Sour cream cake "Bear.

Probably everyone has ever tried the most delicious and popular Bear cake. It, like almost all grandmothers, makes it for the arrival of their beloved grandchildren, even if these grandchildren are over 30. Chocolate and sour cream cake is distinguished not only by its amazing tenderness and taste, it is low-fat and not sugary, eaten in one sitting. And it fully corresponds to the song of Winnie the Pooh: “Cake is a very strange thing, here it is, and it is gone!”

The cake is made for a long time, at least 1.5 hours. But the simplicity of execution and the availability of ingredients allows even novice cooks to cope with cooking.

Cake recipe “Bear”

First, make the cakes: mix butter, sour cream and sugar and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then pour exactly half of the resulting liquid mass into another bowl and add cocoa there. Add a cup of flour to each bowl. Divide the salt, vanilla and quenched soda equally and add to each bowl. Then, gradually pouring the remaining flour (about 0.5 cups into each bowl), knead the dough. It should turn out smooth, soft, elastic and stick well from the hands. Put both pieces of dough - light and dark - in a bowl, cover with a clean towel and let "rest" for 30 minutes.

Now each piece of dough must be divided into 3 parts, and each part rolled into a thin round cake. It is advisable to roll out immediately on special paper for baking, so as not to transfer the cakes and not tear them. Bake the cakes in an oven preheated to 200 ° for 10-15 minutes. Take out the baked cakes and let them cool.

Mix all the cream ingredients well with a mixer. Spread the cooled cakes one on top of the other, smearing sour cream on top. It is supposed that the bottommost cake is dark, and the topmost is light, but this does not really matter. Cover the top layer with cream as well.

Make glaze - mix sugar, cocoa and cream, put on fire and, stirring constantly, dissolve all the sugar. Add oil and heat until a homogeneous silky mass is obtained. Frost the top of the cake and, if leftover, the sides. Place in the refrigerator so that the cake is well soaked. Ideally - for a day, at least - for a night.

Delicious "Bear" is ready! And remember - you can’t spoil this cake, it always turns out delicious!

The cake is easy to make, it turns out very soft, soaked, tender ... absolutely amazing!

In addition, in the article you will find a very detailed recipe video!

The recipe for the Bear in the North cake is very old. This cake was prepared by our mothers and grandmothers. In the family of one of my good friends, the recipe for this delicacy has been “living” for more than 30 years. First, the “Bear in the North” cake was baked by my friend’s grandmother, then by my mother, and then the recipe successfully migrated to her cookbook.
And no wonder, because this sour cream cake is very easy to prepare, and you will undoubtedly get it as neat and beautiful as in the photo. And he doesn’t need so many products for him, and they are all sold in any store and have reasonable prices.
I will be happy to share with you all the steps for preparing this delicacy, telling the recipe of the grandmother of that very friend of mine: a rare, time-tested and more than one generation of lovers to cook something sweet with their own hands. In addition, I will tell you not one, but two whole cream options for this wonderful cake!
So, for "Mishka" we will need:


Ingredients:
Flour - about three glasses (depending on how thick your sour cream is);
Sugar - 2 cups;
Soda - half a teaspoon;
Sour cream - 3 cups;
Cocoa - 3 teaspoons;
Butter - 2 tablespoons;
Walnuts - 100 grams.

Cooking:

To begin, we will melt our butter over a fire. Next, pour it into a bowl, add one glass of sugar and mix well, or even grind these two ingredients. Then add here one glass of sour cream, as well as soda. Attention: do not extinguish soda with vinegar! In the same bowl we pour flour. Of course, this recipe requires that it be sifted: beforehand or immediately, it does not matter. First, add about a half cup and knead the dough. Mix everything thoroughly so that it is homogeneous.

Then we divide the dough into two parts. We transfer one to another bowl. Pour into any part of the cocoa and mix well. Next, add flour to both parts. We add it little by little, constantly stirring. We should get an elastic dough, soft and pleasant. When you realize that your dough has become like this, flour is enough.

