Very tasty baskets at home. Shortcrust pastry for baskets

The most common sweet shortbread dough according to GOST. All ingredients must be room temperature, put them on the table 2-3 hours before starting work. 100 g butter, 1 yolk, 65 g powdered sugar, 0.5 tsp. baking powder and a pinch fine salt mix in a bowl and mix with a mixer with a hook attachment until smooth. Pour in 165 g of sifted flour and mix again to make crumbs. It will take about 20 seconds. Use your hands to collect the crumbs into a lump, practically do not knead, otherwise ready dough will not be crispy and crumbly. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin between two sheets of baking paper. You should get a layer of about 0.7 cm thick. Cut out circles to fit your molds. Put the circles in molds, pressing against the walls and bottom. Put in the freezer for 15-20 minutes. While they are cooling, preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Take out the blanks and bake them for 10-15 minutes. Be careful not to brown too much, the baskets should be only slightly golden! Remove the finished baskets, cool slightly in molds, remove and cool completely. During this time, do...

...protein custard!

The one that is otherwise called Italian meringue. Sweet snow-white cream, which is perfectly stored and keeps its shape perfectly. And it's also quite cheap. For all this, Soviet confectioners loved him so dearly. Raw protein here is brewed with hot syrup, so the cream is considered quite safe. But for its preparation it is very desirable to have a culinary thermometer at home, although with a strong desire you can do without it.

Proportions according to GOST. Beat 2 proteins in a strong foam. We put 130 g of sugar in a saucepan with a thick bottom, pour 50 g of water, put on fire, bring to a boil and completely dissolve the sugar. Further, without interfering, cook the syrup for about 5 minutes to 120 degrees or samples for a medium ball. If you don't have a thermometer and you're about to take a sample, take the syrup off the heat for the time being, otherwise you'll overcook it. Scoop up some syrup with a spoon and dip in ice water to cool. Take the syrup with your fingers and try to roll it into a ball. If it wrinkles easily, then the syrup is not ready yet. The ball should be tight, but not hard.

Whisk the egg whites if they have settled down a bit. Pour syrup into them in a thin stream, without stopping whisking. Adding lemon juice. And ... yes, that's right - we continue to whip! The mass should become dense, glossy, increase in volume and cool completely. Protein custard ready!

Collecting cakes!

We put jam, jam or marmalade in baskets. Preferably from sour berries, because both the sand base and the protein cream are very sweet. This time I had ready-made blackcurrant jam, but you can specially cook, for example, confiture, as in. Only not from blueberries, but from something more sour. We fill a pastry bag with a “Star” nozzle with cream and place a cap on top of the jam. As for me, they are beautiful already in this form, but you can add candied fruit, confectionery sprinkles or colored leaf flowers. For them, you will also need pastry bags, two additional nozzles of small diameter and food colorings. However, if you don’t have dyes or you are a big opponent of them (this often happens!), Just for these baskets, you can try to tint the cream with beetroot or spinach juice, because the color here should not be too saturated. Set aside a small portion of the cream, divide into two parts, paint pink and green colors, put it in bags and create!

In popularity, the leader is a basket cake with protein cream. Let's start with him. And let's continue - with a recipe for making baskets with custard cream, as well as protein-oil cream. Everything is on one page.

Ingredients:

• flour - 220 grams
• egg - 1
• salt - a small pinch
• butter - 100 grams

For protein cream:

• egg white - 2
• powdered sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons
• lemon juice - a few drops

For filling:

• pieces of fresh or frozen fruit
• fruits ground with sugar
• jams and jams

Cake dough recipe

The most important thing in cooking shortcrust pastry- cold (very cold) oil and the speed of kneading so that the oil does not warm up from the hands (or cool the hands under cold water). Fast kneading is facilitated by the use kitchen appliances, for example, a blender: pour in the sifted flour and put the pieces of butter. Turn it on for just a few seconds to get a roughly homogeneous mass.

