Grandmother’s 100-Year-Old Cake Recipe Let’s bake a timeless treat together!
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- A pinch of salt for egg whites
- 180g sugar
- 100g room-temperature water
- 130g flour
- 2-3 tbsp cocoa
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs, 50g sugar
- 3 tbsp starch
- 150g condensed milk
- 250g milk
- Vanilla extract
- 200g room-temperature butter
- 3 tbsp cocoa, 3 tbsp sugar, 3-4 tbsp sour cream
Instructions:
- Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff.
- Gradually add 180g sugar to egg whites and continue beating.
- Mix egg yolks with 100g water and fold into the egg white mixture.
- Sift in 130g flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Mix until smooth.
- Bake in a 20cm cake pan at 180°C for 40 minutes.
- For the custard, cook 2 eggs, 50g sugar, starch, and condensed milk until thickened. Add 250g milk and vanilla. Cool.
- Cut the cake in half, soak with sweetened milk.
- Blend the cooled custard with 200g butter and sandwich the cake layers.
- Refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
- For the icing, cook cocoa, sugar, and sour cream, then decorate the cake.