Sponge cake with custard, walnuts and poppy seeds

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Products for making dough

2. STEP 2

   

   Break 4 eggs into a deep bowl.

3. STEP 3

   

   Beat eggs with sugar, adding a pinch of salt.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add sour cream, mix.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then gradually, in parts, add pre-sifted flour, mixing thoroughly. At the same time, add soda slaked with vinegar.

6. STEP 6

   

   Divide the dough into 2 parts. In one - add poppy seeds. In the other - orange zest. Place the dough (it turns out quite thick) into 2 pre-prepared molds (greased and sprinkled with breadcrumbs). Bake 2 cakes in the oven at 200 degrees. They baked in my oven for 35-40 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Cool the finished cakes, cut each into 2 parts. They turn out low, denser than a sponge cake without fillers, so you can soak them in the following syrup: water sugar cognac. (Sugar should be diluted in water until completely dissolved in a saucepan, pour in cognac, bring almost to a boil and remove from heat, cool.)

8. STEP 8

   

   Products for cream

9. STEP 9

   

   You can start preparing the custard while the cakes are baking. Sift the flour and, gradually stirring, heat in a dry frying pan until golden brown. This will give the cream a special aroma, an original nutty flavor and a more beautiful color. Then cool the flour.

10. STEP 10

    

    Then sift the flour again (since lumps may appear in the pan during heating) and mix thoroughly with the eggs.

11. STEP 11

    

    After mixing with flour, the egg mixture takes on a beautiful mustard color.

12. STEP 12

    

    Boil the milk, add sugar, bring to a boil again and pour in the egg-flour mixture in a thin stream, mix quickly and thoroughly (so that there are no lumps) with a whisk. Place the bowl with the cream in a water bath and, stirring, bring the cream to a thick state. I don’t put it in a water bath, but use a steel pan with a thick bottom, it turns out the cream perfectly.

13. STEP 13

    

    Add butter and vanilla to the prepared hot cream, mix thoroughly with a whisk, and then cool.

14. STEP 14

    

    Assemble the cake, alternating cakes with poppy seeds and cakes with zest. Layer the cakes with cream, sprinkle with chopped walnuts, previously fried in a frying pan.

15. STEP 15

    

    Decorate the cake as desired. We prepare tea, coffee and treat ourselves to cake!

Comments on the recipe

Maria

29.11.2023

4.5

Mom with a sweet tooth, thank you for the delicious cake recipe! Sponge cakes with poppy seeds and orange zest - it should be very aromatic and tasty! I often make sponge cakes and they turn out well. Only I have a completely different recipe; I haven’t tried the biscuit with sour cream yet. And I always add baking powder instead of baking soda. And I made custard a long time ago according to a similar recipe, only I heated the flour in butter. It turned out to be a very tasty cream! I forgot about it now, thanks for reminding me!) And with nuts - it would be absolutely great! Thanks again for the good recipe! I will try!

mother of a sweet tooth

29.11.2023

4.8

Maria! Thanks for the nice words! It really is a very flavorful cake! Prepare for your health!