Cake Number 8 with cocoa and cottage cheese with fruit flowers

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 8 hr

1. STEP 1

   

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

2. STEP 2

   

   First, 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, reserving a couple of tablespoons for the yolks, while whisking 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 flour and cocoa little by little and mix well.

10. STEP 10

    

    Add the remaining whites and knead into a fluffy, homogeneous dough.

11. STEP 11

    

    Line the bottom of a mold (diameter 24 cm) with parchment and grease the sides with oil. You can also sprinkle with flour or not. Lay out the dough. Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 30-35 minutes to bake.

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 boiled water over a tablespoon of gelatin. And leave for 30 minutes to swell. And then heat until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Don't let it boil.

15. STEP 15

    

    Mix cherry syrup with cooled gelatin.

16. STEP 16

    

    Beat the butter until fluffy.

17. STEP 17

    

    Add condensed milk to taste and beat as well.

18. STEP 18

    

    Grind the cottage cheese with a blender until creamy.

19. STEP 19

    

    Add a spoonful of cottage cheese to the whipped butter and beat. Before it's ready, add vanillin.

20. STEP 20

    

    Add cherries to the finished cream.

21. STEP 21

    

    Stir the cream until smooth.

22. STEP 22

    

    Cut out the base of a figure eight from the cake layers. Trim the outer edge.

23. STEP 23

    

    Cut a hole inside.

24. STEP 24

    

    In the same order as in the photo

25. STEP 25

    

    from scraps of cake

26. STEP 26

    

    cut out pieces for the base of the cake.

27. STEP 27

    

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

28. STEP 28

    

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

29. STEP 29

    

    Coat well and place the top layer of the cake.

30. STEP 30

    

    Spread with the rest of the cream. Place the cake in the refrigerator.

31. STEP 31

    

    Make crumbs from the remaining biscuit using a blender.

32. STEP 32

    

    Sprinkle the sides of the cake with biscuit crumbs. Drizzle the remaining syrup on top.

33. STEP 33

    

    Decorate the cake with fruit, and you can fill the fruit with jelly or serve it like that! Have fun celebrating and appetizing!

Comments on the recipe

Ira

13.08.2023

4.7

Inna, wonderful cake! A great idea - cut out the desired number from the biscuit and form a cake for the holiday! Soon I will have to prepare a 50th anniversary version - and I definitely decided that I would surprise everyone with just such a dessert. Thanks for the recipe!

samur

13.08.2023

4.9

Wonderful and very simple recipe! The cream is delicious! I also added pieces of dark chocolate to it, it turned out quite harmonious.