Masha and the bear cake with cherry and sour cream

1. Let's make a biscuit:

- separate the whites from the yolks, whisk the whites with half the sugar to strong peaks, and the yolks with the remaining sugar are white;

- very carefully combine both masses together, sift flour with baking powder, knead the dough (we act very carefully, since the dough is airy and fluffy);

- the bottom of the split mold (diameter 16-18 cm) is lined with parchment, pour the dough into it, level the surface;

- we send the mold to the oven and bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes;

- we give the finished biscuit time to cool down, after which we remove it from the mold, pack it in plastic wrap and leave it for a day.

2. We clean the cherry from the seeds and put it in a colander (you can put it on a sieve), fill it with sugar, put a bowl under the bottom to collect juice.

3. Put sour cream in a bowl, pour sugar and vanilla sugar, mix the ingredients with a whisk. Let the cream stand for 20 minutes so that the sugar crystals completely dissolve, after which we introduce freshly squeezed lemon juice and beat the mass with a mixer until it thickens.

4. We assemble the cake: cut the sponge cake into three cakes, two of which are soaked with cherry juice (the one that let the berries), smear with sour cream and sprinkle with cherries. We do not impregnate or lubricate the top cake, just cover the cake with it and send it to the refrigerator for an hour.

5. And now you need to prepare a cream for leveling the surface of the cake. We will use ganache. Melt white chocolate in the microwave (or in a water bath), add butter, wait for complete dissolution, stirring the mass with a whisk. Leave the ganache at room temperature for 10 minutes, then add the pink food coloring and whisk the ganache with a whisk.

6. We cover the cooled cake with cream, applying generously to the sides to align them to the maximum. Smooth out the irregularities with a culinary spatula. We send the cake to the refrigerator for an hour, after which we cover it with a second finishing layer, carefully leveling the surface of the cake (in an hour the remaining ganache will harden, so it needs to be slightly heated in the microwave). We return the masterpiece to the refrigerator for another hour.

Decorate the finished cake with cartoon characters from mastic (you can buy ready-made ones) and toppers from it, meringues and marmalade. But in general, you can decorate to your taste, guided by your own imagination, it will definitely be chic and unique)

Serve the cake on the table to the loud applause of the guests (do not forget to mention that you prepared a culinary masterpiece yourself ;)

Merry holiday to you and all the best to the hero of the occasion!