Description

Lean cake
Lent lasts for forty days. At this time, those who decided to fast, it is necessary to abandon the use of many products. But that doesn't mean their diet is poor and monotonous. For the production of the Mistral allowed foods can be cooked a huge number of different dishes, even cakes! The batter for this cake is quite possible to cook without butter, milk and eggs. However, it will include vegetable oil, so there is a vegetarian cake will only be possible on Saturday and Sunday, when allowed to eat vegetable oil. As Post allowed fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts, with a filling cake with no problems.

Ingredients

  • Flour

    2.5 cup

  • Brown sugar

    2 cup

  • Soda

    2 tsp

  • Vinegar

    1 tsp

  • Leavening agent

    4 tsp

  • Vegetable oil

    6 Tbsp

  • Cocoa powder

    6 Tbsp

  • Cognac

    2 Tbsp

  • Water

    3 cup

  • Jam

    1 cup

  • Vanilla

    0.5 tsp

Cooking

step-0
First, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, soda, vinegar, sugar, cocoa powder (if cake of chocolate cakes). Mix thoroughly. Add water and 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil. The dough comes out of the liquid smoothly flows into the form, greased with vegetable oil. Baked a cake at 175-180*With 40-50 minutes.
step-1
You can divide the dough into pieces and bake individual cakes, as I do, but much faster and easier to bake one gingerbread and then cut it into 3-4 Korzh.
step-2
While the cake is baked, you can prepare the cream. Put it on the stove a saucepan, pour water, add the brown sugar, cocoa and 2. tbsp flour, stir constantly until boiling, reduce the heat and cook for 10 minutes, then add a little vanilla, brandy and let cool cream.
step-3
Before you assemble the cake, wait until cake has cooled.
step-4
Then the first and second layers lubricated with strawberry or raspberry jam. (The more the better to impregnate!!!)
step-5
The top layer pour the cream and decorate with vegetable decorations - nuts, dried fruits and fruits. Put on 5-6 hours in the refrigerator. Better to do it at night so in the morning you could already have. To infuse and to soak the cake must necessarily, then it will become tastier. Enjoy your tea with family!
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