Bird cherry cake. (5 best recipes)

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Ground bird cherry is the dried and crushed fruit of the bird cherry tree. The plant gets along well in the difficult Russian climate. Although his homeland is considered to be East Asia (China) and Africa (Morocco). Flowers, fruits and even tree bark have a unique healing composition, and therefore at all times they were actively used in the prevention and treatment of various diseases. However, the ground bird cherry also found its place in cooking. Siberians and residents of the Urals were the first in our country to make flour from tree fruits and mix it as a useful additive in ordinary wheat or rye flour. However, a similar tradition has existed since ancient times in other countries. The powder from the fruit of the bird cherry tree makes dishes not only healthier, but also tastier. The flour is brown in color and has a pleasant almond scent.

Calorie content and composition of ground bird cherry

Almost all vitamins are found in the ground bird cherry, except for B12; it also contains a large amount of macronutrients and other useful components.

The calorie content of ground bird cherry is 101 kcal per 100 g of product, of which:

• Proteins - 8.4 g;
• Fat - 0 g;
• Carbohydrates - 16.8 g.

Microelements per 100 g:

• Iron - 0.2 mg;
• Cobalt - 10,000 mcg
• Manganese - 1 mg;
• Copper - 100 mcg;
• Zinc - 0.3 mg.

In addition, the fruits of the tree contain pectin, which is a specific analogue of fiber, as well as benzoic aldehyde, which provides the plant with phytoncidal properties - in other words, an antibacterial and antifungal effect.

Useful properties of ground bird cherry

Due to its rich chemical composition, bird cherry flour is widely used in folk medicine. Biologically active substances, contained in fruits in large quantities, have a beneficial effect on the activity of all systems and organs. However, it is important to understand that the positive effect of bird cherry flour is revealed to the proper extent only with its regular use in food.

Let's look at the benefits of ground bird cherry in more detail.

1. Anti-inflammatory effect... The reason for this beneficial effect is the phytoncidal properties of the fruits, which we have already discussed above. Thanks to these properties, bird cherry flour works as a natural antiseptic, actively fighting the pathogenic environment. The phytoncidal properties of the plant are so great that it is able not only to have a preventive effect, but also to actively fight against already developing inflammatory processes of any nature, even venereal.
2. Normalization of the activity of the gastrointestinal tract... Tannins and other useful components that make up the fruit help to improve the functioning of the digestive system, fight its disorders, especially diarrhea. The pronounced antispasmodic effect prevents pain in the gastrointestinal tract.
3. Prevention and treatment of colds... The high content of ascorbic acid and other vitamins in the fruit helps prevent respiratory infections. At the same time, a pronounced diaphoretic and antipyretic effect in combination helps to cure any cold in the shortest possible time.
4. Strengthening blood vessels... Flavonoids containing ground bird cherry in the composition help to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, especially capillaries. In addition, the vessels become more elastic.
5. Beneficial effect on the nervous system... The fruits of the plant have an amazing effect on the nervous system. On the one hand, they tone, on the other, they soothe. Thus, a person can relieve excessive emotionality associated with stress or other reasons, without the relaxing side effect and loss of concentration.
6. Strengthening men's health... The tonic effect that the bird cherry has has a positive effect on men's health, increasing potency. Thus, flour from the fruits of this tree can be safely called an aphrodisiac.
7. Blood purification... Ground bird cherry is rich in vitamin PP and pectin, which in combination prevent the absorption of cholesterol into the bloodstream and remove excess cholesterol from the body. In addition, these same components help cleanse the blood from other harmful toxins.
8. Strengthening immunity... An increase in the body's defenses as a whole is a beneficial effect that bird cherry owes to three components, such as vitamin C, beta-carotene and flavonoids. This triplet, working in combination, actively stimulates the immune system and prevents the development of cancerous processes.
9. Normalization of the urinary system... Bird cherry fruits have a pronounced diuretic effect, and the essential oils they contain have a positive effect on kidney health. Thus, their regular use is an excellent prevention of diseases of the urinary system.
10. Strengthening the joints... Ground bird cherry also has a positive effect on the joints. It heals and strengthens them, helps to remove salts of heavy metals. Thus, eating fruit flour is an excellent prevention of arthritis, rheumatism and other similar diseases.
11. Improving skin condition... The beneficial effect of bird cherry flour on the skin was noted, it looks fresh and rejuvenates.

