Composition / ingredients
Step-by-step cooking
Step 1:
How to make such a bright dance? It is made from sponge cakes and fillings of creamy mousse and multicolored jelly. Prepare the jelly in advance, I usually cook it overnight. To optimize the process, you can take ready-made semi-finished products and dilute them according to the instructions on the package. Use at least four colors. But each color of jelly can be prepared by yourself from natural products. Keep in mind that raw kiwi and pineapple can not be used — the jelly will not harden.
Step 2:
Biscuit products should be the same, at room temperature. Please note that 110 gr flour should be added to the main dough and additionally + 1 tbsp.l. is added to the yellow part of the dough!
Step 3:
Wash the eggs well, dry them. Then separate the whites and into separate cups 1 yolk and 2. The remaining 3 yolks will not be needed, use them for other dishes.
Step 4:
Add a pinch of salt to the whites and start whipping at low speed. At the moment of formation of a thick foam, pour in the usual and vanilla sugar, gradually add the speed to the maximum. Beat the whites to strong peaks. Proteins will climb well both cold and at room temperature. It is important that the dishes are fat-free and dry. The whipping time depends on the power of the mixer, I have it about 4 minutes.
Step 5:
In 3 steps, enter the sifted flour with baking powder, then gradually add the melted and cooled butter. Mix with a spatula very gently from the bottom up, from the edge to the center. (If necessary, butter can be replaced with 0.5 cups of odorless vegetable oil).
Step 6:
The dough will turn out airy, lush. Divide it into 4 parts, try not to delay the process.
Step 7:
In 1 part, add 1 tbsp flour and two yolks, which are previously loosened with a pinch of turmeric (or take 5-6 drops of yellow food coloring). In part 2— sift the cocoa and add 1 shaken yolk. In part 3 — dry cherry jelly, in part 4 — poppy seeds.
Step 8:
Cover the form with oiled parchment. In the middle of the mold, alternately spread 2 tbsp. l. dough — yellow, coffee, poppy, pink.
Step 9:
Then turn sharply clockwise several times so that the dough is evenly distributed over the shape.
Step 10:
Immediately bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for about 30 minutes. The time in different ovens may vary slightly. I baked at an average level, the top-bottom mode. Follow all the recommendations when baking a biscuit, check the readiness with a toothpick, if it came out dry — ready.
Step 11:
Let the biscuit cool slightly in the mold, then run a thin blade along the rim, open the mold and remove. Let it lie on the grill until it cools completely, then cut into 2 cakes. You can also prepare a biscuit in advance, then wrap the cooled one in a film and put it in the refrigerator.
Step 12:
While the biscuit cools down, prepare the impregnation, as the cakes turn out to be dry. To do this, pour 40 ml of hot water into 40 grams of sugar, when it cools down, add 1-2 tsp cognac and stir. Also soak the gelatin with cold boiled water, leave to swell. Always check the shelf life of gelatin.
Step 13:
Cut the multicolored jelly into cubes and mix in a spacious container, cover and put it in the refrigerator until the right time.
Step 14:
Now you can collect the dance. Cover the bottom of the mold with clean parchment. Put the cake down with a beautiful slice and soak it. (I took a slice up just for the aesthetics of the photo).
Step 15:
Put on and close the side of the mold, lay the acetate tape (you can cut the stationery corner).
Step 16:
Cream mousse products. The gelatin is already soaked, the cream should be well cooled and take only from 33%, for whipping. Take out the curd cheese in advance so that it is at room temperature.
Step 17:
Add half of the usual and vanilla sugar to the creamy curd cheese, and whisk until fluffy at low speed.
Step 18:
Add the remaining sugar to the cold cream and start whipping at low speed, gradually increase to maximum. As soon as the cream has started to thicken, add the whipped cottage cheese and combine, scrolling for 10-20 seconds.
Step 19:
Heat the swollen gelatin, but do not let it boil, stir until the granules are completely dissolved and cool slightly. While stirring, pour thinly into the mousse, stir until smooth. Gelatin is conveniently heated by pulses in the microwave, constantly checking and stirring. You can use a water bath, as convenient.
Step 20:
In the finished cream mousse, add the jelly cubes in parts, mix.
Step 21:
Pour the mousse with jelly into the mold on the bottom cake, smooth it out.
Step 22:
Immediately cover the top with a second cake with a beautiful slice up, on the reverse side do not forget to soak the cake. Press the top slightly, for a better connection. Cover with a film and put it in the refrigerator until the mousse is completely solidified, I always leave it overnight.
Step 23:
Then carefully remove the side and strips of acetate tape. On the slice you will see a bizarre mosaic of multicolored jelly.
Step 24:
Cut into small cakes. The taste, as well as the appearance, is bright, multifaceted. Try it, you won't regret it!
To make a dish using gelatin work, be sure to pre-soak the gelatin in cold boiled water. The colder the water, the better. Leaf gelatin can simply be put in a bowl of water. Before soaking the powdered gelatin, first rinse the dishes with cold water so that the crystals do not stick to the bottom. It is important to pour powdered gelatin with water, and not pour it into the water. Otherwise, lumps cannot be avoided. Then allow time for the gelatin to swell (the exact time is indicated on the package).
Swollen gelatin is heated to 70-80 degrees. It should never be brought to a boil!. At a temperature of 100 ° C, the mass becomes fibrous and viscous, collagen protein is destroyed and gelatin loses its jelly-forming properties.
The liquid with which the dissolved gelatin is mixed should be about the same temperature as the gelatin solution. With a temperature difference, gelatin can instantly curdle, forming lumps and so-called gelatin filaments. If subsequent heating according to the recipe is undesirable, carefully make sure that there is no such temperature difference.
Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !
The recipe is better to use for form d 22-23 cm. when shooting, I cooked in a split form 24x24 cm. and the cake turned out to be low. It is desirable that the cut cakes are at least 1 cm thick .
Usually the dance is prepared in a square or rectangular shape, but it is also possible in a round one.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Turmeric - 325 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Jelly - 80 kcal/100g
- Butter 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Amateur unsalted butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted peasant butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Peasant salted butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Melted butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Poppy (seed) - 556 kcal/100g
- Mac - 556 kcal/100g
- Cocoa powder - 374 kcal/100g
- Gelatin - 355 kcal/100g
- Ordinary cognac "three stars" - 239 kcal/100g
- Cognac - 239 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Wheat flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Cream 35% - 337 kcal/100g
- Cream 40% - 362 kcal/100g
- Baking powder - 79 kcal/100g
- Egg yolks - 352 kcal/100g
- Vanilla sugar - 379 kcal/100g
- Egg whites - 44 kcal/100g
- Cottage cheese - 223 kcal/100g
- Dry jelly - 368 kcal/100g