Little Chocolate Potatoe Cakes - Favorite Dessert from Russia
Potatoe (or hedgehog ) - is a small round or oval shaped biscuit-chocolate cake. It is a homogeneous mixture with a pronounced taste of cocoa. Very easy to make and yet delicious and original Russian dessert. Hard to resist!
| Little Russian Chocolate Hedgehog Cakes - Kartoschka Ingredients 500 grams of not very sweet cookies (I use 1/2 Vanilla wafers and 1/2 animal crackers) 200-300 grams pistachio nuts 1 can of sweetened condensed milk (380g) 200 grams softened butter 8 teaspoons unsweetened brute cocoa powder 4 tablespoons brandy (or cognac, or rum) |
| Preparation: In a food processor, mince cookies and nuts into a coarse powder. |
| Mix condensed milk and butter. |
| Add cocoa and brandy (or cognac) |
| Then add the cookie/nut mixture and mix all the ingredients into a smooth mixture |
| From the resulting mixture, roll small cakes in the form of potatoes. |
You can decorate the top of the cakes. To do this, mix 1 tablespoon of softened butter with 1 tsp of sugar (or you can also use vanilla or chocolate frosting or mousse for decoration).
Apply waves, stripes, flowers, stars, leaves or whatever your favorite design on the top of the cakes with pastry syringe. Carefully cover the cakes with plastic wrap and place the cakes in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours before serving.
Apply waves, stripes, flowers, stars, leaves or whatever your favorite design on the top of the cakes with pastry syringe. Carefully cover the cakes with plastic wrap and place the cakes in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours before serving.
Note: If you don't like your cakes too sweet, you can use plain bread crumbs instead of cookie mixture
Sounds yummers... I'll have to make these for the guys.. ;P Thanks you are a doll!
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