Harm and contraindications to ground bird cherry

Any product, no matter how useful it may be, has its own contraindications. Unfortunately, the ground bird cherry is no exception. In this case, contraindications, like the healing properties, are explained by the peculiarities of the composition.

Eating bird cherry flour can harm people:

• Immunocompromised... The fruit of the bird cherry tree contains amygdalin, which, when decayed, releases poison - hydrocyanic acid. And although the content of amygdalin in the plant is small, for those whose immunity is weakened (people who have had serious diseases, pregnant and lactating women) or are not formed (children under 3 years old), bird cherry is still contraindicated in any form.
• Constipated... As we said above, the fruits of bird cherry contain a large amount of tannins, they have astringent and fixing properties, which helps to fight diarrhea, but with constipation, the situation can only worsen.
• With severe diseases of the digestive system... Ground bird cherry slightly irritates the mucous membranes, and therefore, with an exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases, it is prohibited.
• Diabetic... The fruits contain a lot of sugar, which means that diabetics are undesirable to use them.
• Allergy sufferers... These or those components that make up the fruit of the bird cherry tree can cause allergies against the background of individual intolerance to the components, in which case the use of the product is strictly prohibited.

Recipes with ground bird cherry

The use of ground bird cherry in recipes is especially important when preparing various baked goods. Flour from fruits turns a dessert not only into a tasty, but also a healthy dish. So, in fact, you can add it in small amounts to the dough for any cake, pie, cookies, pancakes, etc. A familiar dish will acquire a light nutty and blueberry flavor.

Bird cherry flour is often added to drinks: non-alcoholic - syrups, compotes, kvass; and alcoholic - a variety of liqueurs and liqueurs. Let's take a look at the best recipes with ground bird cherry:

1. Siberian cake with bird cherry flour... Take a saucepan, put salt on the bottom (1 tablespoon), cover it with a clean piece of cloth (you can use cheesecloth, but you need to fold it in 2-3 layers). Pour sour cream (500 grams) on top, close the pan and refrigerate - preferably overnight, at least - for 4 hours. Bring milk (1 glass) to a boil, pour it, without cooling, into a deep bowl and pour the ground bird cherry on top (1 glass), leave the mixture to swell for several hours. In a new bowl, beat eggs (2 pieces) with sugar (1 cup), then add wheat flour (1 cup) and baking soda (1 teaspoon), quenched with vinegar. Take a bowl of swollen bird cherry, if necessary, drain the remaining milk, and add it to the main dough. Put parchment paper in a tall baking dish, brush with oil, pour the dough into it and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes (check readiness with a dry match). Remove the sour cream from the refrigerator, it should have given off excess liquid and become thicker. Transfer the sour cream to a bowl (it is advisable to pre-cool it in the freezer), add powdered sugar (200 grams) and beat with a mixer for 5-7 minutes until stable peaks. Remove the "pie" from the oven and cut into two cakes, grease both with cream. Sprinkle nuts on the cake to taste or garnish in another way and let it brew in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
2. Pancakes with mascarpone and berries... Whisk eggs (2 pieces) with sugar (30 grams) in a deep bowl, add milk (250-300 ml), kefir (100-150 ml), salt (5 grams), soda (3 grams) and mix thoroughly. Slightly add a mixture of bird cherry (60 grams) and wheat (100 grams) flour. If you cannot achieve uniformity, use a mixer. Preheat a skillet and start baking pancakes. On each pancake, put mascarpone and any berries to taste, roll into a roll. Sprinkle the pancakes with powdered sugar on top.
3. Bird cherry bread in a bread maker... Pour whey or milk (300 ml) into a bread maker, add salt (1 teaspoon), sugar (1 tablespoon), sifted wheat flour (500 grams), then bird cherry flour (50 grams). Make a well in the flour and add yeast (fast-acting, dry - 1 sachet). Select main mode (bread baking mode) and bake. You can cook this bread in the oven, then you first need to let the dough come up. Bread in the oven should be baked at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Willingness to check with a match.
4. Bird cherry coffee... Pour boiling water (200 ml) into a mug, add ground bird cherry (2 teaspoons), brew for 5-7 minutes. Add sugar and milk to taste.
5. Kissel from bird cherry flour and honey... Pour boiling water (0.5 liters) into flour (100 grams) and mix thoroughly. Add another liter of boiling water, honey (2 tablespoons) and starch (1 tablespoon) to the resulting mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil and immediately remove from the stove. When the jelly cools down, you can drink it.
6. Bird cherry kvass... Pour ground bird cherry (500 grams) with water (4 liters), bring to a boil and cook for 15-20 minutes. Cool the mixture, add sugar (300 grams), mix thoroughly and leave to brew for 12 hours. Add more sugar (200 grams) and add more water (2 liters) and yeast (10 grams). Let the mixture sit for another 12 hours. Strain the kvass and pour it into closed containers - after 2-3 days it will be drinkable.