So, we divide each dough into three parts. Accordingly, we will get three light balls and three dark ones. This will be our cakes. It should be noted right away that the recipe for this cake has one feature that should be taken into account: the dough turns out to be very interesting in structure and practically cannot be rolled out. This comes from the fact that we do not put eggs in it. But don't worry. We will explain how to behave with the dough, so that in the end you get the same beautiful cake as in the photo. The absence of eggs in it is not a drawback at all, because it is precisely because of this that the finished cakes are incredibly tender and crispy.

So, we grease the form with oil. We take a piece of dough and knead it to get something like a cake. Then we quickly move it into shape and begin to knead it with our hands, stretch it, giving it the shape of a cake. Hands, or rather, fingers should be in flour. Do not be afraid that you will have to mess around for a long time - this is done quite quickly and easily. According to the test, we make several punctures with a fork. After that, we send our cake to a preheated oven, the temperature in it should be 200 degrees. Bake the dough for about 8 minutes. So we do with all parts of the test.

As a result, we got 6 cakes with you. Their edges are not even, so they need to be carefully cut off by attaching a plate to the cake. We do this immediately, while our cakes are hot and soft. When they have cooled, it is better not to try to cut them - you can break them. We do not throw away the scraps from the cakes, but dry them a little in the oven - they will come in handy for us.

Finely chop the nuts and sprinkle each cake with them after they have anointed it with cream. When forming the cake, alternate light and dark cakes. From above and on the sides of our cake, we also grease with cream and sprinkle with a mixture of nuts with crumbled cake scraps. As a result, you got the same beautiful cake as in the photo, and now you know his perfect recipe. We send our "Mishka" to the refrigerator overnight for impregnation.


And now - a short recipe for another delicious cream: we beat 5 egg whites with a mixer, slowly adding sugar, and even better - powdered sugar. Beat until strong peaks. Then mix with a glass of crushed walnuts. Cream is ready!


Well, now you know the proven, reliable recipe for the Bear in the North cake, as in the photo, and you know how to cook not only tender and crispy cakes, but also two types of magnificent air cream.

Great video recipe!

Recipes for making cakes at home with photos

cake bear

1 hour 30 minutes

335 kcal

5 /5 (1 )

When I was 9 years old, I first saw my grandmother's recipe book. Among the various sweets, I met this same cake. The recipe for the Bear cake is quite simple and very similar to sour cream. From that day on, for all the holidays, I demanded this sweetness. The most delicate biscuit melted in your mouth, and now this cake is a sweet memory of childhood.

• Inventory and kitchen appliances: bowl (2 pcs.), plate, measuring cup, board, baking sheet, saucepan.

Required products

To make a cake "Bear" with your own hands, you will need the following ingredients.

Biscuit:

For cream:

Recipe #1

Recipe number 2.

Recipe number 3.

Cake history

The history of this cake began in the Middle Ages. In ancient times, women made dough from the remains of sour cream. They fried the cakes in a frying pan, smeared them with sour cream and stacked them on top of each other. The decoration was in the form of honey.

Nowadays, hostesses decorate the Bear cake with nuts, chocolate, jam, jam, marmalade and other ingredients.

How to make a Bear cake at home: a step by step recipe

I decided to step by step rewrite the recipe for the Bear cake from my grandmother's notebook. I have no doubt that you will not only be able to repeat it, but also cook it better.

Stage 1.

Required Ingredients: butter, sugar, sour cream.

Melt the butter and beat with sugar until the mixture turns white. Then add sour cream, mix until smooth and sugar is completely dissolved.

Do not mix the dough for a long time. This will ensure that the cakes do not rise during baking.

Stage 2.

Required Ingredients: baking powder, cocoa powder, flour.

Pour half of the mixture into a separate bowl. In each of the containers you need to add a teaspoon of baking powder.

In one bowl, add cocoa powder and a glass of flour, and in the other - just flour. Gradually add flour to the mixture and mix thoroughly until a soft dough forms. It should flow well from the hands and not be too thick.

Stage 3.

The dough must be divided into 6 cakes, that is, you should get 3 dark and 3 light parts. Then they need to be put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Stage 4.

We turn to the description of how to bake cake layers for the Bear cake.

After half an hour, the cakes need to be rolled out. This will be quite difficult to do, since we do not add eggs. Then the cakes should be placed on a baking sheet, greased with oil.

