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Zebra Pie on Kefir in the Oven
The Zebra Pie on kefir is familiar to many since childhood. For many housewives, the Zebra cake was the first baked good made independently, which is why the pie is loved and often prepared. The Zebra Pie on kefir is impossible to confuse with any other pastry. The cake is prepared quickly and easily, and the ingredients for the preparation are almost always available in every home.
The pastry is suitable for breakfast, for an evening tea party, and even for a festive table.
Ingredients
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- sugar – 150 g, (or to taste);
- butter – 100 g;
- salt – to taste;
- eggs – 3 pcs;
- cocoa powder – 10 g;
- vanillin – 1/3 tsp. (or to taste);
- flour – 190 g;
- kefir – 220 ml;
- soda – 2/3 tsp.
Preparation
- We start the preparation by getting the ingredients ready. All products should be at room temperature.
- Mix sugar, butter, salt, and vanillin in a deep bowl.
- Beat until homogeneous with a mixer.
- Add eggs one by one to the mixture. Mix each egg for about one minute.
- We got a smooth, homogeneous mass.
- Sift the flour and add half to the general mass. Beat with a mixer until homogeneous.
- Add soda to the kefir and mix thoroughly. There is no need to extinguish the soda with vinegar; the kefir will perform this function. Add half of the kefir to the dough and continue beating with a mixer.
- Add the remaining flour – beat. Next, pour in the second portion of kefir, and also beat. Thanks to the alternating technique, there won't be any lumps in the mass. The dough turned out smooth and moderately thick.
- Divide the dough into two equal bowls. Leave one dough light, and add cocoa to the second bowl. Sift the cocoa through a sieve.
- We have prepared the dough, now we proceed to shape the pie.
- Take a Ø22 cm mold and line it with baking paper. Grease both the bottom and the sides with butter. You can take a smaller mold, then the pastry will be taller. But the taller the cake, the greater the chance that it will crack during baking.
- In the center of the mold, place two spoons of white dough. The dough slightly spreads at the bottom, on top of the white place two spoons of cocoa dough. Again take white dough, two spoons, and put it in the middle of the mold, on top of the dark dough. Continue alternating until both doughs are used up. The idea is that each subsequent portion of dough pushes aside the previous portion of dough. Visually, it seems that dark and light stripes alternate, like the color of a zebra. The main thing is to always place the dough strictly in the center of the mold and try not to make splatters. As a result, we got such beauty.
- With the help of a wooden stick, create a pattern.
- Preheat the oven to t-170° C. Bake the Zebra Pie on kefir in the oven for 45-55 minutes.
- After 50-55 minutes, check the readiness of the pastry with a wooden stick. Run a sharp knife around the edges and take the cake out of the mold. Leave the cake to cool, after which it can be decorated to your taste.
- The Zebra Pie on kefir in the oven is ready. It looks beautiful even without decoration. It also looks original when cut.