There are many legends about the origin of the tree. One of the most beautiful legends says that an unfortunate girl suffering from unrequited love turned into a bird cherry. Her heart froze from unrequited feelings. Therefore, when the bird cherry blossoms, the days and nights are cold.

Bird cherry in our country has always been considered a symbol of love, youth, tenderness and innocence. Amulets made of fruits and other parts of the tree patronized the lovers - they saved them from disputes, quarrels, betrayals.

It was also believed that the plant protects from evil spirits, and therefore there was always special care for bird cherry trees.

Recently archaeologists have found evidence that bird cherry was used by people as early as the Stone Age. The first written mention is found in the works of the ancient Greek botanist Theofast, who described the beneficial properties of the tree's fruits, as well as its bark and leaves. In Russian writing, the first mentions of the plant appeared in the 15th century.

Bird cherry, along with mountain ash, is the favorite of Russian poets and songwriters; many poems, songs, proverbs and sayings have been written about the plant.

The tree has a dark bark - almost black. It is believed that it was this feature that gave the plant the name that it has, because in the old language “cherma” means “dark”, “dark-skinned”.

The fruits of bird cherry can also be eaten fresh, but it is important to get rid of the seeds, in which the concentration of hydrocyanic acid is quite high. Also, you can not brew the fruits together with the seeds.

It is noteworthy that bird cherry is used not only in cooking and folk remedies for the treatment of certain diseases. The plant is also used in cosmetology and ... the production of paints.

Despite the delightful aroma and beauty of the flowers, it is not worth bringing bird cherry into the house for a long time, from prolonged inhalation of its smell, a headache may hurt, and one or another disorder of the nervous system may appear. However, if you want to disinfect the air in the room and / or get rid of insects, put the bouquet in the house for half an hour.

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Bird cherry cake is a typical Siberian recipe. I immediately remember my grandmother’s childhood in the village, when we climbed the roof and picked big ripe bird cherry berries from the tree.

And the cake itself is from childhood. It was one of the classic cakes baked on holidays in the Soviet Union. But as a child, I did not love him. Probably, it was made, mainly using twisted bird cherry, so there were hard pieces of seeds, and I did not like it. But how tasty and fragrant this cake was! Now I make this cake both with bird cherry flour and bird cherry, which is sold in supermarkets in bags. Pieces of bones are not so noticeable (with flour, they don't exist at all, of course), but it turns out all the same very tasty.

But I had to suffer with the recipe for a delicious bird cherry cake. Many trendy food bloggers offer recipes that are not very tasty. But my pastry chef friend said that the main thing is that the ratio between flour and bird cherry is 1 to 1. And so, I found such a classic recipe on one forum, tried it and the bird cherry cake turned out to be just excellent, tender, soaked. Can be made from ground, rolled bird cherry or bird cherry flour. Cream - sour cream.

Unfortunately, I do not have a step-by-step recipe with a photo, but I will lay out just the recipe for now, and the next time I bake it, I will definitely take a photo and add it here.

Bird cherry cake with ground bird cherry. Classic recipe

Products:

1 cup bird cherry flour (ground / rolled bird cherry)

1 glass of milk

1 cup flour

1 cup of sugar

3 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda (extinguish)

Cream:

2 large jars of sour cream 25% - a total of 700 grams

2/3 cup sugar

Syrup (optional):

60 grams of sugar

60 ml water

6 ml brandy

Preparation

1. Put 1 cup of ground bird cherry in a bowl. Bring 1 glass of milk to a boil, pour over the bird cherry. Cover the bowl with a lid and wrap with a towel. Leave on for about 2 hours.
2. When it cools down, add three eggs to the bird cherry, sift 1 glass of flour, quench 1 teaspoon of baking soda with vinegar, 1 glass of sugar. Whisk or mix everything.
3. Bake several thin cakes separately - 3-4, depending on the diameter of your mold. Bake one cake at 180 degrees, about 10-15 minutes, watch until tender.
4. To cook

Many people think that bird cherry fruits can only be black, but it turns out that there is also a red-fruited version. It is grown and cultivated, and this tree has a lot of useful properties.

