See the recipe for the Count's ruins cake. With custard on egg yolks

One of our family's favorite cakes is the Count Ruins cake with sour cream. This cake is prepared very simply, most importantly, you don’t need to worry that the biscuit will not turn out or that it will not be perfectly even, in this cake the biscuit will be cut into cubes.

A distinctive feature of the cake "Earl ruins" from similar counterparts is that it is based on white biscuit, and the "ruins" themselves are prepared from chocolate biscuit. Previously, fruits were not added to this cake, as, for example, in the Pancho cake, but in my version I decided to add a gag and added a layer of tangerines for juiciness.

So let's go in order...

To prepare the cake "Count ruins" with sour cream, prepare the necessary products.

Break the eggs into a bowl, add sugar, beat the mass very thoroughly with a whisk.

Turn off the baking soda and add it to the dough. Sift flour. Mix thoroughly with a spoon.

In a form with a diameter of 23 cm, covered with parchment, pour 1/3 of the dough.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake a light biscuit for 15 minutes.

In the remaining 2/3 of the dough, add 2 tbsp. cocoa and 1 tbsp. sour cream. Mix the mass again thoroughly.

pour out chocolate dough in another form, covered with parchment.

Bake chocolate cake for 20-25 minutes. It turned out a little uneven for me, but in this case it does not matter, the most important thing is that it is very soft and tasty!

Cool both biscuits. Chocolate - cut into cubes.

For cream, beat sour cream with powdered sugar. In this case, I always use the home fat sour cream, this is a guarantee that the cream will turn out perfect. For more information on how to make sour cream, here.

Put a light biscuit on a plate, soak with syrup or diluted sweet liquor, grease sour cream. Cut tangerines into circles, spread over the cream.

Then dip the pieces of chocolate biscuit in sour cream and lay out in a chaotic manner. You should press the cubes a little on top so that there are no voids in the cake.

Once the cake is assembled, prepare the frosting. To do this, pour sugar and cocoa into the ladle, add sour cream and butter. Stir over low heat until smooth. Pour glaze over cake, then sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

Place the cake in the refrigerator for a few hours to firm up.

Cake "Count ruins" with sour cream is ready - you can serve it to the table.

Enjoy your meal!

Soft biscuit cakes, tender cream impregnation, airy meringue and the characteristic uneven surface is distinctive features gourmet cake. The dessert is also known as "Pincher", "Curly Boy", "Love Castle", "Caprice". However, most know it as the Count's ruins cake. You can easily buy a confectionery product in a store, but if you dare to cook it at home, you will understand the difference. Taste and aroma home baking can't compare to a factory product.

Preparation of products for baking

The most difficult thing to cook meringue. It is rarely possible for those who bake a cake for the first time to make it successfully. It is important to observe the exact proportions of products: for one egg weighing 65-75 g, you should take 50 g of sugar. Important: take powdered sugar you can’t, otherwise the consistency will be too liquid. Perfect option- buy ordinary fine-grained sugar. In addition, it is worth considering such important points in the preparation of the cake:

when separating proteins, try not to get even the smallest part of the yolk to them;
the container in which the meringue will be whipped must be absolutely dry;
Before whipping the proteins, they need to be cooled;
to get an air mass of meringue, salt the proteins while whipping;
to check if the meringue is ready for baking, turn the bowl of whipped cream over: if the mixture holds its shape and shines, everything is in order;
Do not oil the parchment when baking the meringue, otherwise it will come out raw on the bottom or soften.

Cake Recipes Count's Ruins

There are several variations of the preparation of the Count's ruins: a cake with meringue (classic), with boiled condensed milk, with creamy caramel or custard, with chocolate cake, based on biscuit, others. Each cooking option is interesting, so it's worth trying them all to decide which cake recipe you like best. If desired, even an inexperienced culinary specialist can make the Count's ruins.

Classic meringue recipe

Traditional recipe cake Count's ruins does not mean complex process cooking, so even a teenager can master the technique. The main thing is the strict observance of the recommendations for the preparation of meringues. Do not open the oven during the first 30 minutes of meringue baking, so that it does not settle. To save time, you can heat the oven to 180-200 degrees and bake for 30 minutes instead of 2 hours. When the meringue acquires a beige hue, it can be removed.