But if you do not have such (or another) assistant, arm yourself with a knife. Pour the flour into a mound on the countertop, put the butter and chop it, mixing with flour, and then grind them with your palms. Just remember to do it quickly.

Add the egg and salt to the mixture and knead the dough.

Wrap the resulting shiny, uniform lump in cling film and refrigerate for an hour.
Even better if he lies down in the cold twice as much.

Having pinched off a piece, roll it into a small circle no more than 0.5 cm thick, make punctures with a fork and place in a mold, carefully pressing down and leveling.

Cut the edges with a rolling pin - run along the very edge.

If you make it to its full height, you will get deep baskets, for “undersized” you need to fill in the forms halfway.

Sprinkle beans (peas, or special balls) and put in an oven preheated to 200 C. Bake for 7 minutes. Then remove the load and bake for another 5-7 meters until a beautiful, slightly golden color.

Let the baskets cool completely on a wire rack.

Protein cream for a basket

The dishes should be perfectly clean, for safety, you can wipe with a slice of lemon, then you do not need to add lemon juice in the process of whipping proteins. Be sure to sift the powdered sugar so that there are no lumps left.
Separate the whites from the yolks. Start beating egg whites at medium speed.

When the foam becomes thick, add speed to the maximum. Beat until soft peaks - the state when the peaks are not yet holding.

Add a teaspoon powdered sugar, continuing to beat until the peaks are firm and begin to hold their shape. The cream should be shiny and elastic.

Filling the cake basket

Spread jam into cooled tartlets

or pieces fresh fruit e.g. banana, strawberry, raspberry.

And on top with the help of a culinary bag, put a cap of cream.

ON A NOTE

About retention periods. The cream is made from crude proteins so take only the best fresh eggs in which you are completely sure. And remember that storing such cakes is not recommended, they must be eaten immediately.

Read more about the tricks of making protein cream, about hard and soft peaks.

Protein custard for cake

You can avoid trouble with raw proteins and increase the shelf life up to 2-3 days by putting custard protein cream in a cake basket. But to do this, you first need to prepare it.

What you need: proteins - 2, lemon juice - a few drops, water - 1/2 cup, sugar - 1 cup.

How to cook. Pour sugar into a saucepan and pour in water, bring to a boil and boil over low heat until the consistency of "medium ball". It is checked as follows: pour cold (ice) water into the container and drip the syrup. Roll up the ball - if it is completely soft, then early, medium is exactly what you need.

Whilst the syrup is cooking, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Then pour in a thin stream with constant whipping boiling syrup. Beat for about 5 minutes, adding lemon juice. Ready cream smooth, shiny, holds its shape well.

Recipe for caramel custard

Cake "Basket" can be stuffed not only with protein, but also with other creams. For example, custard. And so that it does not seem boring, we will make a festive caramel custard.

For caramel cream:

• milk - 50 ml
• cream 20% - 200 ml
• powdered sugar - 35 grams
• sugar - 30 grams
• flour - 10 grams
• yolks - 2
• vanilla

How to make caramel custard for a basket

Warm up the cream.
Pour sugar into a saucepan and put on fire to melt it.

Pour in a little cream (they will bubble), carefully stirring the melted sugar. Heat until all the caramel has melted into the cream.

Pour milk into the cream so that there is 250 grams of liquid. Return to saucepan and bring to a boil. Set aside.

Mix egg yolks well with powdered sugar and flour.

Gradually pour in the cream, stirring well.

Return to the pot again. Put it on small fire and cook until thickened, stirring all the time. Add vanilla at the end. Cool, covered with clingfilm to prevent a crust from forming (or drizzle with a tablespoon of milk).

Shake well before putting into baskets. Or, first put the cream in baskets, and decorate with fresh berries on top.

But that's not all. You can also prepare a protein-oil cream.

Protein-oil cream for a basket

What you need

protein - 2
powdered sugar - 150 grams
butter - 150 grams
lemon juice - a few drops.

