Initially, this treat was invented in the US and was called Funnel cake. The cake was very popular at the fairs and carnivals in Pennsylvania. Soon the recipe spread all over the world, and already in the Soviet Union it was called as an "Anthill".Thanks to the method of assembly, the dessert is very similar to the real construction of insect families. Cake An anthill can easily be prepared at home by every hostess, adhering to a simple step-by-step recipe with a photo.
How to Cook an Anthill
For any solemn event, this delicious dessert will disperse "with a bang," so every mistress should know how to cook an Anthill at home. The creation of the cake takes place in three stages: preparing a short dough( or buying ready-made cookies), kneading cream, assembling a masterpiece by the slide. You can decorate the dessert with poppy seeds, walnuts or dark chocolate.
Cake recipes Anthill
Various recipes are used to create the cake, which were recorded in culinary books of our grandmothers. Today, there are a lot of ways to make an Anthill. The most popular is the classic version, more gentle - with a custard, simple - without baking, and other equally delicious recipes.
Classic
- Cooking time: 90 minutes.
- Servings: 12 people.
- Caloric value of the dish: 409 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- The complexity of cooking: medium.
Classic Cake Recipe An anthill is prepared simply, you can see this by looking at the step-by-step way of creating with a photo. Having mastered this option, you can safely experiment with impregnation. Depending on the taste preferences impregnation can be sour cream, chocolate, creamy or nutty. To simulate the ants, the cake sprinkles with poppy seeds.
Ingredients:
- egg - 2 pieces;
- sugar - 200 g;
- butter - 200 g;
- sour cream 20% fat content - 100 g;
- flour - 800 g;
- soda - 2 tsp.(extinguish with vinegar).
For cream:
- boiled condensed milk - 400 g;
- butter - 200 g;
- poppy - 50 g.
Method of preparation:
- The first stage is the preparation of the basis for the Anthill. Mix the eggs with butter, sugar and sour cream until a homogeneous mixture.
- Sift flour, pour into the mass, add the soda.
- Knead the dough until smooth. The finished mass should not stick to your hands.
- Divide the dough into small portions, which will be conveniently passed through a meat grinder. Put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Slice the dough through a meat grinder, cutting the mass at a distance of 8-10 cm. Place on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Set the oven 180 degrees. The readiness of the basis is characterized by a golden hue. The approximate baking time is 20 minutes.
- The next step is mixing the cream. In the blender bowl, mix the warmed boiled condensed milk with warm butter. Beat up to homogeneity. Do not be discouraged if the cream is liquid, during the assembly of the dessert the moisture will go to impregnation, and the oil will solidify and become firm.
- Prepared cookies from the oven and cool. Crumble with your hands, mix evenly with cream.
- The third stage is the assembly of the cake. Put the resulting mass in a dense pyramid. Sprinkle on top with poppy seeds. Ready to remove the masterpiece to impregnate the cream in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
Without sour cream
- Preparation time: 50 minutes.
- Servings: 8 people.
- Caloric value of the dish: 407 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- The complexity of cooking: medium.
There are times when on the shelves of the refrigerator there may not be sour cream, and you do not want to run to the store. How to cook an anthill without it? In this case, a little milk is suitable. This is another recipe that is prepared in a matter of minutes. To save time, the sand base should be fried in a frying pan, if there is nowhere to hurry, then the dough can be baked in the oven on a baking sheet.
Ingredients:
- margarine - 200 g;
- milk - 60 ml;
- wheat flour - 1 kg;
- sugar - 100 g;
- soda - ½ tsp.
For cream:
- boiled condensed milk - 1 can;
- butter - 200 g.
Preparation:
- Mix the margarine with the flour mixer until crumbs are obtained. Add milk, sugar and soda. Continue to beat until a uniform consistency is obtained. Remove the dough for the Anthill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Grate mass on a large grater, fry in a frying pan until golden brown.
- Softened butter and grind with condensed milk until smooth.
- Cookies cool, pour into a dish with cream. Stir evenly to slip each crumb.
- The received mass to lay out in the form of an ant hill. From above you can decorate with grated chocolate or poppy seeds.
With custard
- Cooking time: 60 minutes.