On the cakes you need to make several holes with a fork. Each cake is baked for 15 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.

As a result, we get 6 fresh cakes. Since they will have uneven edges, I recommend that you put a plate on the cake and trim carefully.

You need to cut the cakes in a hot state, when they are soft.

When forming a cake, the cakes need to be alternated, that is, light / dark.

Cream recipe for Bear cake

After we have made the cakes for the future Bear cake, we proceed to the preparation of the cream.

Required Ingredients: sour cream, sugar.

Sour cream needs to be beaten, adding sugar along the way. The mass should be airy and tender.

The second cream recipe.

Required Ingredients: 5 egg whites, powdered sugar, crushed walnuts.

Beat the egg whites while adding sugar. Beat until fluffy and mix with a glass of walnuts.

The third cream recipe.

Required Ingredients: softened butter, milk, powdered sugar, cocoa.

Butter should be beaten with powdered sugar, gradually adding milk. When the mass is fluffy, add cocoa powder and beat well until smooth.

I have no doubt that your Bear cake will turn out exactly the same as in the photo.

In the Middle Ages, baked bread fried on both sides was considered a cake.

How beautiful to decorate and serve the Bear cake

After we have prepared the Bear cake, we proceed to the design.

When preparing this cake for ourselves, we don’t really think about decorations. Basically, sprinkle the “top” with nuts and serve with tea. But if you are preparing a Bear cake for a child’s birthday, then I have several options for decorating it.

After you have missed all the cakes and cooled the cake, you can put paper strips on the “top” and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Then we remove the strips and put walnuts in their place.

On the Internet, you can find many options for making this cake in the form of a bear. It can be decorated with grated chocolate and cream. With white cream we make the bear's stomach, chest, eyes and ears. We make eyes from raisins, and a nose from chocolate dragee. We will have a mouth made of red marmalade, and on the paws you can put pieces of prunes in the form of fingers.

Another decoration option is mastic. From it you can make a bow tie or a wreath with bright flowers. It all depends on your imagination.

If your child likes a certain color, then the cream can be dyed with special food coloring. At the same time, in the process of preparing the cake, you do not need to add cocoa powder to the cream, but simply increase the amount of powdered sugar.

This completes the preparation of our cake. Since I used the classic instructions for making the Bear cake, I would be interested to know the variations of your recipes, with possible improvements that you can state in the comments.

Thus, we have prepared the Bear cake, which is an excellent decoration for a sweet table. Don't be afraid to get creative while cooking to perfect the recipe. Use your knowledge and experience to cook delicious and beautiful dishes.

Holidays, especially birthdays, are associated with cakes. Today in a pastry shop you can order an almost man-made masterpiece. Better yet, bake it yourself. Since Soviet times, many have loved the Bear in the North cake, the recipe of which has been passed down from generation to generation. Let's remember the classic recipe for this dessert.

We remember the culinary traditions of our ancestors

"Bear in the North" - a cake with a unique taste. The cakes are soft, and the dessert is soaked and fragrant. A recipe with a photo will help inexperienced confectioners prepare this delicacy and surprise guests.

In the vastness of the global network, you can find more than one recipe for the Bear in the North cake. The old recipe is especially popular, because the taste and quality of such a dessert have been tested for years.

Composition:

• 0.4-0.5 kg of sifted high-grade flour;
• 0.25 l sour cream;
• 180 g of granulated sugar;
• 3 tsp cocoa powder;
• 50 g butter;
• ½ tsp baking soda;
• 50 g nuts.

For cream:

• 0.5 l sour cream;
• 180 g of granulated sugar.

Cooking:

On a note! A little more flour may be needed. It all depends on how fat and thick the sour cream was.

1. Surprisingly, we will start making the cake with cream. It is best to take sour cream with a fat content of at least 20%.
2. Take a pan, put a sieve or colander on it.
   
3. Lay gauze on top, folded in 2-3 layers.
   
4. We spread the sour cream, carefully collect the ends of the gauze and tie them.
   
5. We put sour cream in the refrigerator for three to four hours.
6. During this time, all the whey will drain. As a result of such preparation of sour cream, the cream will turn out thick and incredibly tasty.
7. We put butter on a steam bath or in a microwave oven.
8. We melt it.
   