How to cook

Cut a little into pieces in a bowl and leave to warm at room temperature.
Carefully separate the whites into a clean container. Beat with a mixer, starting at low speed, to soft peaks. Then, gradually adding powdered sugar, bring to a well-beaten state, and pour in the lemon juice.

Reduce speed and slowly fold in the butter pieces, beating thoroughly. The cream should become a homogeneous lush and elastic mass.

Choose which filling you like best, which cream seems to be the most “creamy”, and cook delicious treat, - cake "Baskets", - one of the most seductive, for our taste, the most "cakes" and glamorous in the world.

Cake "Basket" © Magic Food.RU

If you are already fed up with shopping confectionery then you can do it yourself delicious baskets from a sand base. Baking can be filled with various sweet stuffing such as jam, fruit, whipped cream and other sweet ingredients.

This delicacy is especially good for children's parties, because children will gobble it up on both cheeks and ask for more. But do not delay with this matter, but right now start cooking this delicacy.

shortcrust pastry recipe

How to prepare:

Soft butter put in a bowl and stir with a blender until a uniform composition;

Granulated sugar is desirable to use fine, you can put powdered sugar instead. We fall asleep it in whipped butter and again mix everything well with a mixer;

Crack an egg, separate the white and yolk. We spread the yolk into the oil mixture and again stir everything until smooth;

We combine flour with starch powder and sow through a sieve several times. This will add splendor to the flour;

After all the flour has been poured out, the dough must be kneaded with your hands and form a ball out of it;

Transfer the ball to a bowl, cover with a towel or plastic bag and place for 40-60 minutes in a cold place;

Take the dough out of the fridge and divide in small pieces and lay them out on molds for baskets;

Then we roll each piece into a small circle and distribute it over the entire surface of the mold;

Pour 1 teaspoon of jam or jam into each dough mold, and the top can be decorated with various patterns from the dough leftovers;

After that, put everything in a preheated oven to 200 degrees and bake for 20-25 minutes.

Shortcrust pastry with protein cream

For the test you will need:

• 100 grams of butter;
• Wheat flour - 5-6 large spoons;
• One chicken egg;
• Baking powder - ½ small spoon.

For protein cream:

• Protein - 1 piece;
• 80 grams of granulated sugar;
• Lemon juice - 30 ml.

For filling:

• 100 grams of boiled condensed milk.

Calorie content - 320.

Let's move on to cooking:

1. Butter needs to be softened. To do this, it can be warmed up for 2-3 minutes in microwave oven or hold for 20-30 minutes at room temperature;
2. Then we put it in a deep cup, add powdered sugar there and stir everything with a blender or mixer. You should get a homogeneous mixture with a creamy consistency;
3. Crack an egg and separate the white and yolk. We leave the protein for the cream, and put the yolk in the oil mixture. We mix everything with a mixer until a uniform composition;
4. Mix flour with baking powder and sift well several times;
5. sifted flour in small portions Pour into the butter mixture and knead the dough with a spoon. When it becomes difficult to mix, you can knead it with your hands;
6. Then we make a ball from the dough, put it in a bowl, cover it with cellophane and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours;
7. After that, the chilled dough is divided into 5 portions. We roll out a small cake from each serving and put it in a metal mold, making it look like a basket;
8. We place the baskets in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees;
9. Then we take them out of the oven and cool;
10. Cooking cream. In a container with a small diameter, place the egg white, pour sugar and lemon juice;
11. Then we put a pan with a larger diameter on the stove and pour water into it. We warm up;
12. As soon as the water becomes hot, put the pan with the ingredients there;
13. Stir with a mixer for about 5-7 minutes until a protein mixture is obtained;
14. After that, remove from the stove and beat for another 3-4 minutes;
15. As a result, a protein cream with a lush and airy consistency should come out;
16. We fill the cooled baskets with boiled condensed milk and top pastry bag posting a small amount of protein cream.

and a variety of additives can be both festive and everyday dish. It all depends on the filling of the casserole.

