Cake "Lady's whim" classic

Cake “Lady's whim” is a fairly simple to prepare, but amazingly delicious cake with delicate notes of honey. Soft cakes and cream with crispy nuts are ideal for tea or coffee. And since this cake is easy to prepare, you can enjoy it not only on holidays, but also on any occasion.

Classic recipe for “Lady's whim” cake with honey and walnuts

The combination of honey and walnuts, in our opinion, is the most successful in taste and this option is rightfully called classic, because most people like it.

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   How to prepare the “Lady's whim” cake according to the classic recipe at home? Mix eggs, sugar, honey, butter and soda in a water bath until smooth.
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   Gradually add flour, continuing to mix. The result should be a soft dough.
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   Let the dough cool.
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   Divide the dough into eight equal balls.
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   Roll out the ball into a flat cake, sparing no flour.
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   Place parchment paper on a baking sheet, grease it with butter and lay out the flatbread. We send our future cake to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 4 minutes. Cut out an even circle from the baked crust, setting aside the remaining dough. This is how we prepare all the cakes.
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   Finely grind the walnuts.
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   Grind the remaining cakes and mix them with some of the ground nuts.
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   For the cream, mix the butter and condensed milk thoroughly.
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    Grease the cake with cream.
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    Sprinkle ground nuts on top.
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    Place the second cake layer on top and repeat this procedure. Spread the last cake layer and sides with cream, sprinkle with a mixture of ground cake layers and nuts. Our “Ladies' whim” is ready, bon appetit!

How to make a “Lady's whim” cake with poppy seeds, raisins and nuts?

In this variety, the classic recipe is supplemented with sweet raisins and poppy seeds, which gives the cake a special taste. The lady's whim turns out to be tall, soft, incredibly tasty and easy to prepare.

Cooking time: 120 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Portions – 10.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Eggs – 4 pcs.
• Granulated sugar – 350 gr.
• Sour cream – 500 ml.
• Baking soda, slaked with vinegar – 1.5 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 400 gr.

Filling for cakes:

• Walnuts, chopped – 100 gr.
• Raisins – 100 gr.
• Poppy – 100 gr.
• Cocoa – 1 tbsp.

For cream:

• Sour cream – 1 l.
• Powdered sugar – 250 gr.
• Vanilla sugar – 10 gr.

For decoration:

• Chocolate – 100 gr.
• Walnuts – 150 gr.
• Poppy – 20 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the raisins, wash them and dry them.

2. Break the eggs into a bowl, add sugar and use a mixer to bring the mixture to a fluffy mass.

3. Add sour cream and mix thoroughly.

4.Add slaked soda.

5. Gradually add flour, stirring constantly until smooth.

6. Divide the finished dough into four equal parts. Add cocoa to the first part, poppy seeds to the second, walnuts to the third, and raisins to the fourth. Mix each part thoroughly.

7. Line a round pan with baking paper and pour the dough into it. In an oven preheated to 180 degrees, bake each cake for about 25 minutes. Check readiness with a wooden skewer.

8. Take full-fat sour cream and beat it with a mixer.

9. Continuing to beat, add powdered sugar along with vanilla sugar. Beat until fluffy and thick.

10. Place the chocolate cake on a dish and grease it with cream. We put a cake with raisins on it, grease it and cover it with a cake with poppy seeds, cover it with a layer of cream.

11. Lay out the last nut cake layer, grease it and the sides of the cake with cream.

12. Decorate the top of the cake with chocolate chips, poppy seeds and walnuts.

13. Sprinkle the sides generously with chopped walnuts.

14. To ensure the cakes are thoroughly soaked, leave the cake in the refrigerator overnight.

15. “Lady's whim” is ready, bon appetit!

Delicate and soft “Lady's whim” cake with sour cream at home

Thanks to sour cream, the cake turns out tender, soft and moderately sweet. And the chocolate cake will add a little piquant bitterness to the cake, pleasantly contrasting with the sweet cream.

Cooking time: 120 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Granulated sugar – 1.5 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 2 tbsp.
• Baking soda, slaked with vinegar – 1.5 tsp.
• Sunflower oil – 3 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Walnuts, chopped – 0.5 tbsp.
• Poppy – 0.5 tbsp.
• Cocoa – 3 tbsp.