Ingredients for impregnation, fillings:

sugar - 1 tbsp.;
squirrels - 4 pcs.;
butter - 220 g;
vanillin - ½ tsp;
condensed milk - 8 tablespoons;
walnuts;
chocolate - 1 bar.

Step by step cooking classic Count's ruins:

To make the meringue, beat the whites until foamy, add sugar and vanilla. Continue whisking the mass until a dense substance is obtained.
Line a baking sheet baking paper, lay out with a spoon or with a culinary syringe meringue. Dry it for 2 hours at a temperature of 100 degrees.
Combine thawed butter with condensed milk and beat until fluffy, uniform. Then send it to the refrigerator for 20-25 minutes.
Ready meringues dip in cream and fold into a pyramid.
Melt the chocolate, pour it over the cake, sprinkle with crushed nuts on top. Serve the Count's ruins after a couple of hours.

With condensed milk and fruits

To make the dessert lighter and less sugary, use fresh fruits and berries. Cherries give a special piquancy to the cake, which can be used even in a frozen state (the main thing is to let the berries thaw). lovers exotic fruits like filling with pineapple or bananas. Any juicy and soft fruit is suitable for the Count's ruins, so don't be afraid to experiment.

Cake Ingredients:

sugar - 1 tbsp.;
chicken eggs - 2-3 pcs.;
flour 1 grade - 1.5 tbsp.;
20% sour cream - 250 ml;
slaked with vinegar soda - 2 tsp;
cocoa powder - 2 tbsp.

Ingredients for impregnation, fillings:

20% sour cream - 2.5 tbsp.;
condensed milk - 5-6 tablespoons;
granulated sugar - 1.5 tablespoons;
cocoa;
banana and canned apricots.

Preparation of the Count's ruins with fruits:

For the dough, beat eggs, sugar, sour cream. Slowly add the flour while continuing to beat the mass with a mixer. At the end, add soda.
When biscuit dough for the cake, infuse for half an hour, divide it into three parts, in 2 of which add 1 tbsp. cocoa. Bake the cakes at 200°C for 15 minutes.
Whisk 2 tbsp. sour cream with condensed milk - this will be an impregnation for cakes.
When the biscuit cake layers are ready, brush the white with sour cream and put the chopped fruit on top.
Cut the finished brown cakes into cubes of about 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm. Dip them in the resulting cream and fold over the fruit.
Fill the Count's ruins with the rest of the cream on top. Let the dessert cool down and serve.

With custard on egg yolks

This cake is valued for its unusual, delicious cream which, however, is not suitable for people on a diet. Fatty and satisfying impregnation of the Count's ruins is made from butter. This recipe good because it does not provide for waste: both proteins (in meringue) and yolks (in cream) are involved. Not everyone succeeds in cooking the Count's ruins perfectly the first time, so don't despair if you fail - just try again.

Ingredients for impregnation, meringue:

sugar - 2 tbsp.;
fresh milk - 2 tbsp.;
chicken eggs- 4 things.;
flour 1 grade - 2-2.5 tablespoons;
butter - 210-220 g;
walnuts, almonds.

Preparation of the Count's ruins with custard:

Chilled eggs should be separated into whites and yolks.
Beat egg whites for 3 minutes until frothy. Then add some salt, 1 tbsp. Sahara. Beat the mass at high speed with a mixer / blender, gradually adding sugar (it will take 1 cup in total).
When the consistency of the meringue becomes thick and sticks to the spoon, spread the mass on a baking sheet with a spoon, forming small circles.
Put the baking sheet on the bottom shelf of the oven, including 100 degrees, for 2 hours. Do not open the oven during this time. When the time is up, turn off the oven, mark another half an hour, and only after that you can get the meringue.
While the meringue cream for the cake is cooking, you can prepare the custard. Take the yolks, flour, 1 tbsp. sugar and beat the ingredients with a mixer. Should be light homogeneous mass.
Add milk to the cream, beat the cream again and put it on the burner, turning on the low heat. While the cream is heating, stir it with a whisk so that the mass does not burn on the bottom. Before boiling, you will notice how the cream has thickened a lot - immediately remove the pan from the heat.
Beat the melted butter with 2 tablespoons of sugar, add the mass to the custard gradually - 2 tablespoons each. Whisk the ingredients until smooth.
Grind the nuts, prunes and immediately put in the cream.
Put the meringue on a dish, smearing them with cream. When you form a hill, sprinkle the Count's ruins with nuts and put in the refrigerator for a while so that the cream hardens.