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Recipe for shortcrust pastry with cream and berries

Sand dough ingredients:

• An incomplete glass of wheat flour;
• 150 grams of butter;
• Powdered sugar - half a glass;
• One egg yolk;
• Half a sachet of vanilla.

For cream filling:

• Two egg yolks;
• A glass of milk;
• Sugar - 2 large spoons;
• A large spoonful of flour;
• A pinch of vanillin;
• Strawberries, wild strawberries, currants - at your discretion.

Cooking time - 1 hour.

Calorie content - 280.

Let's move on to cooking:

1. First, let's make a cream filler. Crack the eggs and separate the yolks from the whites. We put the yolks in a deep cup;
2. Next, fall asleep to the yolks granulated sugar and we grind everything until the sugar grains are completely dissolved, you can use a blender;
3. Slowly add flour to the mixture and mix until evenly distributed;
4. Pour the milk into a metal container and place on the stove, heat to a boil and pour into the yolk mixture. We stir everything;
5. Place this mixture on the stove again and boil for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly;
6. We cool the finished cream a little and put it in the cold;
7. Cooking dough. We put the soft butter in a bowl, pour the powdered sugar into it and stir the ingredients with a blender until smooth;
8. After that, put the egg yolk, vanillin there and rub everything again until smooth;
9. Pour the sifted flour in small portions and knead soft dough with elastic structure. We make a ball out of it and place it in the cold for 2 hours;
10. Roll out the chilled dough lightly thin flatbread and cut out small cakes from it with molds;
11. Then we lay out the cakes in molds and distribute them over their surfaces;
12. We remove the baskets in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 15-20 minutes;
13. We cool the finished pastries and fill with cream;
14. Put the berries on top of the baskets and decorate with mint.

How to make shortcrust pastry with apples

Dough Ingredients:

• 150 grams of flour;
• Half a pack of butter;
• 2 large spoons of powdered sugar;
• One egg;
• Vanillin.

For filler:

• 3 apples;
• 20 grams of starch powder;
• 100 grams of powdered sugar;
• 1 large spoon water.

Cooking time - 50 minutes.

Calorie content - 260.

Cooking rules:

1. Pour the sifted flour into soft butter and rub thoroughly. It can be rubbed with your hands. It should turn out crumb;
2. Next, beat the egg yolk into this dry mixture;
3. We fall asleep powdered sugar with vanilla and knead with our hands a soft dough with an elastic structure;
4. We form a small ball, wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in a cold place for an hour;
5. In the meantime, we make the filling. Peel apples, cut in half and cut out rosettes with seeds;
6. Next, cut the pulp of apples into small squares and transfer to a bowl;
7. Sprinkle them with powdered sugar, starch and sprinkle with water;
8. Then apple filling put in a frying pan, warm and fry over low heat for about 10 minutes. We mix everything constantly. Remove from the stove and leave to cool;
9. Divide chilled dough into small pieces. We roll out of them not large cakes;
10. Grease molds with butter or vegetable oil. We distribute cakes in molds in the form of baskets;
11. Next, fill the baskets with apple filling;
12. The top can be decorated with various pastry patterns;
13. We put everything in a hot oven up to 180 degrees and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Shortcrust pastry with salty filling

What you need for the test:

• A glass of wheat flour;
• Egg - 1 piece;
• 150 grams of butter;
• A little salt.

Cooking time - 40 minutes.

Calorie content - 360.

For filling:

• A piece hard cheese per 100 grams;
• One medium tomato;
• Fried mushrooms - 100 grams;
• 100 grams of boiled tongue;
• Anchovies - 50 grams;
• Mayonnaise at your discretion.

