Sunday, June 9, 2013

Russian Recipe Time

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.



 Strawberry, Rose petals and white chocolate cake
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.