9. We take a deep bowl for kneading dough.
10. Pour sugar into it.
    
11. Add melted butter and mix everything thoroughly until a mass of a homogeneous consistency is formed.
    
12. To this mass add sour cream and baking soda.
13. First, mix everything with a spatula.
14. Then beat all the components with a mixer or blender until a mass of a homogeneous texture is formed.
    
15. The resulting mass is divided into two equal parts.
16. Add the sifted cocoa powder to one part.
    
17. We mix everything thoroughly.
18. Sift wheat flour.
19. Add half of the flour to the chocolate mass, the second part to the white.
20. Knead the dough first with a spatula and then with your hands.
21. Knead elastic and soft dough. It should be slightly sticky to your hands.


22. Using a kitchen scale, divide each piece of dough into three parts.
23. In total, we get six lumps.
24. We will also cut six identical rectangles of parchment paper for rolling out the dough.
    
25. Place a piece of dough on parchment paper.
26. First, we knead it with our hands, making a cake.
27. Then roll out with a rolling pin in accordance with the size of the detachable form.
    
28. So that the cakes do not swell during heat treatment and remain even, we make punctures on each with a fork.
    
29. We bake cakes on parchment paper in the oven at a temperature mark of 200 °.
30. Bake for approximately 5-7 minutes. The skins should be soft.
31. While the cakes are hot, cut off the edges, aligning them.
    
32. We take out sour cream for cream from the refrigerator.
33. Pour granulated sugar into a separate bowl and spread the third part of sour cream.
34. First, mix everything, and then beat until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
35. Then add the rest of the sour cream.
    
36. We take a dish on which we will spread the cake.
37. Put 2-3 tbsp on a dish. l. sour cream and smooth it.
    
38. We put the first cake and grease it with cream.
39. Alternate white and chocolate cakes.
40. We generously lubricate them with cream, including the sides.
    
41. We put the cream for impregnation in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
42. During this time, fry the hazelnuts in a pan until golden.
    


43. In a mortar or rolling pin, grind the cuts of cakes to the consistency of crumbs.
44. Decorate the cake and serve.

On a note! Do not throw away the cake cuts, they will be useful to us for decorating the cake.

On a note! Cake "Bear in the North" on sour cream is prepared very simply. You can be creative and add some fruit or berry syrup to the cream. But there are no additional ingredients in the classic recipe.

Cake "Bear in the North": a step by step recipe

No less tasty will be a cake made of honey cakes. If honey cake is your signature dessert, you can improve it a little. We will grease the cakes with a protein cream.

Composition:

• high-grade sifted flour - 3 tbsp.;
• 6 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 1 st. granulated sugar;
• ½ st. honey;
• soda quenched with vinegar - 1 tsp;
• powdered sugar - 1 tbsp.;
• 0.2 kg of crushed walnut kernels.

Cooking:

On a note! It is not necessary to dry the cakes, they should be soft, so keep an eye on the temperature regime and the degree of roasting of the dough.

1. Crack two eggs into a deep bowl.
2. Add sugar and honey.
3. Thoroughly grind these ingredients until a homogeneous consistency.
4. Add soda quenched with 9% vinegar.
5. Pour the sifted wheat flour and knead the dough.
6. Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate overnight.
7. Divide the dough into six equal parts, roll out the cakes and bake them.
8. Crack four eggs and separate the whites.
9. Combine them with sifted powdered sugar and beat.
10. The cream should be thick and foamy.
11. Add chopped walnut kernels to the cream, mix.
12. Lubricate the cakes with protein cream, decorate the cake.
13. We put it in the refrigerator for several hours to soak.

Culinary Secrets

Today you learned how to make a Bear in the North cake. Its classic recipe has undergone a lot of changes. But no matter which recipe you choose, the dessert will be unsurpassed. The basis of baking is soft cakes and sour cream. After insisting in the refrigerator, the cake is even tastier and more aromatic.

Advice! Before serving, the cake should be taken out of the refrigerator in about 30-40 minutes.