How to prepare:

1. We put soft butter in a container and knead with a mixer until a uniform consistency;
2. Next, put the egg yolk there and stir again;
3. Slowly add flour and salt and mix with a spoon. Then use your hands to make a soft dough with an elastic structure. We make a ball out of it and put it in the cold for 1 hour;
4. After that, we take it out of the refrigerator, roll it into a not very thin layer and make cakes out of it under molds;
5. We spread the cakes in molds and form baskets;
6. We put them in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes at 180 degrees;
7. We take out the finished baskets and cool;
8. We make the filling. We rub the cheese with a grater into large chips;
9. The remaining components are finely cut with a knife;
10. We season everything with mayonnaise;
11. Put the stuffing in the cooled baskets and serve.

What other cream can be made for shortcrust pastry baskets

curd cream

What you need:

• 150 grams of cottage cheese;
• Half a glass of sour cream or cream;
• Powdered sugar - 2 large spoons;
• A small spoonful of starch powder.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Calorie content - 220.

How to cook:

1. We put the cottage cheese in a bowl, pour the cream to it. We mix everything with a blender or mixer until a uniform composition;
2. Next, pour in the powdered sugar and starch. Again, stir everything until smooth;
3. This cream should be laid out with any berry in baskets before baking.

• Cooking oil is best used softened, it will be much easier to mix;
• Instead of sugar, it is best to add powdered sugar. Sugar grains are very difficult to grind;
• As fillers, you can use pieces of any fruit, berries, honey, condensed milk, jam;
• In salty baskets, you can put grated cheese with ham and mayonnaise, chicken eggs, chopped meat, vegetables and much more.

Well, now you know how you can make delicious cakes at home. They turn out so appetizing that one kind just salivates. And as fillers, you can use the most different ingredients, whatever you want.

Bon appetit!

Housewives who want to pamper their loved ones delicious dessert, we can recommend preparing such a win-win option as a basket cake. The cooking process is simple, resulting in a mouth-watering delicacy that children will love.

Cake basket at home

To get a dessert whose taste is familiar to everyone since childhood, there are certain secrets in its preparation. So, in order to bake a delicious cake basket - the recipe involves observing the following points:

1. When preparing the dough, the oil must be very cold, this is a prerequisite.
2. The kneading must be done very quickly so that the oil does not have time to heat up from the hands. This is achieved by using a blender or a knife, which cuts the butter mixed with flour.
3. Then you should add the egg and salt - and the dough is ready.
4. It must be kept in the cold for at least an hour.

To understand how to bake cake baskets, you must follow all the rules for making dough. It should be sandy, the base does not like long kneading, so you need to mix all the ingredients carefully and quickly. Before you start cooking, you need to purchase metal molds for baking baskets and foil.

Ingredients:

• flour - 250 g;
• sugar - 100 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• oil - 150 g;
• vanilla sugar -2 tsp;
• sour cream - 1 tbsp. l.;
• soda -1 tsp

Cooking

1. Beat sugar, vanilla sugar and softened butter until fluffy.
2. Add egg and sour cream, mix, add flour.
3. Remove the finished dough for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
4. Form a sausage from the dough, cut into small pieces, roll out.
5. Place in moulds. Bake 7-8 minutes.
6. fill the basket with stuffing.

One of the most common and favorite dessert options is a basket cake with protein cream. The filling gives a delicacy unique taste which gives pleasure not only to adults, but also to children. At the bottom of the basket, you can put a teaspoon of cherry, plum or some other jam, which will add extra piquancy.

Ingredients:

• egg white - 3 pcs.;
• sugar - 250 g;
• water - 85 ml;
• citric acid - a pinch.

Cooking

1. Roll out the dough, cut out circles and place in molds. Bake 7-9 minutes.
2. Pour sugar into water, mix, put on fire, bring to a boil. Boil the syrup for 3-4 minutes.
3. Beat egg whites with a mixer until thick foam. Pour in a thin stream sugar syrup. Beat for another 10-15 minutes.
4. Fill cakes with shortcrust pastry with cream.

For lovers of desserts with a rich citrus flavor, there is such an option as a fruit basket cake and jelly. It will be possible to place an orange curd at the bottom - this is, which you can buy ready-made or cook it yourself. Alternatively, you can use lemon, tangerine or some other cream.

