Curd cake with almonds and dried fruits

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Prepare the food. Take thicker cottage cheese. I had 9%. It can be even fatter, but not less. The cream should also be full fat - at least 33%. The butter is not salted. You can replace almonds with hazelnuts, cashews, pecans or walnuts. And, in general, add what you like, it will turn out even tastier for you!)))

2. STEP 2

   

   Pour the cottage cheese into a bowl, add softened butter and beat well with a blender. Beat until the mixture becomes homogeneous and the butter is completely combined with the cottage cheese.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add sour cream and mix well.

4. STEP 4

   

   Beat eggs with sugar, add cream. Mix thoroughly. Place on the stove and cook over low heat until thickened. Don't forget to stir constantly!!!

5. STEP 5

   

   Cook until this consistency is reached. Stir continuously so that the eggs do not curdle or burn... Cool slightly.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add dried fruits and nuts to the curd mixture. Add what you like - candied fruits, dried fruits, raisins... If the pieces are large, then cut them. Mix well.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add warm cream. Mix very thoroughly. So that the mass becomes homogeneous and the cream with dried fruits is evenly distributed throughout the mass.

8. STEP 8

   

   Take a colander-type cake pan. Mine is a steaming saucepan. Cover with double folded gauze. Make sure that the edges of the gauze hang down with a margin.

9. STEP 9

   

   Place the curd mixture into the mold. Lay out gradually, carefully compacting each layer. Close with the edges of the gauze.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the pan with the cake in a larger container so that excess liquid can drain. Cover with a plate and place under pressure in the refrigerator for 10-12 hours.

11. STEP 11

    

    After the specified time, remove the cake and decorate to your liking. I whipped the cream, cut the remaining prunes into the middle, decorated it with flowers through the sleeve and sprinkled it with traditional “tinsel”!))) We ate everything in 20 minutes!!!