Summing up our interesting conversation, let's make a memo of useful tips:

• so that the cakes do not burn during baking and do not stick to a heat-resistant form, use parchment paper greased with butter or refined vegetable oil;
• do not add too much flour, the dough should be airy and soft;
• for cream, take fatty, preferably homemade, sour cream;
• if the sour cream is too wet, put it in cheesecloth and leave for several hours to remove excess liquid;
• traditionally, six cakes are baked for making a cake: three white and three chocolate;
• no need to excel in decorating, the cake can be sprinkled with crumbs, chopped nuts or put a couple of figurines from mastic.

Cake Mishka is a sour cream dessert, which has been known since Soviet times. Preparing it is quite difficult. However, over time, it will be possible to create a real culinary masterpiece.

Airy, soft cake will not go unnoticed. It especially attracts the attention of children. The kids are happy to try a piece. Dessert recipes are varied, from a variety of options you can choose the one you like best.

Classic cake "Bear"

Soviet recipe, which consists of ordinary products. Great option for a holiday table. Delicate delicacy will not leave anyone indifferent. Every housewife should have a classic Mishka cake recipe in her cookbook. With its help, it will be possible to pamper the whole family with a treat, to please the invited guests.

Ingredients:

For test:

• sour cream - 500 ml;
• sugar - 350 g;
• flour - 380 g;
• cocoa - 60 g;
• butter - 50 g;
• baking powder - 1 sachet.

For cream:

• sour cream - 750 ml;
• powdered sugar - 150 g;
• vanilla sugar - 1 sachet.

To decorate:

• walnuts - 200 g;
• dark chocolate - 50 g.

Cooking:

Take a bowl and combine flour and baking powder in it.

Melt the butter in the microwave.

Mix sour cream with sugar, add melted butter. Mix well. Combine the mass with sour cream and flour mixture. To mix everything.

Divide the dough into 2 parts, pour cocoa into one. The result is a light and dark mass. By consistency, it should resemble thick sour cream.

To make a Bear cake, you need to bake light and dark cakes. Rolling them on the table will not work. Therefore, you need to prepare 3 cut packages. Spread them on the table, put a light dough in the center. Gather the edges of the bag together to make a knot.

Prepare 3 sheets of parchment paper, spread them on the table. Put the dough on the palm, put it in the center of the paper. Since it is soft, you will have to work quickly. Roll out the dough, flatten the crust.

Remove the film, transfer the paper with the dough to a baking sheet.

Cook pastries at a temperature of 200 degrees. It takes no more than 10 minutes to prepare. During this time, the pancakes should brown a little.

At the end of the allotted time, remove the cakes from the oven, put on the table. Align the edges with a plate. Remove the trimmings, they will be used to decorate the dessert.

Turn the cooled cake over, remove the paper from the baking.

Bake the rest of the pancakes in the same way. Determining the readiness of cakes with cocoa is more difficult than light ones. So it's best to keep track of time.

Put the scraps of dough on a baking sheet, dry in the oven, chop. They will be used to decorate the Bear cake, prepared according to the classic recipe.

Start making cream. Since it will be sour cream, it is best to take fat sour cream. In a container, combine cold sour cream, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar. Mix everything well.

It remains to collect dessert. Put a dark cake on a dish, grease it with cream. Sprinkle chopped nuts on top. Thus, lay all the cakes, alternating white and black. Grease the top of the baking and the sides well with cream. Decorate as you wish.

Let the pastry rest. This requires 5 hours. If time allows, you can leave the dessert to soak for 12 hours.

Remove the delicacy in the refrigerator, let it cool. After that, everyone can be gathered at one table.

The dish is tender and tasty. It will be a wonderful decoration for your holiday table. The delicacy will appeal to both children and adults.

Cake "Bear" at home

How to make a Bear cake is of interest to many housewives. The recipe for modern housewives came from their grandmothers. Every family is happy to cook pastries. The recipe is unique, it is almost impossible to spoil the dish. Even an inexperienced hostess will cope with the task and be able to pamper the family with an amazing dessert. The bread is tender and soft. Even a child will be happy to try a piece.

Ingredients:

• sour cream - 350 g;
• flour - 500 g;
• sugar - 200 g;
• butter - 20 g;
• cocoa - 50 g;
• vanilla - at your discretion;
• salt - a pinch;
• baking powder - 1 sachet.
• For cream:
• sour cream - 1 l;
• sugar - 300 g;
• vanilla - at your discretion.

