Multi-layer sour cream cake with cocoa and sour cream

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 5 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Measure out the ingredients for the dough.

2. STEP 2

   

   Sift the flour and mix it with baking powder.

3. STEP 3

   

   Melt and cool the butter.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add sugar and butter to the sour cream (sour cream of any fat content is suitable, here we used 20%; the fattier it is, the tastier the cake) and mix.

5. STEP 5

   

   For the dough you will need a liquid mixture, a dry mixture and measured cocoa. Place a portion of the flour equal in volume to the volume of cocoa in a separate bowl.

6. STEP 6

   

   Sift the flour into the sour cream mixture.

7. STEP 7

   

   Knead into a homogeneous dough.

8. STEP 8

   

   The dough turns out quite thick.

9. STEP 9

   

   Divide the dough in half, sift flour into one part and cocoa into the other.

10. STEP 10

    

    Mix well and the dough is ready.

11. STEP 11

    

    Now, without further delay, you need to bake the cakes. The dough with baking powder should not stand for long. Cut 3 bags to make sheets. Divide the white dough equally between them.

12. STEP 12

    

    Roll each bag into a little bag.

13. STEP 13

    

    Turn the bag of dough over onto the parchment.

14. STEP 14

    

    Spread the dough with your hands first.

15. STEP 15

    

    And then roll it out with a rolling pin. Measure the diameter of the future cake layer, making sure that the dough layer is uniform.

16. STEP 16

    

    Remove the film from the ready-to-bake crust. Don't throw it away - it will be useful for dark cakes. If you have your own way of working with such a test, use it.

17. STEP 17

    

    Bake the cake at 170-180 degrees for about 8 minutes. It should be baked, but not dry.

18. STEP 18

    

    Cut the warm cake to size.

19. STEP 19

    

    Place the leftovers, do not eat (if possible) and do not throw away (it is better to eat then).

20. STEP 20

    

    Let the cake cool, and only then remove the paper.

21. STEP 21

    

    Do the same with the chocolate dough. Fold it into 3 bags.

22. STEP 22

    

    Flip each onto parchment paper and roll out.

23. STEP 23

    

    Bake the cakes. They bake in the same time as white ones, their readiness is not particularly visible, so bake white ones and note the time so that you can time it later for cocoa cakes.

24. STEP 24

    

    Trim these cakes too and remove them from the parchment.

25. STEP 25

    

    Dry the remaining cakes in the oven and chop.

26. STEP 26

    

    If you don’t have thick, fatty sour cream for the cream, take what you have and weigh it onto 4 layers of gauze for several hours. You will get thick sour cream and whey for pancakes.

27. STEP 27

    

    Before assembling the cake, dry the nuts and chop them, and grate the chocolate.

28. STEP 28

    

    Beat the sour cream, gradually adding powder. Do not overbeat, otherwise there will be butter and whey (the cream will be oily, and there will be even more pancakes on the whey).

29. STEP 29

    

    This is how the cream turns out. It’s delicious, don’t try it, otherwise you’ll eat it separately from the cake.

30. STEP 30

    

    Starting with the dark one, place the cakes on a cake plate, coat with a generous layer of cream and sprinkle with nuts.

31. STEP 31

    

    Continue until the cakes are finished.

32. STEP 32

    

    Spread the cream over the top and sides of the cake.

33. STEP 33

    

    To ensure an even edge between the nuts and the chocolate, place a lid or a suitable sized bowl on the cake (the lid has a handle for easy removal). Sprinkle the top around the perimeter with nuts, and the sides of the cake with crumbs from the leftover cake layers.

34. STEP 34

    

    Remove the lid and sprinkle the top with chocolate.

35. STEP 35

    

    Let the cake brew for 4 hours in a warm place (at room temperature), then cool and you can drink tea.

36. STEP 36

    

    Serve your cakes with joy.

37. STEP 37

    

    And eat not often, but forgetting about calories at these moments.