See the video for another recipe for the Count ruins cake with custard.

How to make with sour cream and chocolate icing

The cake got its name for its unique, unusual appearance, reminiscent of the wreckage left over from a beautiful count's estate. Below is a recipe for making this dessert with sour cream, which makes the taste of the cake more delicate, light. Sour cream impregnation makes the cakes fragrant and very sweet, and a slight bitterness of dark chocolate glaze gives the dish a piquancy.

Cake Ingredients:

sour cream (or mayonnaise) - 1 tbsp.;
flour 1 grade - 1.5 tbsp.;
condensed milk - ½ cans;
chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
slaked soda - 2 tsp;
cocoa powder - 2 tbsp.

Components for impregnation, glaze:

sour cream - 1 l;
butter - 35 g;
sugar - 12 tablespoons;
cocoa powder - 4 tablespoons;
walnuts - 1 tbsp.

Cooking Count's Ruins with chocolate icing:

To prepare a biscuit for a cake, mix eggs with sugar, soda and flour. Add condensed milk, sour cream, cocoa to the ingredients. The consistency of the dough will come out like thick sour cream.
Pour ½ of the resulting dough into a mold so that the thickness of the cake is about 2 cm. Bake the biscuit for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
Place the second half of the dough on an oiled baking sheet and bake for up to 7 minutes at the same temperature.
Mix sour cream, cocoa, 6 tablespoons of sugar and beat until smooth.
Spread the cream on the cake, sprinkle with walnuts on top.
Cut the second biscuit into squares. Dip them in cream and put them on the bottom cake in a pyramid, pouring cream and sprinkling with nuts.
From cocoa, 2 tablespoons of sour cream, 6 tablespoons of sugar and butter, cook the glaze. When the chocolate has cooled, pour over the cake. Send the dessert to the refrigerator for several hours.

Sponge cake Count ruins with prunes and nuts

Dried fruit lovers should try baking a cake with prunes. This dessert has a very pleasant aroma and taste. By adding walnuts or roasted peanuts, you get festive option confectionery. Your family and invited guests will definitely like the taste. If desired, the top of the cake can be poured with melted chocolate or decorated with marshmallows.

Ingredients:

chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
sour cream 20% - 1 tbsp.;
flour 1 grade - 2 tbsp.;
sugar - 2 tbsp.;
cocoa powder - 1-2 tablespoons;
baking powder - 1 tsp;
egg whites - 4 pcs.;
condensed milk - ½ b.;
butter - 1 pack;
prunes;
walnuts;
chocolate.

How to make prunes cake:

Beat eggs and sugar until smooth. Add 1 tsp. baking powder, flour, knead the dough. Divide it into 2 baking bowls, adding cocoa powder to one.
Bake the biscuits in the oven.
Beat the whites well, bake small bezeshki (at 100 degrees for 2 hours).
Beat the butter with condensed milk, spread the white cake with this mass, put pieces of prunes on top (pre-soak the dried fruit in warm water).
Cut the dark cake into cubes, put them on the base mixed with prunes and nuts, fill with cream. Drizzle the Count's ruins with melted chocolate on top.

Another video recipe for the Count ruins cake.

How to bake on kefir in a slow cooker

Many housewives have already managed to make sure of the convenience of such kitchen appliance like a multicooker. It makes baking easy with it. In addition, in the multi-arch, cakes are baked faster, less often they burn and break when taken out. If your kitchen has such a technique, try making Count's Forks with it to see how convenient and simple it is.