For glaze:

• sugar - 100 g;
• cocoa - 30 g;
• butter - 50 g;
• cream - 50 g.

Cooking:

1. To make a Bear cake, you need to prepare all the ingredients. It is best to put them on the table so that the products are at hand.
2. Pour sugar, sour cream, butter into a bowl. To mix everything. Sugar should be completely dissolved.
3. The resulting mass is divided into 2 parts. Pour cocoa into one of them.
4. Into each mixture add the sifted flour, salt, baking powder.
5. Add flour gradually, watching the dough. It is best to knead it with your hands. You should get an elastic mass that will not stick to your hands. If the dough is tight, the cakes will be tough.
6. Set the dough aside, it should rest for about half an hour. Cut the pieces into 3 parts, put baking paper on the table, roll out the dough into a thin circle.
7. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Cakes are baked quickly, for each it takes no more than 15 minutes.
8. In the meantime, prepare the cream. In a separate container, combine sour cream, sugar, vanilla. Mix the mixture thoroughly. It should be a thick cream.
9. Remove the pastry from the oven, put on a plate, cool.
10. It remains to fold the Mishka cake. The bottom layer is brown. Put it on a plate, coat with sour cream. Put a white pancake on top. Thus, assemble the dish, spreading each layer with cream. Grease the top and sides of the cake as well.
11. Prepare frosting. Take a saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa, cream. Put the container on a small fire, heat until the sugar is completely dissolved.
12. Add butter to the mixture and heat it up. Once the butter has melted, the glaze is ready.
13. Top the dessert with icing. Remove pastries in the refrigerator for a day.
14. It remains to wait for the moment when you can try an amazing delicacy.

Even a novice hostess can cook a sour cream cake Mishka. The dessert is very tasty and appetizing. With a little effort, you get an amazing dish.

Delicacy will be able to take pride of place on the festive table. The ingredients are perfectly combined with each other. The dish acquires an excellent taste and amazing aroma.

Ingredients:

For the biscuit:

• sour cream - 200 g;
• sugar - 200 g;
• flour - 400 g;
• butter - 50 g;
• cocoa - 30 g;
• baking powder - 1 sachet.

For cream:

• butter - 250 g;
• milk - 80 g;
• powdered sugar - 400 g;
• cocoa - 50 g.

Cooking:

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients. It is best to put them on the table.
2. Put the butter in a bowl, melt it, combine with sugar. Beat well. The mixture should turn white.
3. Add sour cream, stir until smooth.
4. Divide the resulting mixture into 2 parts. Pour baking powder into each mass.
5. In one bowl, add cocoa and flour, in another - only flour. Slowly add flour while stirring constantly. You should get a soft dough.
6. The resulting mass is divided into 6 parts. You will get 3 dark and 3 light pieces. Put the dough in the refrigerator for half an hour.
7. To prepare the Mishka cake, after 30 minutes, remove the dough from the refrigerator, roll out the pancakes.
8. Take a baking sheet, grease with oil, lay out the cakes. Pierce pancakes with a fork.
9. Bake cakes at a temperature of 180 degrees for no more than 15 minutes.
10. To align the edges, you need to put a plate on top of the pancakes, carefully cut.
11. Start making cream. Combine butter with powdered sugar, slowly pour milk. Shake the mixture well.
12. Once the mixture is fluffy, add cocoa. Beat the mass until smooth.
13. It remains to collect the cake. Cakes must be alternated. Place a dark pancake at the bottom, grease it with cream, lay a light pancake on top. Thus collect the dessert.
14. Decorate the dish as you wish. You can take scraps of cakes, grind to a crumb state, sprinkle dessert.
15. Put the dish in the refrigerator, it will take at least 5 hours to soak. At the end of the allotted time, take the dessert out of the refrigerator, you can have a homemade tea party.

Bear cake can be prepared according to different recipes. Having familiarized yourself with the classic version, you will be able to create real culinary masterpieces. By adding your favorite ingredients to the dish, you can change the taste of baking. In any case, the delicacy will turn out to be very tasty, tender, soft. Great option for a holiday. All guests will appreciate the treat.