Chocolate New Year cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 50 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Break five fresh eggs into a large bowl, add a little salt and beat with a mixer into a light foam.

2. STEP 2

   

   Add sugar little by little and continue to beat thoroughly with the mixer.

3. STEP 3

   

   Beat into a good egg-sugar mixture.

4. STEP 4

   

   Sift the flour and cocoa into a plate.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place cocoa and flour in parts into the egg-sugar mixture.

6. STEP 6

   

   Gently mix with a spatula, maintaining airiness.

7. STEP 7

   

   The result was a dough with the consistency of thick sour cream.

8. STEP 8

   

   Place the dough in a cake pan lined with parchment paper on the bottom and sides.

9. STEP 9

   

   The dough should stand for 15-20 minutes to rise. Turn on the oven at 165-170 degrees and place our form with the dough in it for 40 minutes, after which we let it stand for another 10 minutes with the oven turned off.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cut the prunes into pieces.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place the prunes in a bowl, pour in cognac and cover with a lid.

12. STEP 12

    

    Divide the finished sponge cake into three identical layers.

13. STEP 13

    

    Drain the prunes through a sieve, removing excess liquid.

14. STEP 14

    

    Beat cold cream with a mixer until light foam.

15. STEP 15

    

    Add boiled condensed milk to the cream.

16. STEP 16

    

    Continue beating until good and dense foam.

17. STEP 17

    

    We coat the first cake well with cream, leveling it with a spatula.

18. STEP 18

    

    Place prunes on cream.

19. STEP 19

    

    Place the roasted walnuts in a bag and lightly crush them with a masher.

20. STEP 20

    

    Add walnuts to prunes.

21. STEP 21

    

    Cover the top with the second cake layer, coat it and decorate it in the same way as the first one. Place the third layer and put the cake in the refrigerator.

22. STEP 22

    

    Let's start preparing ganache - cream made from heated chocolate.

23. STEP 23

    

    to which we add butter

24. STEP 24

    

    and mix the ingredients thoroughly with a mixer.

25. STEP 25

    

    Apply ganache to the cake and use a spatula to fill the top and sides.

26. STEP 26

    

    Apply the ganache in a second, thinner layer and level with a spatula.

27. STEP 27

    

    Roll out the mastic with a rolling pin to a thickness of 3 mm. layer.

28. STEP 28

    

    We wrap the mastic on a rolling pin, then apply it to the cake and smooth it with an iron and glue it.

29. STEP 29

    

    After which we begin to decorate our birthday cake.

30. STEP 30

    

    Our elegant, delicious, beautiful New Year's cake is ready! Happy holidays everyone!