Ingredients:

• ready-made shortbread dough - 550 g;
• gelatin - 1 sachet;
• orange curd - 150 g;
• tangerines - 4 pcs.;
• kiwi - 1 pc.;
• grapes - 100 g.

Cooking

1. Bake baskets. Put orange curd in them.
2. Place fruit on top.
3. Prepare jelly, which is poured into a cake basket.
4. Place in the refrigerator until completely solidified.

Custard has a unique taste and enjoys well-deserved popularity even among discerning gourmets. Therefore, such a cake basket with cream will win-win, which can be prepared and served to the festive table. They can be decorated with fresh berries: strawberries, currants, raspberries. On the bottom of the basket, you can pour a teaspoon of jam.

Ingredients:

• ready-made shortbread dough - 550 g;
• flour - 2 tbsp. l.;
• sugar - 2 tsp;
• egg (yolk) - 2 pcs.;
• vanilla sugar - 2 tsp;
• milk - 250 ml.

Cooking

1. Bake baskets.
2. Add sugar, flour and vanilla sugar to the yolk, mix.
3. Heat milk, but do not boil. Pour it into the mixture in a thin stream.
4. Put the mass on fire, cook for several minutes until the cream begins to thicken.
5. Fill the cake basket with cooled cream.

Dessert with whipped cream is a real cooking masterpiece, which is able to decorate any holiday table. A fruit basket cake will delight family members and surprise invited guests. The delicacy becomes especially relevant in the summer, when there are fresh berries. With their help, you can cook dessert every time in a different way.

Ingredients:

• ready-made shortbread dough - 550 g;
• cream - 420 ml;
• powdered sugar - 5 tbsp. l.;
• vanillin - 1 tsp;
• peach - 1 pc.;
• kiwi - 1 pc.;
• strawberries - 6 pcs.

Cooking

1. Bake baskets.
2. Whip the chilled cream with a mixer. When they rise, continuing to beat, add powdered sugar and vanilla.
3. Cut fruits into thin slices.
4. Stuff a fruit basket cake.

Sand base combined with tender cottage cheese has an indescribable taste, such a filling will not only spice up the dessert, but will also benefit. Therefore, for shortcrust pastry baskets, it is very popular among housewives. Dessert can be topped with grated chocolate or coconut flakes, put a slice of fruit.

Ingredients:

• ready-made shortbread dough - 550 g;
• cottage cheese - 400 g;
• butter - 180 g;
• sugar -1 glass;
• vanilla sugar - 1 tsp

Cooking

1. Bake baskets.
2. Soften the butter, add sand and vanilla sugar, beat.
3. Mash the cottage cheese and add to the total mass.
4. Start baskets.

An interesting dessert option is a basket cake with. It can successfully replace a cake that has a similar component, and will allow lovers of butter-based sweets to enjoy. For decoration, you can use any canned or fresh fruit.

Ingredients:

• ready-made shortbread dough - 550 g;
• butter - 220 g;
• condensed milk - 1 can.

Cooking

1. Bake baskets.
2. Soften the butter and beat with a mixer.
3. Add condensed milk. Continue whisking for 10 minutes.
4. Start baskets.

To one of the most simple options dessert is the one for which lemon is used. This component is able to give a sophisticated and spicy taste Therefore, this delicacy is very popular among both adults and children. Baskets with cream can be decorated with any berries that will go well with a delicate filling.

Many people remember the basket cakes from childhood. They're in Soviet time sold in all cafes. They were decorated in the form of mushrooms, flowers, strawberries or even chicken. How delicious they were… Shortbread baskets just melted in your mouth. And he was very gentle. We want to bring to your attention a recipe for making such cakes at home. The process is not too laborious, and such a treat will bring a lot of joy to the children. So...

