Kitchen appliances and utensils
- kitchen scales;
- measuring cup;
- a baking sheet;
- deep capacity;
- stewpan;
- blender
- mixer;
- pastry bag;
- parchment paper;
- knife;
- tablespoon;
- tea spoon;
- silicone spatula;
- hob;
- oven;
- fridge.
Ingredients
- sugar - 520 g
- egg whites - 5 pcs.
- peanuts - 130 g
- vanilla sugar - 2 sachets
- egg yolk - 1 pc.
- milk 3.2% - 100 ml
- butter - 200 g
- cognac - 1 tbsp. l
- natural cocoa powder - 1/2 tsp.
Step cooking
We suggest you use the recipe for a delicious, delicate and airy cake "Flight". Its crispy weightless crusts with pieces of peanuts and a sweet creamy cream form an incredible combination. Such a treat is one of the best ways to diversify the usual evening tea party.
Cooking cakes
- Roast 130 g of peanuts in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 15 minutes.
- Grind peanuts with a blender.
- Beat egg whites in the amount of 5 pieces until solid peaks.
- Continuing to whisk, gradually introduce the resulting mass of 320 g of sugar and 1 packet of vanilla sugar. Beat the ingredients for another 7 minutes.
- Put a tablespoon of cream in a pastry bag.
- To the remaining mass, add chopped nuts. All mix thoroughly and shift 1 tbsp. l walnut cream in a separate container.
- We draw 2 circles with a diameter of 25 cm on parchment and carefully distribute the protein mass over them.
- Next to the cakes we spread small cakes, and from the remains of the cream we form figures for decoration.
- Bake the cake for 2 hours at a temperature of 100 ° C.
Cooking cream
- In a stewpan we combine 1 egg yolk, 100 ml of milk and 200 g of sugar.
- Bring the contents of the stewpan to a boil and, stirring constantly, boil the syrup until thickened.
- Beat 200 g butter and 1 sachet of vanilla sugar.
- Without ceasing to whisk, we introduce sugar syrup into the resulting cream.
- There we add 1 tbsp. l cognac.
- In a separate container, mix 1 tbsp. l finished cream with 1/2 tsp natural cocoa powder.
Making a cake
- Put the 1st cake on the dish and coat it with cream.
- We also act with the 2nd cake.
- Coat the sides and top of the cake.
- We break pieces of meringue and sprinkle the resulting side crumb of the product.
- Decorate the cake with chocolate cream and meringue figures.
- We send the product to the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Video recipe
We suggest you watch a video with a detailed recipe for making a light and tasty cake called “Flight”. You will learn how to whip the cream to obtain air cakes, as well as how to decorate the finished product.
Now you know how to cook one of the most delicious desserts, familiar to everyone from childhood. This cake is sure to please not only your family, but also will be a pleasant surprise for guests at any gala event. Tell us, have you tried Flight before? Have you had any difficulties in the process of its preparation? Do not forget to share your opinion in the comments.