Cake "General", or how to motivate a soldier for heroic deeds

The crown of almost any holiday is always considered a dessert. And if the main culprit of the celebration is a man, then it is worth giving him an original and tasty cake "General". Despite the high rank, it is very easy to bake this delicate and unusual dessert. How to do it? Just follow the instructions below.

Biscuits - three sweet bases

Preparation of the cake "General" begins with baking cakes. For them, you should prepare five simple products. The first, of course, is flour. It will be enough to use a volume equal to two glasses. If there are no standard culinary containers, then weigh two hundred and sixty grams. The second ingredient is sour cream. For the cakes you need one glass, or two hundred and fifty milliliters. Third, prepare two st. Sugar, or four hundred and fifty grams. Well, finally, four eggs and one teaspoon of soda (or half teaspoon of baking powder). This is the basis.

Further, all the ingredients are kneaded to a homogeneous mass. It should be noted that the cake of the house is prepared only with the help of special "assistants": a combine, a mixer or a blender. They are used to ensure that in the semi-finished products there are no lumps of flour left. In addition, to achieve greater airiness, the flour is sieved in advance, and the eggs are beaten separately and only then added to the base.

Having achieved the necessary result, the resulting semifinished product should be divided into three parts. In the first you need to add ground nuts in the amount of one hundred grams, or one culinary glass. Use nuts can be any, although the classic recipe implies exactly walnuts. In the second - cocoa in a volume of 30 ml, or two tablespoons. In the third - raisins weighing one hundred and seventy-five grams, the same culinary glass.

The gas oven should be heated to 180 degrees, and the electric oven to 200. Pour the half-finished products into three containers and bake for about 25 minutes. It should be noted that if the cakes are prepared in a multivark, then for each of them, the "Baking" mode is selected for the same time. After the cakes are suitable, they should be allowed to cool.

Cream - perfect impregnation

Preparation of a cake at home is good in that a cream for impregnation can be chosen by anyone. If there is no time to cook, then it will be enough to use the usual store option in the bag. But still, if possible, soak the cake "General" with a classic custard.

To make it, you will need: a liter of milk, a two-piece yolk, sugar (two hundred and twenty grams), thirty grams of flour (or two tablespoons), vanilla sugar to taste, and two hundred and fifty grams of butter. Yolks should be grinded with sugar, and then add flour. The resulting mass of pour in a saucepan with a liter of milk and on low heat, constantly stirring, let thicken. After that, the mixture should be cooled. As soon as its temperature reaches room temperature, it is necessary to introduce butter and vanilla into the mass. With the help of a mixer, whip the cream until the condition is uniform.

Picking up the cake

At home, it's quite simple. The walnut cake is laid out on the tray, which is lubricated with cream. It is laid out the second with a filling of cocoa and again a cream. The last one uses a cake with raisins and is again coated with cream.

Cake "General" can be made from six tiers. To do this, cooked cakes should be divided into two parts. But this operation should be carried out only after they have completely cooled down. In addition, between the cakes on the cream, you can put a cherry or currant to give a special acidity. It should be clarified that the classic recipe for this does not provide.

You can decorate the cake "General" in many ways. The simplest is to grease the top cake with cream abundantly, after which decorate with grated chocolate. But it is best to give such a "masculine" dessert a shape with the help of mastic or a finished sheet of marzipan, showing a fantasy.

Bon Appetit!