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Pinecone "Potato" Cakes from Cake Crumbs

A childhood favorite — no-bake cakes made from cake crumbs. One time, rushing to leave the country house, we quickly had tea with some pound cake and drove off, forgetting to put the leftover cake away. By the end of the week it had dried out completely, of course — but I found a use for it as cake crumbs. Let me show you this well-known no-bake treat, which I make with a milk-and-egg buttercream (the classic "Charlotte" cream). So let's get started.

Julia

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Sponge cookies

250

Walnuts (any nuts)

Cocoa powder (heaping)

Egg

Sugar

Milk

150

Butter

150

Vanillin (a knife-tip's worth)

Powdered sugar

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 9 % 6 g

Fats 35 % 23 g

Carbohydrates 56 % 37 g

383 kcal

GI: 5 / 73 / 22

Cooking method

Step 1:

The ingredients.
Step 2:

I ran the stale cake through a meat grinder along with the nuts. Mix the dry ingredients: the crumbs with the nuts and cocoa.
Step 3:

Now make the milk-and-egg buttercream ("Charlotte"). Heat the milk and sugar, stirring, and bring to a boil.
Step 4:

In a separate pot, beat the egg with a whisk.
Step 5:

Whisking constantly, pour the hot sweetened milk into the egg in a thin stream.
Step 6:

Heat the mixture over low heat almost to a boil, stirring the whole time. Let the milk syrup cool slightly.
Step 7:

While the syrup cools, mash the room-temperature softened butter and beat it lightly.
Step 8:

As you beat the butter, add the milk syrup a little at a time, mixing well until smooth. Add the vanillin with the last addition of syrup.
Step 9:

Stir the crumb-nut-cocoa mixture into the cream. Mix thoroughly until you have a thick, uniform mass.
Step 10:

Shape each cake into a pinecone. Use scissors to snip "scales" into the surface.
Step 11:

Dust the finished cakes with powdered sugar and refrigerate them for about two hours.
Step 12:

Perfect with a cup of tea!