For cream:

• Sour cream – 0.5 l.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.

For decoration:

• Cookies – 3 pcs.
• Strawberry jam – 2 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Mix eggs with sugar.

2. Add sour cream.

3. Then add slaked soda to the dough.

4. After this, pour sunflower oil into the dough.

5. Add flour and knead the dough. It should turn out runny.

6. Divide the dough into three equal parts. Add poppy seeds to the first part.

7. Add walnuts to the second part.

8. Add cocoa to the last part. We bake the cakes one at a time in an oven preheated to 170 degrees. Baking time is approximately 20 minutes for each cake.

9. Beat sour cream with sugar until fluffy.

10. Grease the cooled cakes with sour cream.

11. Stack the cakes one on top of the other.

12. Sprinkle the edges of the cake with cookie crumbs, decorate the top layer with sour cream and jam. The cake is ready, enjoy your tea!

A simple and delicious recipe for chocolate cake “Lady's whim”

In this recipe we will tell you how to make a chocolate variation of the cake. Cocoa powder in the cakes will add bitterness to the dough, which, coupled with the sweet cream of sour cream and condensed milk, will give the cake a refined note.

Cooking time: 85 min.

Cooking time: 25 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Honey – 2 tbsp.
• Cocoa powder – 3 tbsp.
• Butter – 20 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 150 gr.
• Baking soda – 2 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 450 gr.

For cream:

• Sour cream – 500 gr.
• Boiled condensed milk – 400 gr.
• Nuts – 80 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Mix honey, sugar and butter in a water bath until a homogeneous mixture is formed.

2. Add eggs one at a time and mix.

3. Next, add quicklime soda and stir thoroughly.

4. Remove the mixture from the heat, add cocoa.

5.Sift half the flour into our mixture, stir until thickened.

6. Cool the dough, place it on a work surface and knead thoroughly. Adjust the amount of flour as needed.

7. Divide the dough into 6 pieces. Roll each into a thin cake. Cut out circles from the resulting cakes and carefully pierce them with a fork. In an oven preheated to 180 degrees, bake the cakes and trimmings for 5-10 minutes each.

8. Let the cakes and scraps, which we later use to decorate the cake, cool.

9. Beat the boiled condensed milk with a mixer until soft and fluffy.

10. Gradually add cold sour cream into the condensed mass in small portions. Stir the mixture with a spoon until smooth.

11. Grease the cake with cream, sprinkle ground nuts on top, thus collecting the entire cake.

12. Coat the cake with cream on the side and top.

13. Grind the remaining cake layers and sprinkle them on the cake on all sides. Place the cake in the refrigerator overnight.

14. The next day the cakes will be soaked and the cake will be soft and juicy. Bon appetit!

A quick recipe for making “Lady's whim” cake in a frying pan

You can speed up the baking process by using a frying pan. In addition to speed, this cooking method has another advantage - they turn out round and do not require careful cutting. The cake itself is very soft and sweet.

Cooking time: 60 min.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Honey – 100 gr.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Baking soda, slaked with vinegar – 1 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 4.5 tbsp.

For cream:

• Boiled condensed milk – 400 gr.
• Butter – 250 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Beat eggs, honey, sugar and butter in a water bath.

2.Add about 3 cups of flour and mix thoroughly. When the mass acquires a golden color, add slaked soda.

3. Remove the mixture from the heat, put it on the table along with the rest of the flour and knead the dough with your hands. Divide the dough into 8 parts. Roll one of them into a circle, cover the rest with a towel or cling film.

4. As soon as the dough is rolled out, immediately place it on a hot frying pan, slightly leveling it with your fingers.

5. Fry the cake on both sides, each side should be an even golden color. In this way we prepare all 8 cakes.

6. While all the cakes are warm, coat them with tea cream and cover with a towel so that they soften slightly.

7. Coat the cakes with cream, grind one cake, we will use it for sprinkling. Cover the top and sides of the cake with the remaining cream. Sprinkle with crushed crust.

8. Leave the cake in the refrigerator overnight. Our cake is ready, enjoy your tea!