"Potato" (cake): a recipe according to GOST. How to cook a real "Potato" cake?

"Potato" - a cake (a recipe according to GOST will be presented a little lower), familiar from childhood. After all, it was during the times of the former USSR that this delicacy could be found in various confectioneries, cafes and cookery. In the end, people learned to make such a dessert on their own, at home. But to hide their flaws during the preparation of the base, most housewives began to add cocoa powder to it.

Today we decided to tell you how to properly prepare such sweetness as "Potato" (cake). Recipe for GOST also provides for the use of cocoa powder, but this product should not be added to the biscuit. It only needs to roll the formed workpieces. But first things first.

Cake "Potato": classic recipe

Surely, many modern cooks will begin to argue with the fact that the presented way of cooking homemade delicacy has nothing to do with GOST. But this is not so. After all, the following recipe is the most classical one.

So, we need the following products:

• Eggs are large - about 5-6 pcs. (For biscuit);
• Fine sugar sand - about 180 g (for biscuit);
• White flour sifted - 150 g (for biscuit);
• Potato starch - 30 g (for biscuit);
• Baking powder - 2 dessert spoons (for biscuit);
• Butter of maximum freshness creamy - 250 g (for cream);
• Powdered sugar - 240 g (for cream - 140 g, for crashing - everything else);
• Condensed milk - 100 g (for cream);
• Alcoholic drink (cognac or rum) - 6 dessert spoons (for cream);
• Cocoa powder - 160 g (for crashing finished products).

Preparation of the dough

If you comply with all the requirements for creating a homemade delicacy, you will definitely get not only delicious, but also very beautiful "Potato" (cake). Recipe in accordance with GOST provides for the use of a light basis only. To make it, you need to divide the eggs into egg yolks and squirrels. The latter should be placed in the refrigerator and held there for at least a quarter of an hour. As for yolks, they should be grinded together with granulated sugar until light and viscous consistency.

After the proteins cool, they must be whipped into a strong and lush foam. To do this, you can use a blender, and a mixer, and a conventional hand-whisk. When both masses are completely ready, they need to be mixed in one container, and then gradually pour into them potato starch, baking powder and sifted white flour. As a result of long stirring, you should get a semi-liquid basis, almost like a "Charlotka" pie.

Biscuit baking in the oven

How to cook a potato cake at home? In principle, here there is nothing arhislozhnogo, with the task to cope even a novice cook. However, there is one small nuance. Sponge cakes should be baked correctly. To do this, you need to prepare a not very high shape, having smeared its surface with a piece of margarine. If desired, the dishes can also be made with special baking paper.

After preparing the form, it is necessary to pour out all previously mixed dough. Next, the dishes should be placed in the oven, heated to about 160 degrees. Bake biscuit preferably long and at low heat. After all, only so your base will not burn and will remain as bright as possible.

Cake "Potato" in accordance with GOST is prepared long enough. In this regard, you should be aware in advance that you can not quickly create a dessert. After the biscuit is fully baked, it must be removed from the mold with a spatula, placed on a large plate or cutting board, and then left to cool for 1-2 hours. In order not to waste time, it is recommended to immediately start preparing the cream.

The process of cooking cream

How to make a potato cake at home? To do this, you should use not only a light biscuit base, but also a sweet fragrant cream. To make it, you need to get the oil from the refrigerator in advance (for 4-6 hours) and completely soften it at room temperature. Next, put it in a deep dish, add the powdered sugar and whisk with a blender to a lush and homogeneous mass. In conclusion, it is recommended to pour a small amount of condensed milk into the cream and mix the mass well.

Yes, we are preparing a potato "Kartoshka" at home. But this does not mean that you can not bother with the design of delicacies. It is clear that the kiddies (and all other household members too) are shooting delicious balls in a moment, especially not worrying about the commodity appearance, but ... In general, mouth-watering products are of greater interest. Therefore, put a couple of large spoons of cream aside. In the future we will place it in a culinary syringe and decorate the surface of all the cakes.

Preparation of the basis for dessert

After the biscuit completely cools, you can immediately begin to create the basis for future cakes. For this, the cold cake should be broken off into small pieces, placed in a bowl of a blender and chopped at high speed. By the way, making crumbs too small is undesirable, because in cakes, according to GOST, the granularity of the base must be noticeable.

When the loose mass is ready, it is necessary to lay out the entire cream cream (except that it is left for decorating the dessert). By thoroughly mixing both components, and adding rum or cognac, you should get a viscous, light and homogeneous mass that can be given absolutely any shape.

The process of forming products

Cake "Potato" (photos of the dessert, presented in the article, show the final result of our labors) it is advisable to do with a little water soaked in water. Then the base will not stick to your fingers, which will facilitate and accelerate the process of forming the products.

So, in the hands it is required to take 2,5-3 dessert spoons of the ready dough and to roll from it rather dense preparations of the oval form (in the form of the present potatoes, but in the reduced sizes). By the way, it is not unusual for the hostess to form such a cake as follows: take the whole base, roll out a long sausage with a diameter of up to 3 centimeters, and finally cut into short blocks. This option is intended more for the lazy, but we have nowhere to hurry, so we decided to make each product separately.

The process of decorating cakes

After all the cakes have been formed from the light biscuit base, you should proceed to their direct adornment. For this it is required to mix cocoa powder and powdered sugar in a shallow container, and then roll our blanks in the resulting mixture. The brown bulk should immediately adhere to the surface of the cakes. Laying out all the "potatoes" on a flat large plate or a dry cutting board, it is necessary to take a culinary syringe filled with cream cream and squeeze out a small flower or beautiful curl on the surface of each product.

After all the done, cakes must be put in a refrigerator and held for at least one and a half hours. During this time, the products will solidify, they will take a more stable form and are completely saturated with a fragrant cream.

How to properly bring home dessert to the table?

As you can see, there is nothing difficult in making such a treat as "Potato" (cake). The recipe according to GOST, as well as other methods of preparation of this dessert, does not require the use of rare and expensive products. In this regard, it can be done at least every week. By the way, such a cake will serve as an excellent substitute for a purchased cake for a festive table.

Serve ready-made "potatoes" for guests or family members is recommended only in the cooled state. After all, in a warm state, the products are too soft, and taking them by hand will be problematic. In addition to such a delicious homemade delicacy, you must present unsweetened hot tea or fresh milk. Enjoy your meal!

Useful information for housewives

Currently, there is an incredible number of ways to prepare a cake "Potato". So, some housewives add grated chocolate, cocoa powder, ground nuts and even shredded dried fruits to the base. And for decoration you can use not only a mixture of cocoa with powder, but also wafer crumbs, coconut chips, crushed nuts, the same grated chocolate or chocolate sweets and everything that your heart desires.

In view of the fact that the biscuit is baked in the oven and cools long enough, ordinary biscuits began to be used instead. They grind them to a very shallow crumb, similarly combine with cream and form the same "potato". It should be specially noted that there are other tricks that the housewives use to prepare this extraordinarily tender, fragrant and delicious dessert. Thus, having shown a fantasy, and you will be able to introduce your culinary innovations into this "Soviet" and many favorite delicacies.