Bird's milk cream for cake with semolina

Easy to prepare, delicate and delicious cake cream! A cake called "bird's milk" has been familiar to many since Soviet times, when it was very popular. Almost every housewife baked it for the holiday. Because in those days there was no special abundance of products, and this cake consists of simple and affordable ingredients. Despite the fact that the cream is made from the most ordinary semolina, it turns out so delicious and tender that even today many prefer this particular delicacy.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 6 % 3 g
Fats 43 % 20 g
Carbohydrates 51 % 24 g
283 kcal
GI: 13 / 33 / 54

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the ingredients for the cream according to the list. They are simple and will always be found in every home. There are only five of them: semolina, butter, milk, sugar and lemon. Lemon is needed for the cream to give it a pleasant lemon notes in taste and hide the specific taste of milk and butter. If desired, you can add a pinch of vanilla.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Pour milk into a metal saucepan or bowl, the fatter the milk, the better. Add semolina and sugar, mix well. We put the saucepan on the fire. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Cook until boiling, when bursting bubbles begin to appear on the surface, turn off the fire. Let the cream preparation cool down to room temperature.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Take the butter out of the refrigerator, it should be soft, leave it to lie on the table while the semolina cools down. Cut the softened butter into small cubes, put it in a bowl. Add a teaspoon of lemon juice and a little lemon zest. Beat with a mixer until smooth.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Put the cooled semolina porridge in a bowl with butter. Beat again with a mixer or mix with a spoon until a homogeneous cream consistency is obtained. The cream is ready. It remains for them to lubricate the cake cakes and cool in the refrigerator. this cream is perfect for sponge cakes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    The cream due to the butter included in the composition freezes when cooled, so if the cream is prepared for the future or before baking cakes, then before using it for the cake, you need to take the cream out of the refrigerator, let it stand at room temperature, and then beat it well with a blender. Also, this cream can be smeared with cookies, meringue, cooled and served to the table. It turns out a very tasty treat. Bon appetit!

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Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60   kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47   kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140   kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54   kcal/100g
  • Semolina - 340   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   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
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47   kcal/100g

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