Cosmos cake: a dessert recipe from the USSR

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

Surely many will remember how difficult it was to get a real tasty cake in Soviet times with a shortage of goods. Moreover, not every family could afford it due to its high cost. However, thanks to the spread of recipes for the famous "Prague", "Kyiv", "Leningrad", "Bird's milk", etc. through newspapers, the experience of housewives, people began to cook this delicacy at home. Naturally, they differed in taste from purchased samples, but they were no less delighted. One of these was the Cosmos cake, the recipe of which was kept and passed on in every second house.

Dessert Features

Unfortunately, history is silent about why this chocolate dessert began to bear such a name. You can speculate, or you can try to cook it yourself in order to experience a slight nostalgia for the times of the Soviet Union and its culinary delights. It should not be argued that it is almost impossible to cook something similar to the traditional Cosmos cake. In fact, baking it will not be difficult even for beginners in the culinary field. Cake "Cosmos" is assembled from several cake layers, smeared one after another with chocolate cream and poured abundantlyglaze. It is ideal for connoisseurs of everything chocolate, because this delicacy was and remains a favorite among children.

Ingredients: readily available and inexpensive

As for the products that will be required for the cake, they can be easily purchased at the nearest grocery store. For 3 cakes: chicken eggs - 2-3 pieces, a glass of wheat flour (250 grams), a can of condensed milk (350-400 ml), 130 grams of butter (do not replace margarine), half a tsp. soda slaked with vinegar. For chocolate cream: fat sour cream - 350-400 ml, a glass of granulated sugar, a tablespoon of cocoa powder. For glaze for pouring: cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. l., starch (preferably corn, but potato is also good), 50 ml of fat milk, 60 grams of butter, sugar or powdered sugar - 3 tbsp. l. with a hill. If desired, you can add a pinch of vanillin to the cream or icing for a delicate flavor, and use chopped nuts or coconut to decorate the cake.

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The cake recipe is simple and straightforward. You will need a round baking sheet no more than 30 cm in diameter. To knead the dough, you need to take a deep comfortable bowl and a whisk. First, break the eggs and lay out the condensed milk, after which they are thoroughly beaten until light foam. Melt the butter, without letting it get very hot, and cool, then pour into a bowl. Next, the sifted flour is slowly introduced, which must be mixed into the future dough. In conclusionjust goes slaked soda. The mixture must be thoroughly mixed either with a whisk or a mixer.

To prevent the cake from sticking to the surface of the baking sheet during baking, it should be covered with special baking paper (parchment). If one is not found, it is recommended to grease the baking sheet with butter, and sprinkle the bottom and edges with breadcrumbs or semolina. Divide the pastry dough into three portions. They are baked in turn in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 35 minutes. The easiest way to remove the finished cake is to let it cool slightly. Thus, ruddy and slightly porous cakes should be obtained. It is worth noting that the cake recipe has not changed since the very creation of this cake, which indicates that Soviet desserts can and should be trusted.

Final chord - delicate cream and rich icing for the cake

Cosmos cake without its delicious sour cream will not turn out the same as before - according to GOST. But for him, you just need to combine sour cream with sugar until it stops crunching on your teeth, and pour in a spoonful of cocoa. The cream, as a rule, is whipped with a mixer, but with a whisk you will have to sweat. When both the cakes and the cream are brought to perfection, you can safely assemble the cake. In each cake, you need to make a couple of holes with a fork, and lay them out one by one, thickly smearing them with cream on top.

For the glaze, you need a small saucepan, in which sugar, cocoa and starch are placed and mixed. The next step is to introduce milk, remove all lumps. Place the pot on low heat andadd oil immediately. The icing will be ready when the mixture becomes moderately thick. The main thing is not to bring the icing to a boil! You also need to cool the chocolate mixture a little and only then beautifully pour it over the cake.

A real Cosmos cake, a Soviet sweet dessert, can only be obtained by those who show due patience and let it brew in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours. But it is better to keep it all night for the chocolate icing to harden. Who, in turn, has imagination, can decorate the Cosmos cake with coconut chips, berries, nuts, etc. Have a nice tea!