This charming tree came from America, more specifically from the state of Virginia. Therefore, the correct name for the red-fruited variant is the Virginia bird cherry. It differs from ordinary bird cherry not only in the color of the fruits, but also of the leaves - in the fall they also turn bright red.

It blooms in late spring, and after a couple of months you can taste the first fruits. It grows mainly in America, but you can also find it in the southern part of Russia, in the Caucasus, and in other regions.

True, unlike American trees that grow wild, the red-fruited bird cherry in Russia is planted in private plots by amateur gardeners. And not in vain - she is not only beautiful, but also useful.

The benefits of red bird cherry

Bark and young twigs, leaves and fruits, flowers - almost any part of this tree is considered useful. Red bird cherry is effective for colds, vitamin deficiency. Helps in the treatment of the following conditions:

• sore throat, pharyngitis and other throat diseases;
• stomatitis, mouth ulcers;
• inflammation of the gums;
• problems with the gastrointestinal tract;
• conjunctivitis, the consequences of a foreign body entering the eye;
• bronchitis, cough of various etiologies;
• diseases of the genitourinary system, strengthening of men's health.

Different parts of the plant affect different diseases - for something you need flowers, but for something you need fruits, berries of a red bird cherry.

In any recipe, not only information is given what exactly will help, but also in what dosage a particular remedy should be used, how to cook correctly, what can be added. Parts of the plant are mixed to treat certain diseases.

Fruit

They help with toothache and looseness of the gums, since they contain phytoncides that can actively fight scurvy. The beneficial properties of red bird cherry are also manifested in the treatment of eye diseases - lotions from the decoction of the fruits are good for conjunctivitis.

Sore throat is also easier to treat if you regularly gargle with such a decoction, and for general health improvement - liver, spine, stomach, immunity - honey and lemon juice are added to the decoction of berries. However, such additives are also useful when preparing a decoction to reduce the temperature.

Leaves

The leaves of such bird cherry cope well with diseases of the eyes and throat, but they, like any part of it, have both useful properties and contraindications.

You can gargle with a decoction, and the eyes are treated with both rinsing and applying compresses. And the leaves also have an antiviral effect, therefore they are used in case of an outbreak of diseases as a protective agent. They effectively relieve inflammation and increase immunity.

Bark

It is good for febrile conditions and elevated temperatures, because its effect on the body resembles the effect of leaves, twigs and raspberries.

Ascorbic acid is found not only in the leaves and fruits, but also in the bark of bird cherry, therefore it is used as a diaphoretic. It also helps with diseases of the genitourinary system - cystitis, pyelonephritis and so on, as it has a diuretic and anti-inflammatory effect. In this case, it is brewed and drunk like tea.

Flowers

The aroma of the Virginia bird cherry blossoms makes you dizzy, but its flowers are not only beautiful, but also useful. They kill the pathogenic flora, because the infusion of them is used to treat some female inflammations, long-term healing wounds, ulcers and even gangrene.

They are also used in cosmetology - they cleanse the skin of acne and blackheads, help with nail care (strengthen, prevent flaking), they can also be used to rinse hair after washing.

Harm and contraindications

In all its constituent parts - from the bark to the fruits - there is a glycoside called amygdalin, which, when combined with gastric juice, can form a strong poison - hydrocyanic acid.

True, in order to get poisoned, one should eat too many bird cherry fruits, so the probability of poisoning is negligible. But livestock is not worth grazing around this plant - it is just able to consume enough leaves for poisoning.

Cooking applications

Like any delicious berries, bird cherry can be dried, frozen, made from it jam, compotes and blanks for filling pies. But it's important to do it right.

The berries should be dried directly on the brushes - if they are picked by tearing them off the stalk, they will quickly lose their shape.

