Cupcake "Zebra" - striped dessert

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

What could be tastier with your favorite fragrant tea than a freshly baked cupcake? And if he is also extraordinarily beautiful both outside and inside? For those who have not guessed yet, I want to introduce the Zebra cupcake. It is called so because in the process of cooking it turns out to be striped and very similar to a zebra. However, there is nothing to be surprised here - everything is done very simply and from quite affordable products.

So, to prepare a Zebra cupcake, you need to follow a simple instruction:

1. Melt 100 grams of butter in a saucepan (margarine is also suitable).

2. Pour in a glass of sugar and stir well so that it dissolves completely.

3. Pour in a glass of kefir. Stir.

4. Separately, in another bowl, beat two eggs and add to the resulting mass in a saucepan.

5. Pour in 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder or quench 1 teaspoon of baking soda with vinegar.

6. You can (but not necessarily) add vanilla sugar (bag).

7. Gradually add 1.5 cups of flour, mixing well.

8. Divideinto two parts the resulting dough. To one of them, add 2.5 tablespoons of cocoa powder, mixing thoroughly.

You should end up with two containers with dough of different colors.

Now the most important thing: we need our Zebra cupcake to be striped. As easy as pie! We take a tablespoon and, in turn, spread the dough from each container on top of each other. For example, first a spoonful of light dough, followed by a dark one, etc., until everything is over. If everything is done correctly, it should turn out as in the photo. This "raw" strip does not need to be stirred!

Then we send the blank to the oven, which should be preheated in advance, and bake for 40-45 minutes at 190 degrees. Tip: if you decide to use a silicone mold for baking a cake, then it is better to put it on a baking sheet immediately before filling, and then transfer it to the oven on it. Otherwise, the dough from the soft mold may spill out, the strip will be damaged. After the baking time has elapsed, you need to make sure that the cake is ready by piercing it with a wooden toothpick. If the dough does not stick to it, then everything is ready.

Proof that a Zebra cupcake will be striped on the inside is its cross-sectional view. If the result of the efforts came out as in the photo below, then you have a striped dessert.

You can make small, no less tasty Zebra cupcakes in the same way. Only in this case the dough is neededPour into smaller molds. Thus, instead of one large cupcake, you will get many small cupcakes.

Now that you know how to make a Zebra cake, you can try decorating it: sprinkle it with powdered sugar or, for example, fill it with icing. And preparing the glaze is very simple: you need to melt butter (50 grams) in a saucepan, add sour cream (3 tablespoons) or milk to it, add sugar (half a glass) and 3 tsp. cocoa. The resulting mixture, stirring thoroughly, bring to a boil and pour over the cake. If desired, still hot glaze can be sprinkled with nuts.

It remains to pour yourself a cup of your favorite tea and taste a piece of homemade striped dessert. Bon appetit!