Figure 8 cake with cocoa and cottage cheese with fruit flowers

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   These are the ingredients needed to prepare this delicious and beautiful iconic cake number 8.

2. Step 2:

   

   At the beginning, separate the whites from the yolks.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add a pinch of salt to the whites and beat the whites into a fluffy foam.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add most of the sugar, leaving a couple of tablespoons for the yolks, while whipping the whites.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add the remaining sugar to the yolks and beat until white.

6. Step 6:

   

   Mix flour with cocoa powder and vanilla.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add 1/3 of the whites to the yolks.

8. Step 8:

   

   Gently mix with a spoon from top to bottom.

9. Step 9:

   

   Add the flour and cocoa in parts and mix in the same way.

10. Step 10:

    

    Add the remaining proteins and also knead into a fluffy homogeneous dough.

11. Step 11:

    

    Cover the bottom of the mold (diameter 24 cm) with parchment, lubricate the walls with oil. You can also sprinkle with flour or not sprinkle. Lay out the dough. Place for 30-35 minutes in a preheated 200 degree oven for baking.

12. Step 12:

    

    Let the finished biscuit cool for 5-6 hours.

13. Step 13:

    

    Cut the biscuit lengthwise into three parts.

14. Step 14:

    

    Pour a tablespoon of gelatin with boiled water. And leave for 30 minutes to swell. And then heat until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Do not let it boil.

15. Step 15:

    

    Mix cherry syrup with cooled gelatin.

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    Beat the butter into a fluffy mass.

17. Step 17:

    

    Add condensed milk to taste and beat as well.

19. Step 18:

    

    Use a blender to grind the cottage cheese to a creamy state.

20. Step 19:

    

    Add a spoonful of cottage cheese to the beaten butter and beat. Before the readiness to add vanilla.

21. Step 20:

    

    Add cherries to the finished cream.

22. Step 21:

    

    Mix the cream until smooth.

23. Step 22:

    

    Cut out the base of the figure of eight from the cakes. Trim the outer edge.

24. Step 23:

    

    Cut a hole inside.

25. Step 24:

    

    In the same order as in the photo

26. Step 25:

    

    Of cake scraps

27. Step 26:

    

    Cut out the details for the base of the cake.

28. Step 27:

    

    Pour gelatin syrup over the biscuits. And put it in the refrigerator for a few minutes. Thus, it is necessary to soak the biscuits 2-3 times. Leave some syrup.

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    Then put half of the cream on the bottom layer of the cake.

30. Step 29:

    

    Smear well and lay out the top layer of the cake.

31. Step 30:

    

    Smear with the rest of the cream. Put the cake in the refrigerator.

32. Step 31:

    

    Make a crumb from the remaining biscuit using a blender.

33. Step 32:

    

    Sprinkle the sides of the cake with biscuit crumbs. Pour the remaining syrup over the top.

34. Step 33:

    

    Decorate the cake with fruit, and you can pour fruit jelly or serve it to the table like this! It's nice to celebrate and have an appetite!