If you really want to, you can treat yourself to fresh pastries. The main thing is to approach cooking with wisdom and imagination. For example, do pancakes for breakfast seem familiar? Then what about a pancake cake? Cooking it is quite simple, and the result will please any sweet tooth. So what is the recipe for a pancake cake? Let's try to master this original and at the same time affordable dish.
What do we expect from the cake?
What does every sweets lover imagine in his secret dreams? Chocolate? Waffles? Candy? Or maybe low-calorie fruit mousse? Most often, all these fantasies merge into one, whose name is a cake!
What can be tastier and more aromatic than a tender and sweet cake? Only the same dessert, but cooked with your own hands. If you do not know how to bake biscuits, it does not matter! And if you like the taste of cream, then it can be prepared using the simplest and cheapest products, which are full in the refrigerator of every housewife.
For example, it is easiest for young chefs to master a pancake cake recipe. This is a delicious dish for every day or dessert for the holiday. You can diversify the cake due to the cream and decorations used, make it as satisfying as possible, light and even low-calorie. The main secret is that pancakes can be baked both traditional and absolutely lean. Cream for the cake also allows a fancy approach. It can be thick and lush or very thin.
Classic and modern
So, the pancake cake recipe is on the agenda. Where to begin? Of course, with baking pancakes. The basis for them can be milk, diluted sour cream, kefir, whey, cream, even beer and plain water. The choice of flour can also be approached with imagination. Wheat - more familiar, but with corn or buckwheat, the taste of pancakes will be unusual in a good way. The classic version - pancakes made of white flour - without a pronounced taste, which allows you to combine it with any cream and filling. In principle, you can make a sweet cake or hearty with meat or mushroom filling.
To try the recipe for a pancake cake at home, you will need three eggs, approximately 60 ml of vegetable oil, a pinch of salt, three tablespoons of sugar, almost 700 ml of milk and 350 grams of flour.
Based on the brevity of the list of ingredients, it can be said with accuracy that making pancakes will be quite simple. Beat eggs with sugar and salt until foamy. Pancake milk should be warm. Add it to the egg mixture, and then fill in the oil and mix everything.
For the splendor of pancakes, it is worth sifting flour, and then partially introducing it into the dough. As a result, the pancake dough turns out to be quite liquid without lumps. The thicker it is, the thicker the pancakes. But to get involved in the opposite direction is also not worth it, otherwise the pancakes will stick to the pan.
Before the first pancake, grease the pan with butter or a piece of bacon. For the next, the butter that is in the dough will be enough. About two dozen pancakes will come from the initial list of ingredients. This is quite enough for a weighty cake.
Dedicated to lovers of drink
A very original pancake cake recipe in which the main ingredient is baked on beer. Such pancakes are tender, soft and moderately thin. They have a characteristic aftertaste that is good for a snack cake, but coupled with a sweet cream, the aroma of beer disappears.
For the base, such pancakes are suitable regardless of the thickness. And even the most inexperienced culinary specialists will be able to cook them at home. You will need about 120 grams of milk or whey, three eggs, two glasses of flour, a tablespoon of olive oil, 50 grams of sugar, a pinch of salt and - a key ingredient - 500 grams of light beer. Pour the eggs into a deep bowl and beat until foam appears. Gradually add milk, beer, salt and sugar. Now it's the turn of oil. Beat the dough again and leave for a quarter of an hour so that it is infused. Pancakes need to be fried over high heat for about a minute on each side.
It's all about the cream
So, on the table there is a mountain of pancakes waiting in the wings, so what was the matter? Of course, for the cream! If you are planning a sweet dessert, then the cream should be appropriate. Do not limit your imagination. Depending on the contents of your refrigerator, you can come up with your own pancake cake recipe at home.
It’s easiest to use whipped cream, but it can be boring. But a pack of cottage cheese can become the basis for a wonderful dressing! You will also need 200 grams of sour cream, a glass of sugar and vanilla. All the ingredients must be grated and combined in a deep bowl, and then beat with a mixer. If in this recipe sugar is replaced with honey, and sour cream is chosen to be low in fat, then you get a cream for a diet cake. True, it is better to bake pancakes in this case, too - original - from oatmeal and with a minimum of oil.
If you still like whipped cream, then discard the purchase option in favor of the cooked. To do this, beat 700 ml of cream, gradually introducing 200 grams of powdered sugar.