Cake Ingredients:

sour cream - 1.5 tbsp.;
cocoa powder - 2 tablespoons;
chicken eggs - 2-3 pcs.;
slaked soda / baking powder - 1 tsp;
sugar - 1 tbsp.

Ingredients for impregnation, glaze:

fresh butter - 35 g
granulated sugar - 3 tbsp. + 6 tablespoons;
20% sour cream - 350 ml + 6 tablespoons;
cocoa powder - 2-3 tbsp.

How to cook a cake:

For the dough, mix all the ingredients, beat with a mixer.
Lubricate the bowl with oil, pour the dough. Turn on the device for 1.5 hours ("Baking" option). After an hour of cooking, leave the cake for half an hour in the multicooker turned off. Then take out the biscuit.
For impregnation, beat sour cream (350 ml) and sugar (3 tablespoons).
Finished cake using a knife, divide lengthwise into two parts. Lubricate one with sour cream.
Cut the second half into cubes, mix with impregnation.
Put the sliced biscuit on the base in a slide, pour the Count's ruins on top with the prepared chocolate icing (cocoa, butter, 6 tablespoons of sour cream and sugar).

How beautiful to decorate a cake

Decorating with berries or fruits is the easiest, budget and tasty way make the dessert more beautiful. And you can take not only fresh, but also canned, frozen fruits. Strawberries with raspberries, grapes with plums, bananas with peach are perfectly combined in one cake. Easier and faster to decorate baked goods chocolate chips. To do this, grate the tile, beautifully distributing the resulting curls on the cake.

Openwork chocolate - a more complex, sophisticated decoration option confectionery. To prepare it, melt the chocolate on low fire or using a microwave. On parchment paper you need to draw any patterns, and then, filling the culinary syringe with icing, circle the drawings with chocolate. Put the decorations in the refrigerator for a couple of hours so that they have time to harden. Then carefully separate the patterns from the sheet and place on the cake.

Video

Beat eggs, add sour cream, sugar and soda slaked with vinegar. Mix well. Then add flour and mix. We divide the dough into three parts, add cocoa to 2 parts, mix. You can finish cocoa in all the dough, then the cake will turn out completely chocolate.

Lubricate the baking dish with oil and pour a third of the dough into it. We put in an oven preheated to 180-200ºС for about 15-20 minutes. We take out the first cake and pour the remaining dough into the mold. The result should be one thin light cake and one thick chocolate. Since I added cocoa to all the dough, I have both chocolate.

While the cakes are baking, you can prepare the cream. Beat sour cream with sugar until smooth. Sour cream is better to take the highest fat content.

Grind the nuts, dry a little on the shortbread.

We leave the first cake as the base of the cake, and cut the second, which is larger, into pieces, which will be the ruins.

Put the first cake on a flat plate and coat with cream.

Now we take each piece of chopped cake, dip it in cream and carefully spread it on the first cake. Cake Count's ruins should be in the shape of a cone. You can also add any filling: nuts, fruits, etc.

Now you need to prepare the glaze. Melt the butter, add sour cream, sugar, cocoa and cook for 3-5 minutes.

While the icing has not cooled down, pour it over the cake, sprinkle with nuts on top. Cake Count's ruins is ready. We put it in the refrigerator for several hours so that the cakes are well saturated with cream.

Every sweet tooth from childhood is familiar with the amazing taste of the Count Ruins cake, cooked with sour cream and condensed milk. This delicacy can be tasted not only in professional pastry shops, but every housewife will be able to cook such a simple delicacy on their own, because the recipe is very simple.

To prepare it, you need a small amount of ingredients and a little patience. Let's look at everything in order.

Cake "Count ruins" cooked with condensed milk is as popular as the classic cake recipe. The taste of the delicacy based on condensed milk and sour cream is amazing and will appeal to all your household members. The process of preparing such a delicacy is not much different from sponge cake"County ruins".

Cake "Count ruins"

Almost every one of us has come across such a delicacy, and many remember amazing taste such a dessert based on sour cream and condensed milk. And with our biscuit recipe, you can cook this dish yourself at home.

