Blackcurrant cake with jelly

Blackcurrant cake is a weight watchers dream! A cake with black currants can please not only on hot summer days during the berry season, but also if black currants are frozen on cold winter evenings. The combination of airy light sponge cake and low-calorie creamy and berry jelly will especially appeal to ladies who are watching their figure. This cake wins hearts with its aesthetic appearance.
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Ella WilsonElla Wilson
Author of the recipe
Blackcurrant cake with jelly
Calories
420Kcal
Protein
12gram
Fat
16gram
Carbs
47gram
*Nutritional value of 1 serving

Ingredients

ServingsServings: 10
2tablespoon
0.5teaspoon
0.5teaspoon
150g
2tablespoon
100g
100g
400ml
3tablespoon
60ml
3tablespoon
1tablespoon
1cup

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking timeCooking time: 3 hr 30 mins
  1. STEP 1

    STEP 1

    Preparing the ingredients.

  2. STEP 2

    STEP 2

    In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients: sifted flour, cocoa, soda, sugar and salt.

  3. STEP 3

    STEP 3

    Melt the butter in a bowl over a water bath, cool it a little, add vegetable oil, yogurt and egg. Mix.

  4. STEP 4

    STEP 4

    Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture in parts, stirring constantly, the dough should be like thick sour cream. Add vinegar and stir.

  5. STEP 5

    STEP 5

    Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease the mold with oil, pour the dough into it. Bake the sponge cake for about 40 minutes, check the readiness with a wooden skewer.

  6. STEP 6

    STEP 6

    In the meantime, soak the gelatin in cold, clean water for 20 minutes: make two portions, one for the creamy layer, the second for the berry layer. When the gelatin swells, dissolve it in a water bath and leave to cool.

  7. STEP 7

    STEP 7

    We take out the finished biscuit, cool it without removing it from the mold, turning it upside down on a wire rack. We turn the biscuit back over, but do not remove it from the mold.

  8. STEP 8

    STEP 8

    Grind 1/3 of the currants with 2 tablespoons of sugar, saturate the biscuit with the resulting juice directly in the mold (it will take a little to soak, the rest of the syrup will be needed for berry jelly), brush the thick part on top.

  9. STEP 9

    STEP 9

    Using a mixer, beat the cream with sugar, pour in the cooled gelatin (for the creamy layer). Pour this mixture into the biscuit mold and place it in the refrigerator to harden for about 1 hour.

  10. STEP 10

    STEP 10

    Prepare berry jelly: pour the remaining syrup into the jelly solution and mix thoroughly. Remove the cake from the refrigerator and place whole blackcurrants on the frozen creamy layer.

  11. STEP 11

    STEP 11

    Pour berry jelly on top. Place in the refrigerator again to harden.

  12. STEP 12

    STEP 12

    When the jelly has hardened well, the cake can be served.

  13. STEP 13

    STEP 13

    Enjoy your tea!