1. The collected berries should be evenly spread on a baking sheet and placed in an oven heated to 40-50 degrees.
2. After 1 hour, the temperature should be increased to 80-90 degrees, the oven should be periodically opened for 10-15 minutes.
3. When the fruits noticeably wither, the degrees are reduced to 20-25 and drying continues until dried fruits are obtained.
4. Then they are freed from the stalks, placed in glass jars with a tight lid and stored in a cool place.

These berries can be used to cook compotes in winter, as well as make flour for original baked goods.

Red cherry compotes are tasty and healthy. It is easy to close them - for 1 kilogram of berries you need to take one and a half liters of water and 250-300 grams of sugar.

The berries are washed, poured with water, sugar is added. The mixture is brought to a boil, boiled for 10 minutes, poured into jars and rolled up with sterilized lids. Banks are placed upside down, wrapped and left for 2-3 days - until they cool down. Then they are sent to a dark cool place before use.

You can preserve red bird cherry and in the form of jam. It turns out to be aromatic, tasty and healthy, rich in ruby ​​color.

The berries are washed, then dipped in boiling water for 2-3 minutes - blanch. Then sugar is added to the water where the berries were boiled (1: 1 by weight of the fruit). The mixture is cooked to the desired consistency, poured into cans and rolled up. Banks are placed upside down and wrapped up, stand so until they cool completely. Then they are sent to the storage location.

You can not only harvest berries for the winter, but also feast on them during the season, not only fresh. If the fruits are blanched and then rubbed with sugar (for 500 g of berries - 300 g of sugar), you will get a wonderful filling for the pie.

You can make the dough yourself or buy it ready-made. Roll it out, spread it out on a greased baking sheet, and put the filling on top. Just half an hour - and a delicious aromatic cake is ready. The temperature should be 180-200 degrees. On top, you can make a grid of dough strips.

Application in traditional medicine

During the season, the fruits are consumed fresh - they are good for strengthening immunity, increasing tone and recuperating after illness. But for the treatment of the diseases themselves out of season, dry raw materials can also be used. It is brewed with boiling water, insisted and drunk according to the dosage.

For example, for pulmonary diseases, you can use leaves and flowers - brew and drink instead of tea. And just flowers can be insisted for washing wounds of any origin.

Decoctions and infusions from the bark are made as follows: 1 tablespoon is poured with two glasses of boiling water, brought to a boil, removed from heat and insisted for 30-40 minutes. Then filter and drink 1 tbsp. spoon three times a day to reduce the temperature and stabilize it in case of a febrile state. To enhance the medicinal properties, you can add honey and lemon juice.

The fruits are good for kidney and bladder diseases even fresh. But if the season is already over, you can take one tablespoon of dried fruits, pour them with two glasses of boiling water and simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes after boiling. The broth is drunk as fruit drink or tea - in unlimited quantities.

You can mix the fruits of bird cherry with cranberries in equal parts or with a lingonberry leaf (1 teaspoon) and brew as described above. In the latter case, take half a glass 2 times a day. And drink a mixture with cranberries like a compote.

The tincture of the fruits of the red bird cherry is also tasty.

1. For half a liter of vodka or 200 g of alcohol, you need to take 400 g of berries and 100-150 g of sugar. Mix the fruits with sugar and wait until the juice is released.
2. Then vodka or alcohol is added, the container is closed, shaken and sent to storage in a dark place for about 3 weeks. The storage temperature should be 22-25 degrees.
3. Then the resulting drink is filtered through a two-layer gauze, bottled, preferably with dark glass.

You can store the finished tincture for up to a year. Take for the prevention of viral and colds, adding 1 tablespoon to tea.

The red-fruited bird cherry is a beautiful and useful plant that should be grown in your personal plot. Its constituent parts treat many diseases, and jams, compotes and infusions are not only tasty, but also beneficial for health.

Possessing a diuretic, diaphoretic, immunomodulating effect, bird cherry remarkably strengthens the body not only during, but also after an illness.

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During the conservation season, housewives try to hide berries, fruits, vegetables in jars for the winter, which will remind of a warm summer on frosty days. Making bird cherry jam has gained popularity hundreds of years ago, because the aromatic delicacy has a specific taste, persistent aroma and has a lot of beneficial properties for health.