Product List

To prepare the “Count ruins” recipe with condensed milk, you need to select high-quality ingredients for the product so that the dessert turns out with that unforgettable taste.

For cooking homemade cake 3 groups of ingredients are required.

For the test, take:

chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
a glass of wheat flour - 300 g;
sugar - 200 g;
sour cream - 300 g;
cocoa powder - 20 g;
soda - 1.5 teaspoons.

Ingredients for the cake "Earl ruins"

For the test, these ingredients will be enough. Now you need to prepare products for the cream:

sour cream - 600 g;
condensed milk - 300 g;
nuts - 100 g.

If the cream turned out to be too thick, then you can dilute it by adding a small amount of milk.

For glaze:

sour cream and sugar or powder is better - 2 tablespoons each;
cocoa powder - 1 tablespoon;
butter - 50 g.

Choose only high-quality ingredients for your treat to make a real cake.

Video of making the cake "Earl ruins"

Cooking steps

Place the eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until fluffy and noticeably increased in volume.
In a separate container, add soda to sour cream and stir so that the powder is completely dissolved. Then add sour cream to eggs with sugar and beat a little.
Add flour to this mass in small portions and mix constantly. You should get a homogeneous consistency, which in structure resembles sour cream.
The resulting mixture is divided into 3 parts. Mix one part again and pour into a baking dish, its diameter should be 22 cm. Spread the whole mixture evenly, in a thin layer. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and send the first cake there for 15 minutes.
As soon as the cake approaches, it needs to be allowed to cool a little, for this we immediately lay it out on nice plate. The base must be even, so cut off a small part if necessary.
In the remaining 2 parts, add the sifted cocoa powder and add 2 tablespoons of sour cream so that the mixture is not very thick. Mix everything thoroughly to get a uniform chocolate-colored consistency. Then pour the whole mass into a baking dish with a diameter of 22 cm and send it to the oven. Bake at 180°C for half an hour. Cool the resulting pastry.
Got dark biscuit cake cut into cubes.

Everything is ready, it's time to start assembling:

First, let's prepare the cream. To do this, add condensed milk to sour cream and stir with a spoon. The cream is ready.
Spread the cream of the count's ruins from condensed milk at the base, chop the nuts separately and sprinkle the cake with them.
Pieces chocolate cake dip in the cream, and then place the cubes randomly on the cake. Sprinkle this layer with nuts as well.
Then repeat the procedure several times until you get a slide.

The last step is to prepare the glaze:

In a saucepan, mix sour cream, butter, cocoa powder and powdered sugar.
Place the container on the stove and cook over low heat, stirring regularly. You should get a homogeneous consistency, and the powder should completely dissolve.
Let the icing cool, then pour into pastry bag and pour over the top of the cake.
Decorate this slide with the rest of the nuts.

Let the dessert brew for a while, and then serve it to the table.

Cake "Earl ruins" based on meringue

Biscuits can be made different ways with the addition of a variety of ingredients. It turns out delicious dessert with a familiar taste. To make the biscuit really amazing, use a few of our recommendations:

Some housewives collect the cake "Earl ruins" based on boiled condensed milk using purchased meringue. It still tastes amazing.
If the cream for baking or soaking the cake is too thick, then it will take more time to soak. So dilute it warm milk, water, or liquid condensed milk.
For a lush and gentle cream some housewives, before cooking it, take the oil out of the refrigerator and let it brew for a while so that it becomes room temperature. Then the butter is whipped with a mixer and only then added to the remaining ingredients.
You can decorate this simple biscuit with various components. Someone adds fresh berries, an amazing delicacy is obtained with the addition of marshmallows, and for children's holiday you can decorate the sweetness with marmalade and colored dragees.
When preparing the glaze, it is important that it cools down a bit when applying it. Warm glaze will quickly drain, melt the cream, and the cake will turn out not beautiful. The same goes for chocolate. They can't water the goodies.

When buying ingredients, always pay attention to the expiration date. Stale food spoil the taste of treats and cause harm to health.

