Cake with nuts, prunes, sour cream and cream

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To make a sponge cake for a cake, combine the eggs with sugar and beat them for a few minutes until a fluffy light mass is obtained. The mass should increase in volume several times. To beat the eggs well, the bowl for them should be dry and fat-free.

2. Step 2:

   

   In the fluffy egg mass, gently, with the help of a whisk, mix the sifted flour with soda and vanilla. It is not necessary to interfere for a long time. It is enough just to mix the flour, but so that the mass remains lush. Pour half of the finished dough into a baking dish with a diameter of 20-22 cm.

3. Step 3:

   

   Mix cocoa into the remaining dough.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour the chocolate dough into another mold of the same diameter. Put the molds in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 30 minutes. By time, be guided by your oven.

5. Step 5:

   

   For the filling, take the required amount of walnuts and chop them with a knife. It is not necessary to use a chopper. Pieces of nuts should be felt in the cake. Then fry the nuts in a dry frying pan for a couple of minutes, until a characteristic smell appears. Do not forget to stir constantly. Pour the roasted nuts from a hot frying pan into a plate so that they cool down.

7. Step 6:

   

   Pour boiling water over the prunes for 1 minute. Then drain the water and rinse it in cold water. Then cut the prunes a little. It is not necessary to soak it for a long time, as it will get wet and lose its taste.

8. Step 7:

   

   Remove the finished biscuits from the mold after baking, cool and cut each into 2 cakes.

9. Step 8:

   

   To prepare the cream, combine the fat sour cream with powdered sugar and whisk everything at the highest speed of the mixer for a few minutes. The cream should become lush and tender. The higher the fat content of sour cream, the more stable the cream will be. But do not use sour cream less than 25% - it simply will not rise.

10. Step 9:

    

    Soak sponge cakes with sugar syrups or plain water. Smear the layers with sour cream and put prunes and nuts in the filling. Press the filling into the cream a little. Assemble the cake by layering layers alternately - dark, light.

11. Step 10:

    

    Assemble the cake and coat its top and sides with cream. Put the cake in the refrigerator for a few hours so that it freezes and gets soaked. To decorate, whisk the heavy cream with powdered sugar and line the entire surface of the cake on top and sides. Decorate the cake on the theme of your celebration. Have a nice treat!