Turtle Cake
I will tell you how to make a classic step-by-step recipe with a photo. And also how to make berry cream for Turtle cake at home
Kitchen appliances and utensils: oven, immersion blender with bowl, two deep bowls, a glass (200 ml), a small saucepan or ladle, a few tablespoons, a teaspoon, parchment paper or foil, a silicone brush.
Grocery list
To make Turtle Cake according to my simple recipe at home, you will need the following products:
Dough:
Berry cream:
- 800 gr. sour cream 26%;
- 200 gr. condensed milk (about half a can);
- 300 gr. fresh strawberries.
Chocolate glaze:
- 100 gr. dark chocolate;
- 50 gr. oils;
- 0.5 cups of milk.
Sour Cream:
- 800 gr. sour cream 26%;
- 1.5-2 cups of sugar.
Who and how was the first to make the Turtle cake is now difficult to say. In the 80-90s of the last century, he was mega-popular in our country. It seemed that not a single children's holiday in Soviet times was complete without the classic Turtle cake thanks to the extraordinary simplicity of the recipe. And this is not surprising - after all, the cake in the shape of a turtle looks very unusual and attractive.
Turtle cake consists of biscuit cakes, stacked one on top of the other in the form of a turtle shell, and cream, which smeared the layers of cakes. The head and legs of the Turtle are made from the same biscuit cakes as the shell. Cream for Tortoise cake is most often used sour cream. However, I will tell you how to do it berry cream for cake Turtle at home.
How to choose the right ingredients
It's no secret that delicious dishes come from fresh and natural products. Therefore, when going to the store for cake components, we choose only the best products. If the eggs are fresh, then your dough will turn out more magnificent. Use wheat flour of the highest grade and be sure to sift before adding to the dough. Take sour cream for cream as fat as possible. For berry cream, I suggest using ripe sweet strawberries.
If it was not possible to buy sour cream with a fat content above 20%, it does not matter. Just add 100 grams of butter to the cream, and your cream will turn out thick and fluffy.
Step-by-step recipe for Turtle cake with photo
Dough preparation
Now I will tell you how to make a turtle cake. Before I start making dough, I usually turn on the oven to warm it up. up to 200 degrees I take the butter out of the refrigerator so that it softens at room temperature. And now you can do the test.
Baking biscuits
Looking at the finished cake, those who have never been present at its preparation and do not know the recipe are wondering: how to bake a turtle cake at home? And it's very simple.
Preparation of sour cream
How to cook cream for turtle cake?
In a deep bowl or in a blender bowl, place with methane and sugar. Beat at high speed until a fluffy homogeneous air mass is obtained.
If you use low-fat sour cream and butter, then the procedure for preparing the cream will be slightly different: first, beat the butter until fluffy, then gradually add sugar to it and beat until it dissolves. Finally, add sour cream and beat again well. The resulting soft air mass ready to use.
Preparation of berry cream
Rinse ripe sweet strawberries well under running water, remove cuttings, dry with paper towels. Place two-thirds of the berries in a deep bowl and beat until puree. Finely chop the remaining third.
We put sour cream, condensed milk in a blender bowl and whisk intensively with increasing speed until a lush, thick mass is obtained.
Add strawberry puree and pieces of strawberry berries to the sour cream-condensed milk mixture. Mix the cream. The finished cream acquires a soft pink color and a light strawberry aroma.
Glaze preparation
How to make icing for turtle cake?
Pour into a small saucepan 0.5 cup milk and put it on a slow fire. In the milk we put a dark tile broken into small pieces. chocolate. As the milk heats up, the chocolate will begin to melt. Mix it with milk until homogeneous condition and make sure that the chocolate icing does not stick to the bottom of the saucepan.
Take the mixture off the fire. We add butter and diligently beat the chocolate icing with a whisk or fork until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. Let the frosting cool down on the table.
Cake assembly
How to assemble a Turtle Cake? Now find out!
Laying shortcakes in cream(except for oblong shortcakes for tail legs and one or more round shortcakes from which the head of the turtle cake will be made). Let them soak a little. This will shorten the soaking time of the entire cake. I usually put still warm shortcakes in the cream, and while they are soaked, I prepare the glaze.
Carefully remove the shortbreads from the cream and put the first layer of the shell on the dish. We smear with cream. On the sides we insert oblong cakes - legs, neck and tail. We attach a round cake of the head to the neck with cream.
Lay the next layer on top of the first layer. We put cakes one on top of the other with a decrease in the circumference of the layer. We smear with cream again.
The next layer of shortcakes will be of a very small diameter. In this way form a shell"turtles".
Lubricate the finished shell with sour cream on top and put in the refrigerator so that the cream “grabs” a little.
Thereafter pour glaze turtle shell on top of white cream or draw a shell pattern on it. We draw paws and a muzzle. Put the finished cake in a cold place for an hour and a half.
Turtle Cake Video Recipe
How to make a turtle cake at home without using a blender, you can see in this video recipe. The author of this video does everything with a regular whisk. The result is very appetizing.
Cake serving
Be sure to serve the Turtle cake to the table whole so that guests, and especially children, can enjoy its unusual appearance. When everyone has admired, you can start cutting the cake into portioned pieces. Do not forget to serve with the Turtle cake neutral or slightly sweet drinks, such as tea of your family's favorite varieties, coffee, milk or just pure water. The sweet table will be unforgettable. Enjoy your meal!
- The cake will soak faster if the shortcakes are left in the cream for 2-5 minutes before laying on a baking sheet.
- Between the layers of shortcakes on top of the cream, you can spread pieces of your favorite nuts. It will taste even better.
- If there is very little cooking time, use ready-made biscuit cookies. You will get a turtle cake without baking.
- Turtle shell can be decorated not only with chocolate icing, but also with colored powder, cocoa powder, white chocolate icing.
- A great option for decorating a turtle cake. This option is very suitable for Turtle with berry cream. It can be decorated with banana slices, and the shell pattern can be applied using cocoa or chocolate grated on a fine grater on a hexagon stencil cut out of paper.
The original Turtle cake in its execution will not leave indifferent neither children nor adults. from my best friend is always a hit because it explains how to make this classic cake in a simple, step-by-step manner with photos. I recommend it to you too.
If you are just like me, love to cook cakes - leave your feedback about this recipe in the comments. Perhaps you have ideas on how to make it even tastier, prettier and easier.
