Bird's milk cake on agar

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make Bird's milk cake with agar-agar at home? First, prepare the necessary ingredients for the cakes. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance; it should be at room temperature. Turn on the oven at 230 degrees.

2. STEP 2

   

   Divide the eggs into whites and yolks. Do this very carefully so that not a single drop of yolk gets into the whites, otherwise they will not beat in the future. Place the whites in the refrigerator; you will need them a little later.

3. STEP 3

   

   Beat soft butter with sugar until fluffy. Whisk thoroughly until the sugar dissolves as much as possible.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add the yolks to the butter mixture and beat thoroughly again.

5. STEP 5

   

   Sift the flour and add to the butter mixture. Thanks to sifting, the flour will be saturated with oxygen, and the finished cakes will turn out more tender.

6. STEP 6

   

   Notice the dough.

7. STEP 7

   

   On parchment paper, form 2 cake layers the size of the pan in which you will assemble the cake. I have a mold with a diameter of 22 cm, but larger ones will do.

8. STEP 8

   

   Bake the cakes in an oven preheated to 230 C for about 10 minutes, be careful, each oven is different, monitor readiness. I was slightly distracted, and in 10 minutes the edges of the cakes were already quite browned. You can learn about the operating features of ovens by reading a separate article, the link is at the end of the recipe. Remove the cakes from the oven, adjust to the size of the mold and leave to cool. The cakes turn out fragile.

9. STEP 9

   

   Prepare the necessary ingredients for the soufflé. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance; it should be at room temperature.

10. STEP 10

    

    Soak the agar-agar in 140 ml of water in a saucepan and leave for several hours. Read about all the nuances of working with soda in a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

11. STEP 11

    

    Beat soft butter with condensed milk and vanilla tincture into a fluffy mass, then set aside and do not put in the refrigerator.

12. STEP 12

    

    After a few hours, put the water with agar on the fire and bring to a boil. Stir the mixture constantly until the agar is completely dissolved. Boil for one minute and add sugar.

13. STEP 13

    

    Stirring constantly, bring the syrup to a boil; the sugar should completely dissolve. When the mixture has increased in volume and is very bubbly, remove the saucepan from the heat. Let the syrup cool to about 80 degrees. The temperature is not so important, just leave the syrup for 5-10 minutes.

14. STEP 14

    

    Beat the egg whites with a mixer until fluffy, add lemon juice and beat until stiff peaks form.

15. STEP 15

    

    Without stopping whisking, pour in the syrup in a thin stream. The mass will greatly increase in volume.

16. STEP 16

    

    Mix the buttercream into the whipped egg whites with a mixer at low speed.

17. STEP 17

    

    Place the cake layer on the bottom of the springform pan, pour half the soufflé on top, place the second cake layer and the remaining soufflé. Place the cake in the refrigerator to harden for 2-3 hours.

18. STEP 18

    

    When the soufflé has set on top, you can prepare the glaze. To do this, melt the chocolate with butter in a water bath or in the microwave and let cool slightly. Pour the mixture over the top of the cake and return it to the refrigerator.

19. STEP 19

    

    Remove the frozen cake from the mold; to do this, be sure to walk along the sides with a knife.

20. STEP 20

    

    This is how the cake looks when cut! Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Olya

10.09.2023

4.7

Delicious! True, I have slightly different ingredients: rice flour

Anahit

10.09.2023

4.9

Irisha, this cake turned out just great. Simply branded

Irisha

10.09.2023

5

Anait, thank you very much!

Magnago

10.09.2023

4.6

Oh, and in my opinion, the cake is even better than the branded one! The factory ones didn’t have such a beautiful winter ornament! Great idea, Irisha!

Faith faith

10.09.2023

4.6

As they say, “there are no words - only drool.” I always admire photographs of our Irisha.

Irisha

10.09.2023

4.9

Oh, and in my opinion, the cake is even better than the branded one! The factory ones didn’t have such a beautiful winter ornament! Great idea, Irisha! Natasha, thank you very much

Irisha

10.09.2023

4.9

As they say, “there are no words - only drool.” I always admire the photographs of our Irisha. Vera, thank you very, very nicely for such praise, the cake also made me drool)) the family decided to take care of my figure and left me a tiny piece, for the sake of decency