In addition to the refreshing tart taste, bird cherry fruits are distinguished by one more feature - a large stone. It is rather difficult to separate it, therefore, often housewives prefer to do it easier - to prepare canning, using the whole fruit or passing it through a meat grinder together with the bone.

The most useful are fruits that have not undergone heat treatment. In terms of vitamin C content, only oranges and apples can compare with them. You can save useful substances in conservation without cooking and sterilization. The jam prepared in this way is perfectly stored - the bird cherry contains tannins that will not allow the preparation to deteriorate.

Harvesting bird cherry and preparing it for making jam

For making jam, it is recommended to use ripe fruits, for compotes - a little unripe. It is better to go to the forest for berries in the morning, take a basket and scissors with you - some varieties of plants give too soft fruits that are difficult to remove from the tree with your hands.

The preparation of bird cherry for making jam takes place in several stages:

• completely remove all twigs, spoiled or drying berries;
• rinse raw materials under running water;
• spread out in a single layer on a towel or thick napkin, allowing the liquid to drain.

Depending on which recipe is chosen, you will have to additionally blanch the berries in boiling water or pass through a meat grinder.

Bird cherry jam, a simple recipe for the winter

1. After preparing the berries (1 kg), put in a colander and immersed in boiling water.
2. Prepare the syrup in advance (boil 500 ml of water and 1100 g of sugar for half an hour).
3. Dip the fruits blanched for 2 minutes in hot, but not boiling syrup.
4. Boil for a quarter of an hour, avoiding boiling.
5. Pour into sterilized containers, seal.

Important! You can store the workpiece even in an apartment - it does not deteriorate throughout the year. The main thing is that the room should be dark.

Pitted bird cherry jam

It is not difficult to cook a delicious boneless delicacy, the main thing is that it is recommended to use large fleshy berries. Shelf life of jam is up to 3 years.

Preparation:

1. Rub ripe fruits (2 kg) through a metal sieve or fine colander.
2. Mix the resulting mass with sugar (for 1 liter of puree from bird cherry 800 g of sugar).
3. Send on low heat, without boiling, boil for 15 minutes.

Arrange in prepared containers, seal (you can use plastic lids).

Bird cherry jam with seeds

Preparation:

1. Cover the prepared berries (1500 g) with sugar (2 kg).
2. Leave the fruits until the sweet crystals are completely dissolved, the process can be accelerated by frequent stirring.
3. Send to the stove, cook for half an hour, squeeze the juice from three lemon slices into a mass 3-5 minutes before sending to the jars.

Cork, cooling is best done upside down.

Red cherry jam

Making jam from red fruits is quite simple. The main thing is to strictly maintain the proportions and follow the cooking recommendations:

1. Blanch the fruits in boiling water for no more than 2 minutes.
2. On the basis of the liquid in which the berries were blanched, prepare a syrup (add 1 kg of sugar to 250 ml, bring to a boil, stirring occasionally).
3. Combine the berry, sweet viscous syrup.
4. Boil for half an hour, do not forget to stir.

Important! In the process of cooking, constantly remove the foam - it is much more difficult to do this in the finished jam.

Twisted bird cherry jam

This no-culinary workpiece is one of the most popular treats that can be made quickly and without hassle. Advantages of jam - cooking is not required, cooking time is reduced, all taste and useful properties are preserved.

Preparation:

1. Pass the washed dry fruits (1 kg) through a meat grinder.
2. Mix the mass in equal proportions with sugar.
3. Stir, leave for 3 hours until the crystals are completely dissolved.
4. Send to banks.

Refrigerate immediately after capping. Stored for a long time.

Black cherry jam

The housewives are especially honored by the "five-minute" made of black fruits. It is better to rinse and sterilize jars in advance - ready-made preservation should be immediately poured and sealed.

Preparation:

1. Prepare sweet syrup (boil 300 ml of water and 1300 g of sugar).
2. Pour cherry (1 kg) with boiling liquid, leave to cool completely.
3. Put on fire, bring to a boil, avoiding noisy boiling, remove from the stove after 5 minutes.
4. Pour into containers, roll up.

Virginia bird cherry jam

For harvesting from the Virginia bird cherry, you can use any recipes recommended for these berries. You can also make jam according to a special recipe:

1. Boil a mixture of 800 g of fruit and 800 g of sugar for 20 minutes.
2. Wait for complete cooling, repeat the process.
3. Cook 2-4 times for a quarter of an hour, each time completely cooling the composition.

