No holiday is complete without a delicious dessert. If you prepare it yourself, the effect will be much better than from store-bought sweets. Making a homemade dessert is very simple, but at the same time it is a culinary art, a creation. When you don’t have too much time to bake cakes for “Napoleon”, “Medovik”, then the easiest way is to prepare a dessert from a chocolate sponge cake in boiling water. You can believe that no matter what you do with it, you will get an amazing and incredibly tasty, aromatic dessert at home.

Biscuit cooking technology

Are you having a holiday soon or are guests just coming? Then you can't do without a good dessert. The best way out of this situation is a chocolate sponge cake in boiling water, the cooking process of which is incredibly simple. If you use a detailed recipe with step-by-step photos, then preparing chocolate sponge cake in boiling water will not cause any difficulties or unnecessary questions.

A chocolate sponge cake prepared using a special method will be a gorgeous and the best base for dessert. By making a chocolate sponge cake in boiling water, you can assemble pastries, muffins, cakes, desserts with berries and fresh fruits.

The recipe and photos for baking a sponge cake in boiling water will help you do everything right. If you want to make a cake, then this will be the wisest decision. Initially, the sponge cake is intended for making a cake, and only then for all kinds of pastries and other sweet desserts.

To prepare a sponge cake or cake, you will need the appropriate equipment: a knife, an oven, baking paper and glasses, a mixer, a wire rack and a spatula, a board and deep bowls, a mold, aluminum foil, and a saucepan.

Ingredients for the dough:

• sugar – 2 tbsp;
• chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
• bitter cocoa powder – 6 tbsp. spoon;
• whole milk (pasteurized) – 1 tbsp.;
• flour – 2 tbsp;
• baking soda – 1.5 tsp;
• vegetable oil – ½ cup;
• food baking powder - 1.5 tsp;
• clean water - 200 milliliters.

Step-by-step cooking algorithm:

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. At the same time, you should prepare a baking dish, preferably removable and non-stick. Remove the bottom from it, then attach it to baking paper. Prepare all the necessary ingredients specified in the recipe.

Then you should arm yourself with a sharp knife, with its help you need to cut out a circle so that it matches the size of the molds.

Cut a piece of aluminum foil, turn the container upside down so as to tighten it with foil, removing all existing cracks. This is necessary to ensure that the batter does not spill out of the mold in the oven. After these manipulations, place a circle of paper inside the non-stick pan and grease it with butter. Do not forget that even the side edges are lubricated with oil, as this is very important.

The next step is preparing a delicious dough. Take a small saucepan and pour 1 glass of water into it. Place it on the stove, heat should be at maximum, bring to a boil. Arm yourself with a fine sieve and sift cocoa powder, baking soda, flour and baking powder into a deep bowl. After this, you can add sugar to mix the dry ingredients of the dessert with a whisk.

Prepare another deep and clean bowl, beat the eggs into it. They need to be beaten with a mixer for four minutes, the speed should be minimal, but then it should be gradually increased to the maximum level. Carefully add vegetable oil and milk. Beat with a mixer for 2 minutes using medium speed. Then you can prepare the dough.

The liquid mixture must be added to the dry ingredients specified in the recipe. Using a whisk, beat until smooth. You need to boil water in a saucepan, then add boiling water to the dough. Mix thoroughly with a tablespoon and pour into a baking dish. Thanks to this manipulation with boiling water, a million bubbles are formed in the chocolate dough, which will make the future sponge cake unusually airy, fluffy and porous, like a sponge.

Make sure the oven is at the correct temperature. The baking time for the biscuit, according to the proposed recipe with photo, is one hour. Readiness is checked with a skewer or toothpick. It is important that the skewer is dry; if it is wet, then keep the pan in the oven for another ten to twelve minutes. When the cake is ready, it must be removed from the oven and placed on a board. Since the pan is unusually hot, use an oven mitt to hold it in place.

Leave the cake for a while so it can cool. The tip of a knife should be drawn between the edges to release it from the mold. After this, you can remove the rim from the mold, use a spatula to lift out the dessert, transfer it to a wire rack and cool. At this time, you should figure out what you want to cook, as there are a lot of options.

Wait until the cake has cooled, then you can prepare any dessert. It can be generously filled with sugar syrup, which is prepared from fruit juice, and then decorated with fresh berries and fruits.

Great recipe for brownies. To do this, the cake is cut into small cubes, soaked in rum, and then generously rolled in coconut flakes.

You can pour icing over the sponge cake, sprinkle with nuts and grated chocolate, you will get a very tasty and juicy cake for the whole family. Children and adults will be absolutely delighted with such an amazing homemade delicacy.

To make the baked goods high-quality and tasty, you need to follow the recipe. In addition, you should listen to some advice from culinary experts:

1. To make the dessert acquire a pleasant and more refined aroma, you can add a teaspoon of vanilla extract or a bag of vanillin to the dough.
2. You can add finely chopped nuts, berries and dried fruits to the dough.
3. If you want to give a richer and brighter taste to the finished treat, then feel free to replace regular water with coffee.

To summarize, it should be said that from such a sponge cake, cooked in boiling water, you can prepare a dessert of any complexity and for every taste. The main thing is not to be lazy, but to show imagination and creativity. Bon appetit everyone!

