Bird cherry cake with sour cream

Traditional Russian cuisine. A fragrant and very tasty delicacy. Bird cherry cake recipe from Russian cuisine is often liked even by those who, in principle, do not like bird cherry. It is very aromatic, beautiful and, importantly, cooks extremely quickly.
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Hannah LopezHannah Lopez
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Bird cherry cake with sour cream
Calories
411Kcal
Protein
7gram
Fat
12gram
Carbs
66gram
*Nutritional value of 1 serving

Ingredients

ServingsServings: 8

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking timeCooking time: 9 hr 15 mins
  1. STEP 1

    STEP 1

    First, let's prepare all the necessary ingredients.

  2. STEP 2

    STEP 2

    Pour the bird cherry into a convenient bowl, bring the milk to a boil and pour it over the bird cherry. Leave for 2-3 hours.

  3. STEP 3

    STEP 3

    After this, beat the egg with sugar. You can do it manually. Not necessarily a mixer.

  4. STEP 4

    STEP 4

    Then pour the egg and sugar mixture into the bird cherry. Mix.

  5. STEP 5

    STEP 5

    Sift the flour separately and add baking powder.

  6. STEP 6

    STEP 6

    And mix with bird cherry in small portions. The dough turns out like thick sour cream.

  7. STEP 7

    STEP 7

    Divide the dough into two parts and bake in two separate layers at a temperature of 180 degrees. Each cake should take us no more than fifteen minutes.

  8. STEP 8

    STEP 8

    While the cakes are cooling, make the cream. To do this, beat sour cream, the fat content of which is at least twenty percent, with sugar until fluffy and homogeneous.

  9. STEP 9

    STEP 9

    When the cakes have cooled completely, coat them liberally with sour cream.

  10. STEP 10

    STEP 10

    Sprinkle a little cocoa on top. Here is my little assistant demonstrating the finished cake. Then let it soak and stand in the refrigerator for at least six hours. Done! Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

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Anastasia
02.12.2023
4.9
I made it according to your recipe and it worked! Delicious! The only thing you can do is soak the bottom layer a little. This cake is from my childhood, it used to be made very often, over time the recipe was lost and now, thanks to you, the cake has returned))
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Eleanor
02.12.2023
4.8
I copied the bird cherry cake into my cookbook! Thank you so much for the awesome recipe)
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Milada
02.12.2023
4.7
I'm sooo glad that you were attracted to the recipe!
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Irina Turkova
02.12.2023
4.6
A very tasty cake with an amazing aroma! Slightly moist in texture. Anyone who loves bird cherry, feel free to try it!
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Milada
02.12.2023
5
Irina, thanks for the photos!
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Irina Turkova
02.12.2023
4.9
MILADA, please! This is the first recipe I posted a photo of. I’m just learning how to take photographs, I hope it will get better))) By the way, my daughter really enjoyed cooking according to your recipe))