This dessert, which is a lush soft sponge cake of rich burgundy color with a delicate layer of cream cheese. American housewives traditionally serve it to guests on Independence Day - July 4.
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You will need
- For biscuit:
- - 350 g flour for baking,
- - a pair of a pinch of salt;
- - 20 g of cocoa powder;
- - 150 g unsalted butter;
- - 400 g of granulated sugar;
- - 3 small eggs;
- - 1 and 1/3 tsp pure vanilla extract;
- - 320 ml of buttermilk;
- - 2 and 1/2 tbsp liquid red food coloring;
- - 1 and 1/3 tsp white vinegar;
- - 1 and 1/3 tsp baking powder.
- For cream:
- - 310 g of room temperature cream cheese (for example, Philadelphia);
- - 310 g of Mascarpone cheese at room temperature;
- - 1 and 1/3 tsp vanilla extract;
- - 155 g of sifted icing sugar;
- - 480 ml of cold cream 35%.
Instruction manual
1
Prepare two forms with a diameter of 30 cm: line them with baking paper and grease with butter. Set the oven to warm up to 180 degrees.
2
Sift flour with cocoa and salt into a spacious container.
3
Beat butter separately with a hand blender for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add sugar and continue to beat until lush, light creamy consistency. Drive one egg into the mixture one at a time. Add vanilla and mix again.
4
In buttermilk, dilute food coloring. In three steps, constantly interfering, connect all the biscuit blanks. Start and end with flour.
5
Separately mix the baking powder with vinegar, pour into the dough, mix quickly and put into prepared forms. Flatten and send to the oven for about half an hour. Willingness to check standardly - with a wooden stick.
6
Cool the finished cakes on a wire rack, wrap in cling film and put in the cold for 3 to 5 hours.
7
Make cream. Beat two types of cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla, mix thoroughly again. Beat cold cream separately and mix with cheese with a spatula until smooth.
8
Each cake is cut into 2 with a sharp bread knife and layered with cream. They also decorate the sides and top of the dessert. Put in the refrigerator for several hours.