, layer by layer, figures as in the photo. Let the chocolate freeze in the refrigerator.

19. Step 18:

    

    Then, on the flat side of the half of the horn of the comb, we also apply melted chocolate and let it freeze in the refrigerator. Meanwhile, for decoration, mix the cream of two colors.

20. Step 19:

    

    Using the grass nozzle, we apply the scales to the dragon with cream.

21. Step 20:

    

    At the base there is one color at the bottom, another at the top. We make eyes out of marshmallows and chocolate. We make nostrils out of chocolate.

22. Step 21:

    

    We install all the decor elements in their places. After that, the cake is ready. We delight our storytellers and fairy-tale characters with this fantastic cake!