Soviet Day and Night cake with sour cream

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 8 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a Soviet Day and Night cake with sour cream at home? Let's start by making light cakes. Prepare all the necessary ingredients for this. The quantity of ingredients is calculated for a mold diameter of 20-21 cm.

2. STEP 2

   

   Break four eggs into a deep container and add salt. It is advisable that they be at room temperature. Choose a container for preparing the dough, taking into account the fact that the mass will increase in volume, i.e. with a decent margin. Before using, wash the eggs in running water and soda, as there may be harmful bacteria on their surface.

3. STEP 3

   

   The secret to the success of a fluffy sponge cake is well-beaten eggs. Don't waste your time on this. Start beating the eggs with a mixer. The process takes approximately 5 minutes. After the time has passed, without turning off the mixer, start adding granulated sugar 1 spoon at a time until you have added all the sugar. In total, the mixer will run for approximately 10 minutes. The result should be a very airy, but at the same time quite dense mass.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add flour sifted through a sieve to the dough. It is necessary to sift it, and it is better not once, but several times. You need to mix the dry ingredient very carefully, slowly, so that the mass does not lose its airiness. It is convenient to do this with a silicone spatula. It is enough to bring the mass to homogeneity and get rid of lumps. You may need a little less or more flour. The dough should turn out like thick sour cream.

5. STEP 5

   

   Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place parchment paper on the bottom of the baking dish. There is no need to lubricate the walls with anything, this will help the biscuit rise better. Place the dough in the mold and set to bake. The oven must not be opened during baking. After about 40 minutes, check the biscuit for doneness by piercing it with a toothpick. If it comes out dry, the biscuit is ready. Baking times are approximate, use your oven as a guide.

6. STEP 6

   

   After the baking process is finished, let the sponge cake stand in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then, transfer it to a wire rack, upside down, to cool completely. It is advisable to let the biscuit sit for at least 4 hours, then it will become more pliable and easy to cut.

7. STEP 7

   

   Prepare all the necessary ingredients for making dark cakes. The cooking method is no different from the previous one. The only difference is the addition of cocoa. Reduce the amount of flour by the amount of cocoa.

8. STEP 8

   

   At the stage of mixing in the dry ingredients, do not forget that the cocoa should also be sifted, this will break up any lumps in it. Before adding bulk ingredients to the dough, mix flour and cocoa. Add flour and cocoa gradually, not all at once.

9. STEP 9

   

   How to make cake cream Day and Night? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. There are only three of them. To make the cream thick and not spread, choose sour cream with a high percentage of fat content - from 25%. If the sour cream has a lower fat content, then be sure to transfer it to a sieve lined with gauze and put it in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours to get rid of excess liquid and achieve good density.

10. STEP 10

    

    Beat the cooled sour cream with a mixer, gradually adding granulated sugar. Add vanilla at the tip of a knife, as more will add bitterness to the dish. It should take about 8 minutes to whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved. The amount of sugar can be reduced or, on the contrary, increased, as desired. The result will be an airy, but quite strong mass. Place the cream in the refrigerator for half an hour, covering with cling film.

11. STEP 11

    

    Assembling the cake. Cut our biscuits into cake layers. Decide for yourself how many pieces to cut. Here you need to build on the height of the finished product. I decided to make two light cake layers and only one dark cake so that the cake would not turn out too tall.

12. STEP 12

    

    Grease each cake layer in turn with a thick layer of cream, forming a cake. Don't forget to also pay attention to the sides and top.

13. STEP 13

    

    Grind the cake scraps into crumbs (I used a blender for these purposes), and use the crumbs for decoration. Let the classic sponge cake Day and Night brew and soak well. For this he will need approximately 6 hours. It’s better to leave the cake to steep overnight, and in the morning it will simply melt in your mouth. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Eleno4ka

05.09.2023

4.6

I baked the cake day and night. I usually bake biscuits in a slow cooker - for me this is the best, win-win option. I baked a light and dark cake, they rose perfectly, each was easily cut into three cakes. I baked the cakes in the morning, cut them and decorated them in the evening, and gave the sponge cake time to “rest” well. I had 15% sour cream for the cream, but there was no time to discard it, and the amount of cream decreases, so when whipping the cream I used a “thickener for sour cream.” All my cream was used to coat the cakes. For the sides and top, I whipped butter with condensed milk and also added cocoa to one half of the cream. Sprinkle the sides of the cakes with shortbread crumbs. It turned out two good cakes. One is for a gift, the other is for home tea. Delicious! A soft, delicate, fragrant cake, due to the sour cream, it is quite moist without additional impregnation. Thank you, hallen-bunny!

Yulichkina

05.09.2023

4.5

The cake looks impressive, and most importantly, it’s delicious! You won’t spend a lot of time and products on it, but you will remember the pleasure from its wonderful taste for a long time. I sprinkle this cake with cocoa, and line the sides with white and black chocolate bars, in a checkerboard pattern.

Kira

05.09.2023

4.8

Wonderful cake!!! Thank you! Rate this one too.

Victoria

05.09.2023

4.6

The cake was baked and very tasty. Cooking time: 20 minutes. preparing the dough, the cakes sat for half an hour, sat in the oven at 220", and decorating, who has how much free time and how much imagination is enough.

Zhanna

05.09.2023

5

I prepared this masterpiece, put it in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes, I’m sure it’s very tasty and easy to prepare. Thank you very much for the recipe! .I’ll see it in cross-section in the morning! This is how it came out, “curly with chocolate chips.”

Zhanna

05.09.2023

4.8

and one more photo (from the phone), profile cake

Shura

05.09.2023

4.8

Your cake will take its rightful place on the New Year's table for many; such a beautiful cake looks better on a festive table when next to it is not only a beautiful tea set, but also tall glasses made of thin glass. Very solemn and elegant!