I saw an incredible looking cake on Pinterest and followed the link to this amazing food blog . I, sadly, don't know a lick of Russian and so had to use an online translator to convert it to English. The translation is very literal and still needs a bit of logic applied to understand completely (which is a task I dare not attempt for public judgment). But it looks worth the effort!
If anyone can determine some of the specifics that are lacking from these directions (either because you can read Russian and can amend the poor translation by reading from the source or if you are suddenly blessed with the interpretation of tongues), please feel free to comment corrections and clarifications!
*I totally turned into a pre-teen girl as I read the directions for impregnation.
For the sponge cake:
5 eggs
1 cup (240 ml) sugar
1 cup flour
For the cream:
500 ml of 33% whipping cream
300 g diced strawberries
200 g of white chocolate
1 tbsp. liter. rose water
For impregnation:
150 ml bottled water
2 tbsp. liter. lemon juice
1 tbsp. liter. sugar
1 tbsp. liter. rose water
To decorate:
100 g of white chocolate
1 tbsp. liter. dried rose petals
Grease the pan with vegetable oil Multicookings to reach 900 ml.
Prepare the biscuit. In a large capacity mixer beat eggs, gradually adding sugar.
Continue beating on high speed until a weight gain in the amount of 3-4.
Add the sifted flour, gently but quickly stir the dough.
Put the dough into the pan Multicookings, cook in 60 minutes Baking mode,
Do not open the lid 15 minutes to open, let cool 5 minutes, turn on the steamer,
cool and stand at room temperature overnight, not how it is uncovered.
For impregnation dissolve sugar in hot water, cool, add the lemon juice and rose water.
Prepare the cream. Sliced strawberries pour rose water, set aside.
Whip the cream until chilled stable peaks.
Melt chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave (careful!), Add the melted chocolate into the whipped cream and stir quickly with a mixer at high speed.
Add the strawberries in cream, gently but quickly stir with a spoon or a Spatula.
Sponge cake cut into 2 shortcake, soak the cake bottom third prepared by impregnating
cover with cream, smooth, cover Korzhev, impregnate his remaining impregnated
cover the top and sides of cake with cream.
Grate the chocolate for decoration, mix with a little crushed dried rose petals.
Sprinkle the top and sides of cake with chocolate, put into the fridge for at least 4-5 hours, preferably overnight.
Wet cake obtained by impregnation, moderately sweet, with a slightly sour taste of strawberry and very fragrant. Instead of rose water can take liquor or white wine, but the strawberries with the scent of roses is better, to my taste, of course :) A little grated chocolate remains, but it can be stored in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator and used for decorating desserts or ice cream, for example. The petals or dried rose buds buy a tea shop. Sponge cake can be baked in the oven, as in this recipe.
I've been finding some super fun activities to do with T and this one looks like a piece of magic! Especially since our Dollar Tree currently has the 15 packs of glow sticks for a buck! Good luck making some fairy magic with your own little ones (or maybe even just for yourself ;) )
How To Make Fairies In A Jar
This is something everyone will love! Just imagine the look on your child's face when they see this.
FAIRIES IN A JAR DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut a glow stick and shake the contents into a jar.
2. Add diamond glitter
3. Seal the top
4. Shake hard
This is something they will never forget so its worth a little work on this one.
It was, however, amid a mass of rather inappropriate ads that were not exactly family friendly. The information provided by that site, though, was very interesting and informative, so I wanted to make it available for the benefits of others :)
I fact checked it on snopes.com and it's legitimate...although Snopes claims that some aspects are unproven. The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods also has information about honey's healing power. But it does stress that it needs to be RAW honey.
*It should also be noted that honey is NOT a safe food to give to babies younger than one year old because of the risk of botulism*
It
is found that a mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the
diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world.
Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital
medicine for centuries. Scientists of today also accept honey as a very
effective medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without
any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that
even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine,
it does not harm diabetic patients.
Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, on its issue dated 17 January,
1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by Honey
and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists.
HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and
cinnamon powder, apply on bread, chappati, or other bread, instead of
jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the
cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack.
Also those who already had an attack, if they do this process daily,
they are kept miles away from the next attack.
Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens
the heartbeat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have
treated patients successfully and have found that as age the arteries
and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon
revitalizes the arteries and veins.
INSECT BITES: Take one part honey to two
parts of lukewarm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder,
make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It
is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two.
ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take
daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey
and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even
chronic arthritis can be cured.
In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was
found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one
tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast,
they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated
practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a
month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because
of arthritis started walking without pain.
HAIR LOSS: Those suffering from hair loss
or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of
honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for
approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. It was found to be effective
even if kept on for 5 minutes.
BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of
cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water
and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.
TOOTHACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of
cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching
tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.
CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder
mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to
reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As
mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day, any Chronic
cholesterol is cured. As per information received in the said journal,
pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.
COLDS: Those suffering from common or
severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon
cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic
cough, cold and clear the sinuses.
INFERTILITY: Yunani and Ayurvedic Medicine
have been using honey for thousands of years to strengthen the semen of
men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before going
to sleep, their problem will be solved.
In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women, who do not conceive and
need to strengthen the uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for
centuries. Women who
cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey
and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.
A couple in Maryland, USA, had no children for 14 years and had lost
hope of having a child of their own. When told about this process,
husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above; the
wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term.
UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.
GAS: According to the studies done in India
& Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder
the stomach is relieved of gas.
IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and
cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from
bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has
various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey
strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral
diseases.
INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved
that honey contains a natural ingredient, which kills the influenza
germs and saves the patient from flu.
LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon
powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4
spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil
to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin
fresh and soft and arrests old age.
Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.
PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of Honey and one
teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples
before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily
for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.
SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and
cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema,
ringworm and all types of skin infections.
CANCER: Recent research in Japan and
Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones
have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of
cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of
cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.
FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the
sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to
the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon
power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible.
Dr. Milton who has done research says that a half tablespoon honey taken
in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily
after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality
of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body
within a week.
BAD BREATH: People of South America, first
thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon
powder mixed in hot water. So their breath stays fresh throughout the
day.
HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restore hearing.
*NOTE:The honey used needs to be REAL RAW UNPASTEURIZED HONEY. If it says PURE honey it is most likely pasteurized. It is best to only buy honey that says RAW or UNPASTEURIZED on the label. The difference is that the enzymes are all heated out of the pasteurized honey
