Popular Sponge Cake with Dried Fruits and Nuts

Easy to prepare with readily available ingredients. If you try to make the Poor Jew cake, you will understand why it is so common. Soft sponge cakes with different fillings — dried apricots, prunes, nuts and poppy seeds — will not leave anyone indifferent. You may already know the same recipe, but under a different name, and this once again confirms the popularity of the cake, which can be prepared on weekdays and for holidays, decorated in accordance with the event.
cook time: 2h 30 min
Chloe Benton
Popular Sponge Cake with Dried Fruits and Nuts

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

371
Calories
19g
Fat
43g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (12 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 2 cup
Sour cream 200 ml
Sugar 1.5 cup
Eggs 3 pc
Vanillin 1 g
Baking powder 1 tsp
Poppy food 50 g
Dried apricots 100 g
Prunes 100 g
Walnuts 100 g
coconut flakes 20 g

For cream:

Condensed milk 1 jar
Butter 200 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Ingredients.

Step 2

Step 2
Brew dried apricots and prunes with boiling water for 10 minutes, then rinse and chop. Leave some of the dried apricots for decoration.

Step 3

Step 3
Prepare the dough. In a cup, grind sugar with eggs, add sour cream, mix.

Step 4

Step 4
Then add flour, baking powder and vanillin, mix until smooth.

Step 5

Step 5
The dough turns out to be medium liquid. We divide it into 3 parts.

Step 6

Step 6
Add poppy seeds to 1 part, prunes and nuts or seeds to 2 parts, chopped dried apricots or raisins to 3 parts.

Step 7

Step 7
Grease the prepared pan with oil, pour out 1 part of the dough and bake at 200 degrees for 20-30 minutes, depending on your oven. Check the readiness of the cake by piercing it with a skewer, the end of a knife or a toothpick; if it is dry at the end, then the sponge cake is ready. We also bake the remaining 2 cake layers.

Step 8

Step 8
Preparing the cream. Using a mixer, beat condensed milk with softened butter. Place in the refrigerator while the cakes are prepared.

Step 9

Step 9
Coat the cooled cakes with cream.

Step 10

Step 10
I decorated the top of the cake with coconut shavings, then laid out chopped dried apricots in a spiral and sprinkled with chopped nuts. Leave the cake in the refrigerator for several hours to soak.

Step 11

Step 11
Bon appetit everyone!

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