Elephant's Tear Cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   For the dough, mix flour and cocoa.

2. Step 2:

   

   Add baking powder and mix well.

3. Step 3:

   

   Sift the mixture.

4. Step 4:

   

   Divide the eggs into whites and yolks.

5. Step 5:

   

   Whisk the yolks until fluffy.

6. Step 6:

   

   Without ceasing to beat, enter the powder in portions.

7. Step 7:

   

   Without ceasing to beat, enter one yolk, mixing well each time.

8. Step 8:

   

   Without ceasing to beat, add a mixture of flour and cocoa to the dough. The dough is ready.

9. Step 9:

   

   Line a baking sheet with parchment, grease it with butter if necessary and lay out the dough.

10. Step 10:

    

    Flatten the dough with a spatula and bake. The temperature is 180 degrees. Time - from 10 to 15 minutes.

11. Step 11:

    

    Remove the parchment from the finished cake and fold the cake in half, putting a rolling pin wrapped in a wet towel inside.

12. Step 12:

    

    Press down a little and leave to cool.

13. Step 13:

    

    Pour water into a saucepan for impregnation.

14. Step 14:

    

    Add sugar to the water.

15. Step 15:

    

    Let it boil. The syrup is ready.

16. Step 16:

    

    Add the brandy when the syrup has cooled. You can take vodka, rum or other alcohol. Although children are recommended not to use such impregnation, it is in all GOST cakes, we ate such cakes all our childhood. Therefore, mothers will decide for themselves whether to take alcohol for impregnation or not.

17. Step 17:

    

    To prepare the cream, put the milk on the stove and bring to a boil.

18. Step 18:

    

    Add the nut crumbs to the milk and brew for 1-2 minutes. Leave some of the nuts to decorate the cake.

20. Step 19:

    

    Remove from heat and let cool.

21. Step 20:

    

    Add powdered sugar to the soft butter.

22. Step 21:

    

    Beat the butter with the powder.

23. Step 22:

    

    In portions, add the nut mass to the oil.

24. Step 23:

    

    Beat well every time. Put the finished cream in the refrigerator for half an hour.

25. Step 24:

    

    Coat the cake with impregnation.

26. Step 25:

    

    Put all the cream on the cake.

27. Step 26:

    

    Spread the cream evenly over the cake, leaving the long edges free.

28. Step 27:

    

    Put a banana on the center.

29. Step 28:

    

    Fold the cake in half.

30. Step 29:

    

    For the glaze, break the chocolate into a bowl.

31. Step 30:

    

    Add soft butter to the chocolate.

32. Step 31:

    

    Add hot cream.

33. Step 32:

    

    Put on a steam bath and stir constantly.

34. Step 33:

    

    Bring the mixture until smooth.

35. Step 34:

    

    The glaze is ready.

36. Step 35:

    

    Cover the cake with icing.

37. Step 36:

    

    Decorate the cake with nut crumbs or according to your taste.