Do you like custard cakes? Then make a cake in the style of your favorite dessert. For cream, stir two eggs in a glass of milk, and then add this mixture to a bowl where 0.5 liters of boiling milk with a diluted glass of sugar, vanilla and a couple of tablespoons of flour are already boiling. Boil the cream for five minutes, and then cool and whip with a pack of butter.
Life hacks for home
Cooking a delicious pancake cake. The recipe will step by step is not so difficult. The main thing is to approach the matter with imagination. Everything can be as simple as possible. Jam or jam is suitable for interlacing, and thin slices of fruits, nuts and berries are often used as fillings.
Since the cake does not look bright, it can and should be decorated. For example, use melted or grated chocolate or chocolate, cream, and butter icing. With the resulting mixture, you can fill the cake from above and from the sides or make it a pattern. Leave the berries whole for decoration, and cut the fruit into slices. You can use both fresh and canned fruits. Only with the latter you first need to drain the syrup.
For dusting, nuts, coconut flakes and cookie crumbs are always relevant. By the way, the cake does not have to be round. At home, you can experiment and make a dessert "Monastery hut", for which each pancake is wrapped in a roll with cherries and cream inside. Rows of blanks are laid out like a pyramid and each top row includes fewer rolls. The whole structure is poured with sour cream and sprinkled with chocolate. Pancakes should be as thin as possible so that the rolls can be easily rolled up.
His sweet tooth will definitely appreciate it.
If once "hooked" on chocolate, then "get off" with it is almost impossible. Oh, how sweet and fragrant this innocent drug is! But there is no need to completely abandon him. Even adherents of strictly proper nutrition are allowed to treat themselves to sweets if it is quality chocolate. So why not make a chocolate pancake cake ?!
The recipe is not complicated, so all sweets lovers will definitely like it. Start by making your own pancakes chocolate. To do this, add a couple of tablespoons of cocoa or about 60 grams of melted dark chocolate to the dough.
Now take care of the cream. For the filling you will need approximately 350 ml of heavy cream, two bars of your favorite chocolate and 20 grams of butter. Whip the cream until thick, and melt the chocolate in a water bath with butter. Mix and spread pancake cakes with them. A delicious dessert should be infused for at least an hour.
Not a cake, but a song!
But the children will certainly be happy with another eternal recipe. Make a pancake recipe for them with condensed milk. This is the simplest option, which can be prepared at least for breakfast, at least for the holiday. For the cream you will need a pack of oil and a can of condensed milk, which you need to beat with a mixer. If the mass is too thick, then you can flavor the cream with sour cream or cream. For piquancy, you can add the juice of one lime and 50 grams of fried walnut kernels. Pancakes need to be greased and sent to the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Another simple and tasty option is a sour cream pancake cake. This recipe is loved by young housewives, as it is fast and classic in a good way. You will need a liter of fat sour cream, 250 grams of sugar and a bag of vanilla. Whip all ingredients until a thick, lush mass is obtained. Grease each pancake and send a sweet "slide" in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
For a snack
Do not limit the list of dishes that can be prepared on the basis of pancakes. Each hostess can invent with such a foundation a hundred of their crown recipes. And the most beautiful thing is that these are not only sweet desserts, but also completely independent and hearty dishes. So there may be a pancake meat cake.
Leave the recipe with condensed milk, chocolate or berries on the feast, and for a home dinner, prepare a snack version with a subtle hint of ginger. Cook pancakes according to the usual recipe, unless slightly reduce the dosage of sugar. For the filling, use mushrooms, eggs, onions and ham, as well as grated ginger, mayonnaise, spices and cheese.
Cut onions and mushrooms, then fry them until golden. Boil the eggs, grate, and cut the ham into cubes. Mix eggs, ham, mayonnaise and spices. Now you can form a cake - lay out a layer of mushrooms and egg filling on the pancake, and then the next pancake. Sprinkle the top of the cake with grated cheese and send the dish to the oven for 5-7 minutes.
And here is another version of the appetizer, which is not a shame to serve at a dinner party - pancake cake with trout and cream cheese. For 10 pancakes you will need 250 grams of slightly salted fish and soft cheese, as well as one and a half tablespoons of sour cream and dill to taste. Mix sour cream and cheese. Spread pancakes with such cream, sprinkle them with greens and fish, and then lay them uphill. Before serving, refrigerate for an hour.