- Servings: 6 people.
- Caloric value of the dish: 390 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- The complexity of cooking: medium.
Light custard is widely used for baking many cakes and pastries. For its kneading the following components are used: milk, eggs, sugar, flour and butter. In order to know how to bake an Anthill with a light and moderately sweet custard, read the step-by-step recipe. As an additional component, vanilla or sugar is used.
Ingredients:
- margarine - 250 g;
- sugar - 0,5 items;
- sour cream - 0,5 items;
- flour - 4 items;
- baking powder - 2 tsp;
- vanilla sugar - to taste.
For the custard:
- milk - 1 l;
- sugar - 2,5 items;
- flour - 7 tbsp.l.;
- egg - 4 pieces;
- butter - 250 g;
- vanilla sugar.
Preparation:
- Mix melted margarine, sugar and sour cream. Add the flour and baking powder.
- Roll small balls from the received test, put it in the freezer for freezing for half an hour.
- Take the dough from the freezer, grate it on a large grater and send it to the baking sheet. Bake until brown. You can mix the sand shavings with a wooden spatula. Cool it down.
- Kneading custard. A liter of milk mixed in a dish with two glasses of sugar and vanilla. Put on the fire.
- Beat the eggs with the remaining sugar, pour in the flour.
- When the milk mixture boils to pour the egg mass. Stir constantly so that no lumps are formed. Cool the mixture.
- Combine the resulting cream with butter, beaten with a mixer.
- Thoroughly mix the cooled cookies with cream.
- Assemble the cake on a flat plate in the form of a cone. Decorate with walnuts or coconut shavings. Put it in the refrigerator for a few hours.
With condensed milk
- Preparation time: 40 minutes.
- Servings: 6 people.
- Caloric value of the dish: 380 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty cooking: easy.
In the classical version of the recipe for cake impregnation, boiled condensed milk with butter is used, but no less tasty dessert is obtained from condensed milk and cocoa. This way of cooking is less calories of his fellow, which will be appreciated by the followers of the calorie count. The recipe for the Anthill in home conditions with condensed milk should be in the cookbook of each hostess, tk.is a simple and delicious treat for tea.
Ingredients:
- egg - 2 pieces;
- vegetable margarine - 200 g;
- wheat flour - 400 g;
- sugar - 50 g;
- soda - ½ tsp;
- salt.
For cream:
- evaporated milk - 1 can;
- cocoa powder - 2 tbsp.
Preparation:
- Combine the softened margarine with beaten eggs.
- Add salt, soda, sugar.
- Gradually add flour in small portions, constantly mixing the mass.
- Dough in small portions, put into a freezer for 20-30 minutes.
- Frozen portions scroll through a meat grinder, lay out on a baking tray. Bake at a temperature of 180 degrees to a golden hue.
- To prepare the cream, boil the condensed milk( 1,5-2 hours).Add cocoa, mix thoroughly with a mixer.
- Pechevo break his hands, shift into a deep dish. Gently mix with cream to soak every little one.
- Put a cake on a tray or a plate( as in the photo).Ready desserts can be sprinkled with poppy seeds, crushed nuts or dark chocolate.
Without baking
- Preparation time: 30 minutes.
- Servings: 5 people.
- Caloric value of the dish: 364 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- The complexity of cooking: light.
Not all the landladies know how to make an Anthill delicious, while saving time. Dessert without baking for minutes - a find for any occasion. Unlike the previous cooking options, in this recipe, instead of baking sand crumbs, you use a purchased cookie. In the cream, you can add nuts and coconut shavings. The design of the cake remains unchanged - in the form of a cone.
Ingredients:
- shortbread cookie - 0.5 kg;
- evaporated milk( boiled) - 1 can;
- butter - 100 g;
- walnut - 150 g;
- poppy( optional) - 1 tbsp.l.
Method of preparation:
- Break the cookies into a large crumb.
- Warm butter with condensed milk with a mixer.
- The resulting mass is combined with the biscuit, add the walnuts( pre-chop).To stir thoroughly.
- On a flat plate, collect a cake with a slide.
- Sprinkle top with poppy seeds, put into the refrigerator.