After sending in containers and airtight sealing, send to a cold place.

Bird cherry jam is a storehouse of useful substances that can improve health, increase resistance to disease, even cope with some diseases. Cooking blanks will not take much time, and the shelves in the cellar will be filled with a fragrant delicacy.

Making homemade cakes using dried, ground and sifted bird cherry has never been a big deal for housewives. Now this is all the more true, because there is a high-quality, completely seedless bird cherry flour on sale from different manufacturers.
The bird cherry gives the cake the taste and smell of almonds. It also contains many useful substances for the body: iron, manganese, zinc, copper, cobalt and magnesium, vitamin C, carotene and flavonoids. Delight your loved ones and guests with a homemade cake!

Variation 1
Dough: Grind 3 egg yolks with 1 cup sugar. Add 2 cups of milk to them, in which pre-dissolve 2 teaspoons of soda. Pour in 2 cups of ground bird cherry and 2 cups of flour. Mix all ingredients thoroughly, then add 3 well-beaten egg whites. The consistency of the dough turns out to be quite liquid, but this is not scary.
The amount of wheat and bird cherry flour can be varied. If desired and for the sake of economy, 1.5 cups of bird cherry and 2.5 cups of wheat flour are added. The consistency is obtained, as a rule, the same as with the above proportion.

Preparation: Divide the dough into three equal parts and bake in turn on oil-soaked paper in the oven or miracle oven, without opening the lid for about 25-30 minutes, so as not to settle. In general, do not rush to open and watch the readiness of the cake. Soak the finished cakes generously with sweet syrup on both sides, for which strain the jam and dilute it with boiled water. Then grease the cakes with sour cream mixed with sugar.
In my opinion, currant jam is best suited as an impregnation for bird cherry cake. Fans of something stronger can add cognac, rum or vodka to the syrup.
The bird cherry cake prepared in this way turns out to be large and tasty.

Variation 2
Dough: Mix 1 cup of ground bird cherry with 1 cup of sugar. Add 2 eggs, 1 tsp. soda, 1 glass of sour cream and 1 pack of melted margarine. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

Preparation: Divide the dough in two and bake until tender, 20-25 minutes. The finished cakes are soaked in cream.
Cream: Mix 0.5 kg of washed and steamed prunes with 1 glass of chopped walnuts. Add 300 grams of butter or sour cream, and half a can of condensed milk.

Variation 3
Dough: 1 glass of bird cherry pour 1 glass of boiling milk and leave this mixture for 2 hours. Then add half a glass of sugar there. Grind 2 eggs and a glass of sugar separately, add 1 glass of sour cream, 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Pour 2 cups of flour and 2/3 teaspoon of starch here. Then mix the first and second mixture thoroughly.

Preparation: Divide the dough into four parts (if you know how to carefully cut the cakes, then divide by 2, and after baking, you may need to cut it into two more parts) and bake for about 30-35 minutes. The finished cakes are lightly soaked in syrup and smeared with sour cream.

Variation 4
Dough: Mix 2 eggs with half a glass of sugar. Add a glass of kefir, a glass of wheat and a glass of bird cherry flour, a level teaspoon of soda.

Preparation: Divide the resulting dough into two and bake alternately in the oven for 20-30 minutes. Ready cakes are soaked in syrup: boiled water, sugar and 20 grams of vodka. Then they are smeared with cream.
Cream: a glass of sour cream is mixed with half a glass of sugar, add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder and 1 tablespoon of bird cherry flour. Boil the resulting mixture in a water bath until a glaze is obtained.

Variation 5
Dough: mix 60 g of ground bird cherry, 2 eggs, 1 glass of wheat flour, 1 glass of sour cream, 1 tsp. a spoonful of soda, 1 glass of sugar.

Preparation: Divide the finished dough in two and bake until tender at 180.
Cream: In a blender, beat 150 grams of cottage cheese, half a glass of sugar and 400 grams of cream cheese (30% fat). You can add a little sour cream. Cool the cakes and grease with cream.

The general requirement for bird cherry cakes is to stand in the refrigerator for at least eight hours before serving. Only in this case the bird cherry cake is soaked as much as possible and acquires its own unique taste.
Bon Appetit!

Oksana Burkova for the Women's magazine "Prelest"