Dough for baskets

To prepare the dough for baskets, we need to stock up on the following products:

1. Butter - 150 g.
2. Sugar - 100 g.
3. Vanilla sugar - 10 g.
4. The egg is one.
5. Sour cream - 1 tablespoon.
6. Flour - 250 grams.
7. Baking powder - one teaspoon.
8. Metal molds.

So, let's start making dough for baskets. To do this, beat sugar with butter and vanilla sugar until fluffy. Then add sour cream and egg, mix well.

It is better to sift the flour, and only then introduce it into the mixture. We knead. But it’s not worth kneading for a long time, because he doesn’t like it. Baskets are a delicate cake, and therefore the "cups" should be crumbly. Wrap the resulting mass in cling film and put in the refrigerator for about one hour. After the lapse of time, we take out the dough and, cutting off a small part of it, roll up the sausage. We cut it into pieces, each of which needs to be rolled into a thin cake. The size should be approximately the same as the diameter of the baking dish. Each such circle must be put in a mold, firmly pressing against the walls and bottom. The bottom part can be pricked with a fork so that the basket does not deform during baking. We want to warn you that the dough is very sticky, and therefore you will have to use flour. Here are our sand baskets and ready. All that's left is to bake them.

We put the molds with the dough on a baking sheet and send it to the oven. It is better to bake at a temperature of 200 degrees. Seven minutes is enough. Baskets are delicate cakes, they are prepared quite quickly, and therefore, look, do not overexpose them in the oven.

Now you can proceed to the preparation of the cream.

cream ingredients

As you know, baskets are cakes with cream, although today there are many ways to decorate them: with fruits under jelly, with nuts drenched in honey, with berries ... We will now focus on the first option. And first of all, we need to decide what kind of cream we will do. The classic recipe involves the use of protein. For his cooking let's take:

1. Whites from three eggs.
2. Sugar - 250 grams.
3. Water - no more than 90 grams.
4. Citric acid - one third of a teaspoon.

Cooking cream for cakes

You can start cooking delicious cream. To make it dense, you must remember two rules:

1. Dishes must be completely clean. The pan in which the syrup will be prepared can generally be cleaned with powder in advance.
2. Proteins should never be mixed with yolks. The fact is that the yolk is a fat that will not allow the whites to beat normally.

Separate the whites from the yolks and send them to the mixer bowl.

Next, pour water into the pan and pour sugar, put on fire. You can stir once a little so that it does not burn. The syrup is boiled for four minutes. We need to add a little to it citric acid. Mix everything again. Readiness can be very simply checked - for this, drop a little sweet mass into a bowl of cold water. If the drop does not spread, then it is ready.

Important! When checking the syrup, remove the saucepan from the heat. It is necessary that it be light in color: if digested, it will turn out creamy and will be bitter, and this can spoil the cream, but we want to get it white, with a dense texture.

Are you sure everything is in order? Great! At this point, you can start. The peaks should turn out to be very strong. And at the final stage, at full speed of the mixer, you need to carefully pour the syrup in a very thin stream. The mass right before our eyes will begin to increase in volume. You need to beat for another ten minutes, until the cream has cooled. It must be dense and homogeneous consistency and keep in good shape. Here is the cream for cakes and ready. Now there is little left to do. We need to collect our cakes. And then you can move on to the tasting.

How to collect baskets?

Do you remember that at the bottom of the cakes that your mother bought you as a child, there was always dark jam? He seemed terribly tasteless. Making our baskets, we will certainly follow the recipe, but we will put it on the bottom delicious jam or jam with berries. For example, cherry. And if you want - put some boiled condensed milk. Or chopped prunes. Spread the cream on top with a culinary syringe. If you want, you can then sprinkle it with a little chocolate or sprinkles on the cake. From the amount of products taken, twenty-four baskets should be obtained. You can start tasting.

As you can see, if you wish, you can cook the “Basket” cake with cream at home, and believe me, the result will delight you and your children, because the delicacy will not worse than that that is sold in the cafe. Your household will appreciate such a culinary masterpiece. And they will ask you to make more sweets.