Cake Count's ruins is classic treat which is still popular. Special culinary preparation and no special ingredients are required... Despite this, the taste promises to leave the most pleasant experience.

Count ruins is an amazing cake that has been around for decades. It is believed that this delicacy is a direct relative Kyiv cake. At the same time, the basis of the recipe was invented thanks to the talented employees of the Kyiv factory for the production of cakes named after Karl Marx.

The specialists of the confectionery enterprise tried to actively experiment with various ingredients and their proportions, resulting in a unique cake. Despite the unusual execution in the form of crumbled pieces of dough or meringue-shaped cakes, the taste is stunning.

Count's ruins: a classic recipe with sour cream

The first version of the famous cake.

To make a cake, certain ingredients are required:

2 eggs;
two hundred grams of sour cream, regardless of its fat content;
flour (optimal volume - 1.5 cups);
sugar (classic portion - a glass);
extinguished soda (it is best to increase its portion to two teaspoons);
natural cocoa;
a small piece of butter.

The cream is prepared from the following ingredients:

a glass of sugar;
500 grams thick sour cream(the optimal fat content is 20 - 25%);
vanillin.

Ingredients for making glaze:

sugar;
natural cocoa (glaze should acquire a chocolate flavor);
butter packaging;
sour cream (the optimal fat content is about twenty percent).

For powdering, chopped walnuts are required.

Cooking steps

1. At the very beginning, beat the three main ingredients: sugar, eggs, sour cream. Stir in additional flour. Only at the very end is it allowed to add soda.

2. The dough should be quite liquid. After its preparation, you need to take half an hour to insist.

3.Now separate one third of the total mass. Pour this dough into the prepared form, which must first be greased with a thin layer of butter.

4. For baking, take about twenty minutes. In this case, the temperature should be 180 - 200 degrees. The exact data is determined by the type of oven.

6. Add two tablespoons of cocoa to the dough and mix it thoroughly. Break it into two parts.

7.Now bake two cakes with cocoa.

8. At this time, you can make a cream. To do this, all its components are thoroughly whipped with a mixer. At the same time, even the smallest grains of sugar should not come across in sour cream.

9. The optimal consistency of the cream will be thick. After all the ingredients are whipped, the cream is recommended to be refrigerated.

10. Cut the finished cakes into small pieces. If desired, break them with your hands. In fact, the size and shape of the pieces do not play any role. Each figure should be dipped in the prepared cream, and then laid on a light cake. The result should be a cake in the form of a slide.

11. The remains of the prepared cream must be carefully poured out.

12.Now prepare the icing by mixing everything necessary components. Preparation should be carried out in a water bath. Bring to a boil and turn off immediately, as you do not need to boil the glaze. The mass should be thick and glossy.

14. Put the cake in the refrigerator. It should be infused for at least a few hours.

Despite the ease of preparation, you need to understand what scheme to follow for successful cooking goodies.

Important confectionery secrets

To prepare a real treat, it is best to understand what aspects should be taken into account for an excellent result.

for sprinkling, it is allowed to use various nuts. The main task is to take into account personal taste preferences. It is important to remember that the classic variation of the dish involves the use walnuts, which should be chopped and slightly fried in a dry frying pan. If desired, add a small amount granulated sugar, as it will give a caramel flavor to the taste;
chopped nuts can be used to sprinkle the top and sides of the cake;
dough cubes are best dipped in ready cream based on sour cream, which is used in the general assembly of the cake. If desired, alternate cubes with small slices or cubes of fruit;
glaze can be replaced with melted chocolate;
for powder it is allowed to use not only nuts. They can be replaced with coconut flakes, dried fruits;
a small amount of added condensed milk will contribute to the preparation of a delicious homogeneous cream;
cake can be made classic recipe in a multicooker. To do this, use the "Baking" mode, set for 50 minutes.

