It seems that rotten stump cake with jam has always existed.
Our grandmothers baked it, then our mothers, and now it’s our turn. It always turns out very tasty and it’s probably impossible to spoil it. It does not require refined products or special culinary skills. On this topic:
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Simply mix everything, pour into a mold and bake. The classic recipe can be changed at your discretion - pour chocolate over it, add fruits, nuts, berries, honey, candied fruits or raisins. Cream too - optional.
Rotten stump cake with raspberry jam
The jam used affects not only the taste, but also the shade of the cakes. Yellow jam makes them the most beautiful. Some people like it with sourness, then you should add fresh or frozen currants, cranberries, sea buckthorn, and lingonberries.
For rotten stump cakes with jam, it is better to use not very fresh milk - week-old yogurt, kefir, sour yogurt or a mixture of them.
When interacting with soda, they give the dough the very loose consistency that gives it its name.
For the cake you will need to prepare:
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- 200 ml sour kefir;
- 200 ml raspberry jam;
- 2 eggs;
- 1 dec. l. quicklime soda;
- 500 ml flour;
- 200 ml sugar.
For the cream: 450 ml of fat sour cream, 200 ml of sugar.
Step-by-step preparation
This recipe for rotten stump cake with jam uses raspberries.
Step 1. First, beat or grind the eggs with sugar until the latter dissolves, add kefir and jam.
Step 2. Mix thoroughly.
Step 3. Now add flour and soda.
Step 4. Stir - the dough actively foams (a reaction of soda with acid occurs) and changes color slightly.
Step 5. According to this recipe for a rotten stump cake with jam, the dough is not thick and not very liquid. It is divided into two parts and baked each for 20 minutes in an oven heated to 200 degrees.
Step 5. Cool the sour cream and beat it with sugar or simply mix it and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Step 6. The finished cakes are cut into 2 parts each and soaked in cream.
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Step 7. Decorate as desired, for example, with melted chocolate.
If you decide to pour chocolate on top, so that it does not break when cutting, the melted product is mixed with boiled water. It immediately thickens and the top and sides of the product are coated with it.
The new is the forgotten old
Indeed, today you can find “Anthill” and “Napoleon” much more often at home parties. But believe me, there is a much simpler option, and the result will surprise and delight all guests. The Rotten Stump cake recipe allows you to prepare an interesting dessert. If you prepare the dish correctly and adhere to the classic recipe, the result is guaranteed to be excellent. It should be noted that there are a lot of cooking options. Therefore, let's start with the one that has been tested by dozens of housewives and allows you to get an excellent result every time.
Rotten stump cake with jam and nuts
In this case, you need to prepare:
- sugar – 400 ml;
- jam – 300 ml;
- nuts – 90 g;
- flour – 750 ml;
- baking powder - 2 dec. l.;
- fat sour cream – 400 ml;
- eggs – 3 pcs.;
- butter – 170 g;
- sunflower oil – 70 ml;
- sour kefir – 300 ml;
- salt - 1 tbsp. l.
The manufacturing process consists of the following stages:
- Heat the oven to 200 degrees.
- Mix jam, eggs, kefir, vegetable oil.
- Add salt, baking powder, flour and mix.
- Bake in 2 batches in a pan lined with parchment for 30-40 minutes.
- Beat the butter in a mixer at medium speed until white, add sugar, and continue the process, add sour cream and vanilla and after 2 minutes the cream is ready.
- Cut the cooled cakes into 2 parts, trim the edges evenly and assemble the cake.
- Decorate the top with nuts and crumbs left after leveling the cakes and soaked in cream.
Cool the finished product for an hour.
Cook at home
First of all, you need to put all the components of the dish on the table. I am very pleased that there are no expensive or scarce ingredients here; they are all available in any store. To prepare the dough you will need flour and eggs, sugar and sour cream. Creams are an experiment that each housewife turns out to be original and unique. But this recipe uses a very light impregnation.