What other cream can you make cakes with?

We discussed with you how to cook the "Basket" cake, so to speak, according to classic recipe. But you understand that there are many variations on this theme. Don't limit your culinary fantasy and try all the new options.

Instead of a protein cream, for example, you can make a cake with cream and marmalade, pour jelly on seasonal fruits (strawberries, red currants), decorating with cream. In general, there is where to roam the imagination.

Cakes with whipped cream

If you want to quickly prepare an excellent dessert, then this option will certainly suit you. Whipped cream will add a festive touch to your sweet dish. Just think how delicious the baskets will be with cream! The cake will turn out exquisite, beautiful and very tender.

When buying cream, make sure it is fresh, this is very important. In addition, their fat content should be at least thirty-five percent. At home, before pouring them out of the package, shake them well so that all the fat does not remain in the corners.

Remember one trick: the dishes in which you will whip the cream should be very cold. Therefore, in advance, cool the mixer bowl and cream well in the refrigerator.

In addition, wash and dry the dishes very well. This is also important for the final result. And it is better to take not sugar, but powder, which must be sifted in advance so that it is without lumps and turns out to be light and airy. You need to add it in small portions, after the cream itself is whipped into a stable foam.

And one more piece of advice. Start whipping the cream at the lowest speed, gradually increasing it to the maximum, and finish in the reverse order.

Do not make the whipping process itself long, as blotches may appear on the surface of the cream, which will spoil appearance. You can finish when, having stuck a spoon into the mass, you will see that the hole from it does not tighten.

Of course, you can still use thickeners or gelatin. They are introduced during whipping. Using all these tricks, you will get excellent results. Well, let's get down to practice, shall we?

cooking with gelatin

To prepare cakes "Baskets" at home, take the following ingredients:

1. Fatty cream - 600 ml.
2. Gelatin - 20 grams.
3. Powdered sugar - three tablespoons.
4. Vanilla sugar - one package.

Whip the cold cream and vanilla sugar until the peaks. We dissolve gelatin in water according to the instructions written on the package. Very quickly you need to mix a couple of tablespoons of cream with the resulting solution. Next, while whisking, slowly add it to the cream. Here is our cream and ready. Before use, it is better to cool the mass a little. And then lay out in baskets. Ready-made cakes are stored in the refrigerator. By the way! Remember that cream is very absorbent of odors.

And further. Cakes can be decorated with marmalade own cooking or buy ready made.

Buttercream bowls

Cakes are very tasty. For cooking, take one hundred grams of butter and four tablespoons of condensed milk.

Mash the oil until thick sour cream and start whipping with a blender, mixer or whisk. Should work lush mass white color. Next, you need to slowly pour in the condensed milk and continue to beat for another ten to fifteen minutes. The cream will be homogeneous. It needs to be cooled a little and then it can be laid out in baskets. It is recommended to decorate the finished cake with slices of fresh fruit.

Combination of cream fillings for cakes "Basket"

In fact, each cream can be used both independently and combined with other fillers. For example, put first protein mass into a basket, and then make an oil rose with a leaf on top. It will turn out beautiful and tasty.

If you made gelatinous, then you must certainly decorate it with some kind of cream on top.

And another option is possible. But it will take a little more fiddling with it. A cream is laid out in a basket, for example, a protein one, combining it with fruits in a gelatin shell. Berries are taken according to the season. Strawberries and raspberries, even currant sprigs, look very nice in such cases. The cake is not very sweet, because the cream is combined with fruit sourness. And there is no need to talk about the beauty of such baskets. They come out very bright. A real culinary masterpiece.

Instead of an afterword

As you can see, it is not at all necessary to buy sweets in shops and cafes - if you wish, you can cook it yourself at home wonderful dessert. We hope that the recipes given in our article will be useful to you, and you decide to cook baskets for the first time. A cake from childhood will surely appeal to your children. Enjoy your meal!