Lovers of sweet baking since childhood remember the taste of the capital cake, which was one of the most popular types of delicacies. And in spite of the fact that now the choice of baking has become much more diverse, many with pleasure would again feel the taste of their favorite sweetness. If you, too, are a fan of this dessert, or want to try it, we will tell you how to bake the "Metropolitan Cake" at home.
"Metropolitan Cake" with raisins - recipe
The preparation of the "Stolichny cake" takes quite a long time, about two hours, but you can be sure that the result is worth it.
Ingredients:
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- butter - 200 g;
- sugar - 200 g;
- flour - 265 g;
- vanilla sugar - 10 g;
- powdered sugar - 10 g;
- baking powder for dough - 10 g;
- dark raisins - 150 g.
Preparation
Rinse the softened butter with a mixer until it is airy. Then add sugar to it, and continue to whisk until it completely dissolves. After that, one by one add eggs, in the end you should get a lush, light mass.
Sift the flour, send it along with the vanilla sugar and baking powder to the butter mass, and whisk until a homogeneous thick dough is obtained. Raisin steamed in boiling water, then dry, roll in flour and pour into the resulting mass, mix everything thoroughly.
Rectangular baking dish oil, sprinkle with flour and transfer the dough there. With a wet knife or spatula, make a cut along the surface, which after baking turns into a crack. Heat the oven to 160 degrees and put a cupcake into it. Bake it for about 1.5 hours. When the dessert is ready, sprinkle it with powdered sugar, let it cool down a bit and serve it to the table.
The recipe for the "Capital Cupcake" according to GOST
If you want to completely recreate the dessert that could be found on store shelves in the Soviet era, then we will share a recipe for how to prepare the "Metropolitan Cake" in accordance with the then GOSTs.
Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 450 g;
- egg - 6 pieces;
- butter - 340 g;
- sugar - 340 g;
- salt - a pinch;
- cognac - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- raisin dark - 340 g;
- baking powder - ½ tsp.
Preparation
Note that from the proposed amount of products you will get three small cupcakes, weighing about 500-600 g each.
In order for everything to work out correctly, butter and eggs must be at room temperature. Start cooking with whipping butter, this will take you about 5-6 minutes, then add sugar to it and whisk for another 10-12 minutes.
In a separate container, break 4 eggs, there also send 2 yolks and cognac, lightly mix it all with a fork. Now gently, on a spoon, enter the eggs into the sugar-and-oil mixture. Before adding a new portion, make sure that the previous one intervenes well. Beat this mixture for 10-12 minutes.
From the total amount of flour, put aside two tablespoons. The rest of it is combined with a baking powder, sift several times, and then spoon into the oil-egg mixture. As a result, you should leave an airy, gentle and oily mass.
Put the muffins in the oven, heated to 170 degrees, and bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. When the cupcakes are ready, let them cool right in the molds, and then get out and sprinkle your "Capital Cupcakes" with raisins with powdered sugar.
A sweet tooth is also necessarily useful recipe for a delicious marble cake . Have a nice tea!