Cake Count ruins from meringue

If desired, the cake can be prepared on the basis of meringue, with which you will be able to please yourself amazing delicacy. How to cook such a special delicacy?

one protein;
half a glass of sugar;
a small package of butter;
a quarter teaspoon of soda;
half a glass of flour.

egg whites (the classic amount of 4 should be increased to 6);
three glasses of sugar;
a small pinch of salt.

six egg yolks;
three quarters of a glass of sugar;
three hundred grams of butter;
seventy milliliters of milk.

Despite the fact that there are truly a lot of cake recipes, you can make the most worthy choice for yourself. Classic variation provides obligatory cooking merengue (meringue) for further collection of the castle with the addition butter cream and condensed milk. Wanting to please yourself delicious delicacy, you can use egg yolks to make custard.

Consideration must be taken important advice: only fine sugar is allowed, as it must dissolve and guarantee the preparation of meringue and cream of a uniform consistency.

Cooking steps

1. At the very beginning, you should beat a large and thick foam based egg white and sugar. Additionally, melted butter is used. Without fail, the mass must be homogeneous.

2. Add soda to flour and combine with proteins.

3. The baking dish is carefully smeared with butter, after which it is additionally lined with paper. On the prepared surface, lay out the dough for making cakes, which are best baked in a preheated oven.

4. For baking, take about fifteen minutes. Optimum temperature should be one hundred and eighty degrees. The main cake is recommended to be pulled out and cooled, after which it is carefully separated from the paper.

5. Take care of the meringue. Traditionally, four proteins are used, but their number can be increased to six. As a result, the cake will gain a height of up to 30 - 35 centimeters. Now beat the whites with a small pinch of salt until firm peaks appear. Add sugar. Beat it all for about eight minutes to get a dense mass. After the base of the meringue can be whipped, it is best to bake it in the oven.

6. Small meringues can be laid out with a teaspoon and even a dessert spoon, a confectionery syringe. It is necessary to lay out blanks at a distance of 3 centimeters from each other, because an increase in volume will be a mandatory step.

7. If necessary, dry the meringue in the oven on several baking sheets at once (for example, 2 - 3). The optimum temperature for cooking does not exceed 110 degrees. For baking, take about 1.5 hours, and in any case, the cakes should be small and light.

8. Take care of the preparation of the cream. To do this, beat the egg yolks and sugar, and then add a little milk. Cook until it thickens completely. Now combine the prepared cream with melted butter.

9. The next step is to assemble the cake. Gently grease the cakes with the prepared cream, after which - lay out small meringues in a slide, while do not forget to dip them in the cream.

10. The top part of the delicacy is decorated with chocolate, which can be melted or grated on a fine or medium grater.

The cake promises to delight with its harmonious taste, which is not so easy to quickly describe in ordinary words ... Bliss is the most appropriate definition of taste pleasure!

Cake Count's ruins with custard

Another interesting option cooking dessert involves the use of custard. Classic taste leave only the best and most pleasant impressions about yourself. What is the best way to prepare such a dessert?

Ingredients:

four hundred grams of meringue;
five eggs;
one hundred and fifty grams of sugar;
450 milliliters of milk;
starch (the optimal portion is a tablespoon);
two tablespoons of flour;
four hundred grams of butter;
one bar of natural chocolate;
one hundred grams of chopped nuts;
some quality cognac.

Cooking steps

1.Make sure that all products are actually in stock.

2. At the very first stage of the culinary master process, you need to beat the eggs. Then add some sugar to them.

3.Pour in flour and starch.

4. Pour in one hundred milliliters of milk.

Boil 6.350 milliliters of milk and pour in a thin stream into egg mixture. Boil this mixture until it thickens.

7. Add melted butter to the prepared cream. Mix everything.

8. Add some cognac and mix again.

9. Carefully grease the lower part of the meringue with cream.

10. Spread the first layer and spread with cream.

11 Spread a second layer of small meringues on top. According to this scheme, move to the very top of the tower.

9. The cake is best decorated with shabby chocolate and chopped nuts.

The Count's ruins are amazing a tasty cake, which pleases with a harmonious taste ... Every housewife has the right to cook this dessert. In addition, there are truly many versions of recipes. Maybe you can still find out classic cake under unusual name"County ruins".