Cake "Turtle" with sour cream

Contents:

• Necessary ingredients
• The process of preparing the dough
• The process of preparing the cream and icing

Cake Recipe "Turtle" with sour cream was invented many years ago, but the dish never ceases to please cooks ease of preparation and excellent taste.
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Necessary ingredients

The number of different recipes are many, but the classic best. During cooking, you can add nuts, dried fruits, experimenting with cream, but the main secret lies in the cream, it will be more than better. The name "Turtle" was given a cake by his appearance resembling a turtle shell and protruding claws, tail and head. To prepare the classic recipe - cake with sour cream - need the following ingredients:

Dough:

• egg fresh medium size - 6 pcs .;
• baking powder (can replace soda with citric acid) - 1h. l.,
• flour (or first) - about 2 tablespoons .;
• granulated sugar (preferably small) - 1, 5 st .;
• butter (can substitute margarine) - '50

Sour cream:

• cream of 20% - 1 L;
• granulated sugar (preferably powdered sugar) - 1, 5 st ..

Chocolate Glaze (you can select at the discretion of the hostess)

Option 1:

• chocolate milk - 100 g;
• cream - 100 ml.

Option 2:

• butter - 50 g;
• any sugar - 2, 5, Art. L .;
• Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp. L .;
• milk or cream - 2 tbsp. l.

Decoration:

For decoration you can use any edible material, but is best suited condensed milk, it can be on top of the glaze outline tortoise shell. It is also worth experimenting with color marmalade round and get a colorful cake. If a child or adult does not like dark chocolate, the glaze can easily be made of white tiles, pre-Melt it.

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The process of preparing the dough

The recipe on which to prepare the cake "Turtle", is starting to translate into reality with the basics - cookies.

1. Take a deep bowl, pour into it all the eggs one at a time with the whites and yolks, add sugar. Stir well and start whipping mixer until fluffy mass and volume, it is expected to increase three-fold. The secret to beating lies in the fact that the eggs have to be cool and fresh, and sugar - not large.
2. Then add in the future cake melted butter, quickly but gently stir it into the mixture.
3. The next step, which involves the recipe should be the addition of flour. Before that, it is good to sift. Pour the flour into the egg-oil mass, not to forget the baking powder. Mix well, the dough should be like thick cream.
4. The resulting dough is put one tablespoon at a greased baking sheet and bake about 20 minutes at 180-200 degrees. Circles, like pancakes, have browned slightly, it indicates readiness.

The dough should try to pour on a baking flat circles, otherwise the turtle will turn out not very smooth. Flour sifting necessarily otherwise pancakes can not get up and get Cleckley. The amount of bulk ingredients may be larger or smaller, depending on their quality.

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The process of preparing the cream and icing

Recipe "Turtle" on which to prepare the cake, should include namely sour cream, technology of its preparation of the next.

1. Sour cream should be not less than 20% fat, it is advisable not to buy it in the store and on the market, or plant, as shops, before selling, diluted with water or milk from that when whipping it spreads rather than thickens. If, however, sour cream shops, it is necessary to defend it. Sour cream to put on the gauze, folded in half and tie a bag, put on a sieve or colander, put on a deep container or in the sink. Two hours later, when the excess fluid is drained, the next shift cream in a deep bowl.
2. Smetana beat with a mixer, gradually adding the sugar until until no grains crunch. Initially, the recipe, "Turtle" suggests powder, her process of preparing the cream on the cake is faster. Also, if you like to cook a little sour taste toppings you can add to the cream of citric acid in the death of the knife.

After the cream to begin preparing the glaze, it can be done in two ways.

1. Melt milk or bitter or white chocolate in the microwave or in a water bath. Add a little cream to the consistency of sour cream. You can not take chocolate with raisins, nuts, cereals, and other additives. As practice shows, such tiles are not fired, and undercooked.
2. The second method recipe icing on the cake takes a little longer, but it turns out not less tasty. Slip all the ingredients and put on a plate (preferably a water bath). Boil, without boiling, for 5-7 minutes. After cooking, be sure to cool to room temperature, the mass thickens.

After all the components on the cake "Turtle" ready to start formation, which involves a prescription. All cookies put into a container and mix with sour cream. Spread on a flat dish in the form of a slide-shell, leaving four in the decoration. Of the two lay whole muzzle and tail, 2 left, cut in half and put in place feet. Drizzle evenly shell glaze, decorate as desired, leave overnight for impregnation.