Step-by-step recipe for making the Kremlin cake

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

Cake is an integral part of any festive table. It is difficult to imagine a birthday, anniversary or wedding celebration without dessert. One of the most popular and favorite cakes in Russia is the Kremlin cake. The recipe with a photo for clarity is presented below.

Required ingredients for dough and lemon topping

To prepare the dough, you will need to take the following products:

• wheat flour - 350 g (about 2 cups);
• sour cream - 200 g;
• butter (you can use margarine) - 200g

To prepare the lemon filling needed for the Kremlin cake, you will need the following products:

• granulated sugar - 120 g;
• medium sized lemon - 1 piece

Necessary ingredients for cream

We will need to prepare two types of cream, namely protein and butter with yolks. Required products for this:

• egg whites - 6 pcs;
• granulated sugar - 400 g;
• butter - 200 g;
• egg yolks - 6 pcs

Worth itnote that all the indicated ingredients, namely their quantity, are proposed for making the Kremlin cake with a diameter of about 20 cm. If you want to make a larger cake, proportionally increase the amount of all the ingredients presented.

Kremlin cake: step by step recipe with photo

First of all, you should do the dough for the cake. Pour 2 cups of flour onto a clean surface (after sifting through a fine sieve). Grate the butter (it is best if it is slightly frozen). Then mix flour with butter. Add fat sour cream (200 g), mix everything thoroughly and immediately begin to knead. We divide the finished dough into 6 equal parts, wrap each part in cling film or in special baking paper and send it to the refrigerator or balcony for a couple of hours.

After this time, we take out the dough. Roll each piece into a thin round pancake. From the scraps left over from six cakes, we are preparing the seventh cake and topping for the cake. It is important to bake each cake separately. Put the pancake on a baking sheet, prick the dough with a fork and bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 10-15 minutes until red.

Let the finished cakes cool down a bit.

Cooking stuffing

According to the classic recipe for the Kremlin cake, you need to prepare a lemon filling. Lemon should be grated on a medium grater. Rub along with the peel. It is advisable to remove the bones first. Then add 1 cup of sugar, carefullystir.

Next, separate the whites and yolks.

Initially, we start preparing the protein cream for the Kremlin cake. Pour 200 grams of sugar into the proteins, mix and put in a water bath. It is important to keep stirring the mass all the time while cooking. We bring the temperature to 73-75 degrees Celsius. After we shift the proteins into a deep container and beat at a sufficiently high speed with a mixer. The result should be a thick lush cream.

Now you need to prepare the buttercream. To do this, take the remaining yolks, add 200 grams of sugar, put on fire. Stirring all the time, bring to a temperature of about 60 degrees Celsius. After we also shift the yolks into a deep container and beat with a mixer. With the mixer still on, slowly add the butter. The result should be a smooth and soft cream.

Cake assembly

Now the most interesting part of making the Kremlin cake. We spread the first cake on the dish on which we will serve the cake. The smooth side of the cake should be on the bottom. Lubricate the top side with yolk cream. Gently place the next cake on top and spread the protein cream on it. And so in turn all 6 cakes. The 5th cake also needs to be smeared with lemon filling on top of the yolk cream.

The last, seventh cake must be hoisted with the smooth side up. And we grease the whole cake with protein cream - both the top and the sides. Now you need to decorate the Kremlin cake, makeyou can do it according to your own taste. For example, many housewives prefer to use chocolate chips or powdered sugar.

One of the options for decorating the cake

There are many ways to decorate a cake. Let's consider one of them. To do this, you need to take:

• coconut - 1 piece;
• milk chocolate - 100 g;
• walnut and hazelnut - 50 g.

Coconut should be split, grate the flesh on a coarse grater. You can also buy ready-made coconut flakes, but often they are too hard. You also need to grate a bar of chocolate and a walnut. Mix all the ingredients and sprinkle generously on the cake.