For the cream in the classic version you will need sour cream and jam. This is exactly the recipe for the “Rotten Stump” cake that can be found in the notebooks of our mothers and grandmothers. Additionally, chocolate and dried fruits can be used, because you also need to give it an external resemblance to a forest stump.
How to make a rotten stump pie
If you don’t have time to make a cake, you can quickly make a pie under the same name.
Have to take:
- flour – 350 g;
- curdled milk - 1 tbsp.;
- eggs – 2 pcs.;
- soda – 1 dec. l.;
- granulated sugar – 200 g;
- apricot jam – 200 g.
Beat sugar and sour cream until foamy, add the remaining ingredients and mix until smooth. Transfer to a mold and bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
Dessert history
The recipe for the “Rotten Stump” cake appeared a long time ago; for example, someone will remember it from their childhood birthdays. The dessert received this original name due to the special loose structure and brown color that distinguishes the cake from the inside.
Today it is difficult to establish who first prepared this dessert. But the man clearly cared about healthy eating, because the recipe does not use oil - neither vegetable nor butter. It is only needed to grease the pan during baking. This also applies to the cream; it also contains no oil. This makes the cake surprisingly tender and airy. It can be consumed in small quantities by people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as by children.
Preparing the dough
Many housewives experience some awe before baking cake layers. Tender, airy, they sometimes burn, sometimes they don’t rise. This recipe is intended especially for these women. Even inexperienced housewives can make the “Rotten Stump” cake at home, and this is far from a trivial cake, but a completely original and festive dessert. This is where its special appeal lies.
Technology
Preparation of the dough is carried out in several steps, each of which we will now consider.
- You will need a deep cup. Since we will be using a mixer, we need to ensure that the mass does not spill over its edges.
- Pour three eggs into it and prepare a glass of sugar. Beat the eggs themselves first, and then gradually start adding sugar to them.
- The mixture should increase 2-3 times.
- Add a glass of any jam you like best. If it is black currant, the taste will be sour. But strawberries and apricots will only emphasize the sweetness. Beat until smooth.
- All that remains is to add a glass of sour cream and mix well again.
The mixer can be put aside. Especially for novice housewives who doubt the correctness of the actions, there is a recipe with a photo. It is enough to prepare the “Rotten Stump” cake once so that the process does not cause any further difficulties.
All that remains is to quench 0.5 tablespoons of soda with vinegar and add to the dough. Grind dried fruits (raisins, prunes) pre-soaked in water in a blender and stir thoroughly.
Flour is added last. It will take about 2 cups. First, the flour must be sifted several times and mixed into the dough in small portions. It takes on the appearance of thick sour cream, but remains fluid.
Some subtleties
As you can see, there is nothing complicated in the cooking process. But it’s worth remembering some secrets for getting the perfect Rotten Stump cake. A step-by-step recipe with jam is simple and accessible to every housewife, even a beginner. And here lies the first secret. The final taste of the cake depends on what kind of jam you use.
To ensure a beautiful color for the cakes, it is recommended to use yellow jam. It can be apple, sea buckthorn or apricot. If you want to diversify the taste of the cake, you can dilute the jam with condensed milk. The proportions are approximately 50/50.
Making the cream is a different story. If you use sugar for it, it is recommended to beat the sour cream when you first put the cake in the oven. After this, put the cream in the refrigerator so that all the grains have time to dissolve. If impregnation is needed urgently, then use powder instead of sugar.
The optimal height of the hemp is 15 cm, maybe a little lower. Therefore, when choosing the shape or width of the strip, it is necessary to proceed from this figure. If you make it lower or higher, it will not look so harmonious and original.
Bakery
The classic Rotten Stump cake recipe can be made in different ways. It depends on what end result you want. If you have a springform pan, you can bake the cake in it as a single high layer, and then cut it into layers and soak it in cream.
You can use several molds, pour a third of the entire mixture into each of them. This way you will get three cake layers, each of which is ready for use. And the last option: bake the dough on a baking sheet. In this case, the formation will occur in a slightly different way.
