Number 8 cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 day

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a Number 8 cake? First, prepare the necessary ingredients for the dough.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place butter and honey in a non-stick pan. Place the pan over low heat and melt the butter. It should almost melt, but not have time to heat up.

3. STEP 3

   

   Beat eggs into a bowl and add sugar. Mix them thoroughly with a whisk.

4. STEP 4

   

   When the butter has almost melted, add the egg mixture to it. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring.

5. STEP 5

   

   Remove the pan from the heat, immediately add baking soda and stir. The reaction of honey with soda will begin, the mass will foam and increase in volume. Cool the honey mass until warm or room temperature.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add flour to the honey mixture and knead the dough. You may need a little less or more flour, use the consistency of the dough as a guide. At first it will seem that the dough is asking for more flour, but you don’t need to add much. The dough may stick to your hands a little. Read about the properties of flour in the link at the end of the recipe.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the dough in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for an hour. During this time it will rest and it will become convenient to work with. It will stop sticking.

8. STEP 8

   

   For the number 8 stencil, fold the A4 sheet in half and on one half of it draw half of the number 8. Cut it out along the contour. This will make it symmetrical. If desired, you can also cut out the inner circles digitally. Turn on the oven to 180 degrees in advance

9. STEP 9

   

   Roll out the finished dough to approximately 4-5 mm thick. Cut out the number 8 along the contour of the stencil. Prick the workpiece with a fork over the entire surface and bake for 4-7 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Time and temperature are approximate, use your oven as a guide. Read more about how different ovens work at the end of this recipe.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cool the finished cakes.

11. STEP 11

    

    Prepare the necessary ingredients for the cream. Remove the curd cheese from the refrigerator in advance; it should be at room temperature. The cream must be chilled and must have a fat content of at least 33%. Read about the intricacies of whipping cream in the article on this topic. Link at the end of the recipe.

12. STEP 12

    

    Using a mixer, beat the cream with powdered sugar into a fluffy cream. Then stir in the cream cheese.

13. STEP 13

    

    Fill a pastry bag with cream, cut off the tip and pipe cream over the entire surface of the number. If desired, you can add a little berry confiture to the layer of the cake.

14. STEP 14

    

    Layering layer upon layer of cake, assemble the cake. Melt the chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave. Using melted chocolate, outline the inside of the number 8.

15. STEP 15

    

    Cover the top of the cake with cream. Cover the cake with something so that it can soak well. I usually put it in a cake box and close it tightly so that all the moisture from the cream is absorbed into the cake layers, thereby soaking them well. Put the cake in the refrigerator overnight.

16. STEP 16

    

    Decorate the finished cake as you wish. You can put fruits or sweets on it.

17. STEP 17

    

    You can decorate with cream.

18. STEP 18

    

    This cake looks elegant and festive in any decoration. Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

Polina

15.08.2023

4.9

Thanks to the author for the recipe! This option is wonderful because the variations in the shape of the cake are limitless, which means you can modify it for any occasion. I did everything according to the recipe, but it took 50-70 grams more flour. Here you need to focus on your products and the consistency of the dough. As a layer, I had cherry confiture, which adds sourness and prevents the cake from being cloyingly sweet. (I just boiled pitted cherries with starch and sugar) Separately, I would like to note that it is better to cut the stencil out of parchment paper so that it does not stick to the dough. If your plain paper stencil sticks to the dough (like mine did), then simply grease it with oil on top. Fresh berries were used as decoration. It turned out very tasty and beautiful!

Gera

15.08.2023

4.6

An incredibly beautiful cake! The author simply has golden hands, thank you. For anyone who needs to bake a cake in the shape of the number 6, I recommend this delicious, bright recipe.

Ira

15.08.2023

4.8

What a beauty!!!

Mila

15.08.2023

4.6

I made my cake a little differently. I only took the design idea, which unfortunately didn’t make it into the frame. This photo was taken before decorating the cake. By the way, the cream turned out very tasty, so delicate, creamy and curd-like, and it holds its shape and doesn’t leak. I will definitely continue to use this cream! I made holes in the center of the cakes, and from the cutouts I made 4 cakes.

Yummy

15.08.2023

4.9

Thank you for the interesting cake. Even though my fate is not easy, And there is no help at all... But I believe that I can handle it myself, And I will still finish the cake!

Helena

15.08.2023

4.5

How many cakes do you make?