Swan Lake cake with meringue and whipped cream

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Ingredients for meringue. Hazelnuts for meringue need a handful (30 g).

2. Step 2:

   

   Dry all the hazelnuts (250 g) in the oven for 10 minutes at 170 degrees, cool and peel.

3. Step 3:

   

   Chop to medium-sized crumbs.

4. Step 4:

   

   Separate the whites from the yolks, transfer the whites to a mixer bowl (or bowl, glass or stainless steel). add a pinch of salt and start whipping.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add sugar little by little in the process.

6. Step 6:

   

   Line the baking dish with parchment and put the protein mass into it. Smooth with a spoon.

7. Step 7:

   

   Sprinkle with a handful of hazelnuts and smooth. put the meringue in the oven, preheated to 110 degrees, for 2 hours. After 2 hours, turn it off and, without opening the door, leave it to cool completely.

8. Step 8:

   

   Biscuit ingredients.

9. Step 9:

   

   Mix flour, baking powder and cocoa. Mix and sift.

10. Step 10:

    

    Divide the eggs into yolks and whites. Put the yolks all together.

11. Step 11:

    

    Whisk the whites with a pinch of salt to a froth. This can be done not only with a dough mixer, but also with a conventional mixer, blender or whisk. Adding a little sugar, beat until smooth and stable peaks. If you have a blender, then cook with a hand whisk or a spatula, if a mixer, put on a dough nozzle, and reduce the speed to a minimum in the dough mixer, otherwise the protein foam will settle during the kneading process. Add the yolks and stir until smooth.

12. Step 12:

    

    Add a dry mixture of flour, cocoa and baking powder.

13. Step 13:

    

    Knead the dough until smooth. The main thing is not to mix the dough with proteins and leave as much air in it as possible.

14. Step 14:

    

    Line two molds with a diameter of 23 cm with parchment and sprinkle with oil. Put the dough in both equally.

15. Step 15:

    

    Bake at 175 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cool it down.

17. Step 16:

    

    Ingredients for syrup.

18. Step 17:

    

    Add sugar and brandy to the water, stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.

19. Step 18:

    

    Ingredients for the cream.

20. Step 19:

    

    Mix cocoa powder, instant coffee and a spoonful of boiling water until smooth.

21. Step 20:

    

    Beat the butter white at room temperature. Add condensed milk.

22. Step 21:

    

    Add cocoa with coffee.

23. Step 22:

    

    Add cream. If you do not have whipped cream, whisk cream for whipping or regular with a thickener.

24. Step 23:

    

    Assembly. Put the first cake, pour the syrup.

25. Step 24:

    

    Grease with cream and jam.

26. Step 25:

    

    Put the meringue and smear with cream.

27. Step 26:

    

    Put the second cake, soak and lubricate with cream.

28. Step 27:

    

    Coat and line the cake with cream.

29. Step 28:

    

    Sprinkle with chopped nuts.

30. Step 29:

    

    Make a curly border out of the cream.

31. Step 30:

    

    Put candy on the curb, pour melted chocolate. Refrigerate for 8 hours.