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Ant Hill Cake classic recipe
The classic recipe for Ant Hill Cake has been known since Soviet times. The simplest ingredients are suitable for preparation, and making the cake will take almost no time, even a teenager can manage it. Ant Hill Cake can be served for a home tea party, and it will look dignified on any festive table.
Preparation time: 60 minutes.
Ingredients
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Ingredients for preparation.
Dough:
- butter – 200 g;
- sour cream – 4 tbsp;
- sugar – 3 tbsp;
- flour – 400 g;
- baking powder – 2 tsp;
- vanillin - ⅓ tsp;
- salt – a pinch.
Cream:
- boiled condensed milk – 400 g;
- butter – 180-200 g.
Preparation
- We start preparing the Ant Hill Cake by baking the crust from shortcrust pastry. Our site has other options for making shortcrust pastry. Prepare the ingredients according to the specified list.
- Add vanillin and baking powder to the flour, sift the flour, and fill it with oxygen.
- Melt the butter in the microwave or in a water bath, pour it into a separate bowl, add sugar, sour cream, and a pinch of salt.
- Mix the mixture with a whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- In a bowl with dry ingredients, add the butter-sour cream mixture in portions and knead the dough.
- Divide the dough into two pieces, transfer into separate bags, and send to the freezer for about 15-20 minutes.
- Grate the cooled dough on a coarse grater.
- Line the baking sheet with parchment paper and evenly spread the crushed dough.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C, bake the crust for about 20 - 25 minutes.
- Bake the crust until golden brown. Let it cool slightly.
- Chop into random pieces.
- For the cream, you will need soft butter and boiled condensed milk. Boil the condensed milk for 2.5 - 3 hours, or you can buy it ready-made in the store.
- Beat the soft butter with a blender for 3 minutes, add the condensed milk and beat for another 3 minutes.
- Transfer the ready cream into the shortcrust crumbs. At this moment, you can add about a hundred grams of walnuts to the crumbs, but this is optional.
- Mix the mass thoroughly to coat all the pieces of shortcrust pastry well with cream.
- Form the Ant Hill Cake on a flat dish in the shape of a mound.
- For the "role of ants," you can use poppy seeds or chocolate sprinkles for Easter cakes.
- Decorate the cake and send it to the refrigerator for about three hours to set.
- After three hours, cut the cake into pieces.
According to the classic recipe, the Ant Hill Cake of Soviet times is ready. Call your family and friends to the table.
Enjoy your tea!
