Milk cocoa cake with prunes and walnuts

A cake with a wonderful taste for your holiday. A cake stuffed with prunes and nuts turns out to have a simply gorgeous taste. Roasted nuts give it a unique flavor, so do not miss this step. Delicious, delicate and very fragrant cake, will not leave anyone indifferent!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 11 % 6 g
Fats 26 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 63 % 36 g
295 kcal
GI: 31 / 0 / 69

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 d
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    To make a sponge cake, combine the eggs with sugar and beat them at the maximum power of the mixer for a few minutes until the whole mass becomes fluffy and airy.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    While the eggs are being beaten, put the milk combined with butter on the fire. Bring the mass to a boil so that the oil completely melts. Sift the flour through a sieve and combine with soda and vanilla. Alternately add hot milk mixture and flour mixture to the beaten eggs. Knead the fluffy dough by hand, using a whisk.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Prepare 2 baking pans (20cm). Pour half of the dough into one of them. Mix cocoa into the remaining dough. Pour the chocolate dough into another mold. Put both molds in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 30-40 minutes.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Cool the finished biscuits, let them lie down. Cut each biscuit into 2 cakes to make 2 vanilla and chocolate ones.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    For the filling, chop the walnuts with a knife and fry them in a dry frying pan. Stir constantly so that they do not burn. Pour boiling water over the prunes for 5 minutes. Then drain the hot water, and rinse the prunes in running water. Then blot the prunes with paper towels to remove excess moisture. Cut each prune into 3-4 pieces so that the cake has crushed prunes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    To prepare the cream, take sour cream with a fat content of at least 25%. Combine sour cream with powdered sugar and whisk into a fluffy cream.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    When assembling the cake, both types of sponge cake will alternate. Soak the sponge cake with sugar syrup or plain water. Apply a little sour cream, spread prunes over the entire surface and sprinkle with walnuts.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    So assemble the whole cake.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Cover the top and sides of the cake with cream as well. Put the cake in the refrigerator for a few hours so that it is well soaked and frozen. It is best to leave it overnight.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Everyone can decorate the finished cake according to their taste and capabilities. For minimal decoration, you can sprinkle the cake with biscuit crumbs, ground nuts or grated chocolate. For a special occasion, you can decorate the cake with flowers or make an inscription. Have a nice tea party!

Calorie content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60   kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47   kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140   kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 30% fat content - 340   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 25% fat content - 284   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream with 20% fat content - 210   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 10% fat content - 115   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream - 210   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Walnuts - 650   kcal/100g
  • Black Walnut English Walnut - 628   kcal/100g
  • Black Persian Walnut - 651   kcal/100g
  • Walnut oil - 925   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Prunes - 227   kcal/100g
  • Cocoa powder - 374   kcal/100g
  • Vanillin - 288   kcal/100g
  • Powdered sugar - 374   kcal/100g
  • Baking soda - 0   kcal/100g

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