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Broken Glass Cake with Sour Cream and Jelly
No-bake desserts are very popular, and one of them is the Broken Glass Cake with Sour Cream and Jelly. Colorfully bright, with a rich taste of various berries, it is not at all cloying thanks to the refreshing sourness of the sour cream and, importantly, does not require any special effort in preparation. All you need to do is dissolve the ready-made dry jelly of different colors with water and gelatinize the sour cream base, which will be mixed with bright pieces that, after solidifying, resemble colorful glass shards.
Preparation time: 10 minutes + 3-4 hours to set.
Ingredients
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- dry fruit-berry jelly (cherry, peach, lemon) – 3 packets;
- gelatin – 20 g;
- sour cream 20% – 500 g;
- powdered sugar – 250 g;
- hot water – 450 ml.
Preparation
- Prepare the ingredients for making the Broken Glass Cake. The cake will look better if the dry jelly is of contrasting colors. The sour cream must be fresh, without any sour notes. The amount of powdered sugar can be adjusted to taste – in the proposed version, the cake achieves a pleasant sourness without cloying sweetness.
- Pour one of the packets of dry jelly into a convenient bowl for mixing.
- Pour 150 milliliters of hot water (about 80 degrees) into it. The package usually recommends a larger volume of boiling water, but then the jelly will be less stable and have a loose structure.
- Stir the mixture. Similarly, dilute the remaining packets of dry jelly.
- Pour the hot solution into wider containers to create a layer of 1.5-2 centimeters. When the temperature of the mixtures drops to room temperature, transfer them to the refrigerator for about 20 minutes – this is where they will fully stabilize.
- Meanwhile, dissolve the gelatin in 80 milliliters of cold water. Allow it to swell.
- Cut the solidified jelly into pieces (not too small) directly in its container.
- Place the sour cream in a whipping bowl. Add the powdered sugar to it.
- Rehydrate the solidified gelatin in the microwave with short pulses (or in a water bath).
- Pour it into the bowl with the sour cream and mix everything with a mixer.
- Here, add the cut pieces of colorful jelly. Carefully mix the mixture with a spatula.
- Line a dome-shaped salad bowl with cling film so that its ends hang over the sides (there is no need to line a silicone mold with film). Transfer the sour cream-jelly mixture there and flatten it. Cover the top with the overhanging ends of the film. Place the mold in the refrigerator to stabilize for 3-4 hours (the time depends on the height of the dome).
- After the specified time or just before serving, uncover the cling film from the base of the cake. Cover it with a plate and flip it upside down. The mold will come off easily, as will the film.
- The tasty and beautiful Broken Glass Cake with Sour Cream and Jelly is ready. Cutting it open reveals bright pieces of fruit-berry jelly, chaotically arranged like colorful glass shards. In any company and at any time of the year, such a dessert will disappear in an instant, give it a try!
Enjoy your meal!
