Double sponge cake on February 23

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   WHITE SPONGE CAKE: Beat the eggs until they increase in volume, then, gradually adding sugar, beat for another 7 minutes. Add flour in a thin stream, gently stirring from bottom to top. Pour the dough into a 24 cm split mold covered with parchment, spread evenly over the mold, turning the mold several times clockwise. Put it in the oven for 25-30 minutes, preheated to 180 degrees. Cool the finished biscuit. It will turn out to be about 1.5 cm in height.

2. Step 2:

   

   CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE: To make a chocolate sponge cake, you need to sift flour, cocoa, baking powder together. Add sugar and mix. Beat the eggs, add to the loose ingredients, mix thoroughly. Pour the dough into a baking dish lined with baking paper, turn the mold several times clockwise. Bake a chocolate sponge cake for 20-30 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees. Cool the finished biscuit. It will turn out to be about 3.5 cm in height.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut the cooled chocolate sponge cake into 2 cakes. Leave the white sponge cake as it is, it is not necessary to cut it.

4. Step 4:

   

   You should get 2 chocolate cakes and 1 white cake.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put one chocolate cake on a white cake and use a template to cut a star in the middle of these two cakes. From white and chocolate stars cut from cakes, you can make a cake by smearing the stars with cream.

6. Step 6:

   

   IMPREGNATION: To prepare the impregnation in proportions of 50-50, mix strained strawberry jam and water, add a little brandy and mix, 250 ml of impregnation should be obtained. Put a chocolate cake without a star on a dish and soak it.

7. Step 7:

   

   CREAM: To prepare the cream, the products must be at room temperature, then the cream will turn out homogeneous.

9. Step 8:

   

   Mix boiled and ordinary condensed milk, butter and brandy in a blender until smooth. The cream will be pleasant and gentle.

10. Step 9:

    

    Lubricate the soaked chocolate cake with cream.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the white cake on the chocolate cake, soak it and lubricate it with cream.

12. Step 11:

    

    Put a chocolate cake with a star on a white cake, grease the sides of the cake with cream.

13. Step 12:

    

    GLAZE: To make the glaze, mix cocoa and sugar, pour in cream and bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly, but do not boil! Cool the icing and cover the cake with it.

14. Step 13:

    

    SPRINKLING: Chop walnuts and decorate the sides of the cake.

15. Step 14:

    

    DECORATION: Prepare the jelly as indicated on the package, pour it into any mold. When the jelly hardens, cut it into pieces and fill the star on the cake. Decorate the birthday cake "February 23" with cocktail cherries, pastry balls, let it soak and can be served to the table. Have a nice tea party! Happy Defender of the Fatherland Day!