The history of sponge cake in boiling water

Many people mistakenly believe that this dessert comes from the distant Soviet Union. But the secret behind the popularity of the boiled water sponge cake recipe is hidden much deeper! The peak of its popularity occurred in the 80-90s of the last century - a time when foreign soap series and book novels were just becoming fashionable. The public absorbed them en masse and implemented the advice from them directly into life.

One of these romance novels was Laura Esquivel’s bestseller “Chocolate with Boiling Water,” which was filmed in 1992 and saw the world on the silver screen. It was there that a recipe for chocolate sponge cake made with boiling water was published and many Soviet housewives copied it into their culinary notebooks. However, the film has long been forgotten, but the chocolate sponge cake in boiling water still delights us with its taste and aroma, so let's once again enjoy its appetizing appearance.

To do this you will need the following ingredients

• 1.5 tbsp. flour;
• 1.5 tbsp. granulated sugar;
• 1 tbsp. water or milk;
• 100 ml vegetable oil;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 5 tbsp. spoons of cocoa powder;
• a pinch of salt;
• 1 tsp soda slaked with vinegar;
• 1 tbsp. boiling water

Biscuit in boiling water

1. The recipe for sponge cake in boiling water is extremely simple and easy, especially if you have already prepared all the necessary ingredients. As soon as we start preparing it, we’ll immediately put a kettle of water on to heat up. We will need a glass of boiling water at the very end of mixing the dough, so it will be better if the kettle is already hot.
2. Break chicken eggs into a bowl and pour in vegetable oil. Add all the granulated sugar there. You can get a little creative and replace vegetable oil with olive oil or raw sunflower oil - it will also turn out delicious.

   

3. Then pour in water or milk - your choice. But it is best to slightly warm it to room temperature so that the sugar in the liquid can dissolve, but the eggs do not curdle. Using a whisk, mix everything into a homogeneous dough.

   

4. Cocoa powder, due to its fat content and the presence of vegetable oil, is very difficult to mix into the dough, so it is best to add it first, using a whisk for convenience.

   

5. Then comes the turn of the wheat flour - you need to pour in the whole mass at once, passing it through a sieve to add airiness, and mix with a fork, as the dough will become very thick and similar to chocolate cream.

   

6. It will even layer attractively if you lift the whisk higher. You can look at such culinary beauty without stopping - it looks so alluring.

   

7. But, alas, nothing lasts forever and we will slightly adjust the dough by pouring a glass of boiling water into it and stirring it immediately. Yes, now it’s time to use water from a boiled kettle. The dough will become much thinner this way.

   

8. But don’t forget about such a small and so necessary product for splendor as soda. Take a full teaspoon of baking soda and quench it with vinegar. Both regular 9% vinegar and apple cider vinegar are perfect for this. Let's try to mix in the soda bubbles as deeply as possible so that they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.

   

9. Pour the chocolate dough into the mold and place in the oven, heated to 160-180C for 40 minutes. Due to the fact that the sponge cake contains vegetable oil, it takes much longer to bake than its regular counterpart, but is checked for readiness in the same way as a sponge cake made with chicken eggs - with a toothpick.

   

10. If it turns out to be dry when deepening it into the biscuit, then you can safely remove it from the oven. This biscuit is not afraid of cold air and does not fall off, so take it out without fear.

    

11. Be sure to let the dessert cool before decorating. If you decide to sprinkle powdered sugar on a hot sponge cake, you risk getting a wet sugar crust on top. Even the cream must be applied to a chilled dish. By the way, the chocolate sponge cake itself in boiling water is very similar to a cupcake and their recipes are very similar. If you are baking it as a base for a cake, cut the sponge cake in half flat - it will cool faster this way. However, remember that it is very soft and airy, so it can easily become deformed.

    

In this way you can prepare vanilla sponge cake in boiling water. Its preparation is much easier, because you do not need to mix cocoa powder into the dough. The recipe for vanilla sponge cake in boiling water replaces cocoa with vanilla or vanilla sugar, hence the name of this dessert.

The benefits of sponge cake

The benefits of a biscuit sweet dish are obvious even in the fact that it is obtained in any case and with any sequence of mixing products. If it doesn’t rise, it means you forgot to add some ingredient to the dough! The only drawback of the delicious chocolate cake is its high calorie content, so it is best to enjoy it in the first half of the day, preferably for breakfast with a cup of freshly brewed tea or coffee!

In one of my articles I already described. This sponge cake is also very easy to prepare; the ingredients can be found in any housewife’s kitchen. By the way, it can also be prepared without a mixer. But what I like most is its efficiency. From just 2 eggs we get a sponge cake seven to eight centimeters thick. And this is with a mold diameter of 22 cm, and if you take 18 cm, then all ten will come out. Agree, this is a very good result.

How to make chocolate biscuit in boiling water.

Ingredients for a 22 cm pan:

1. 2.5 cups flour
2. 2 cups sugar
3. 2 eggs
4. 0.5 cups vegetable oil
5. 1 glass of milk
6. 6 tbsp. cocoa
7. 1.5 tsp. baking powder
8. 1.5 tsp. soda
9. 1 cup boiling water

glass - 250 gr.

Preparation:

Since all the preparation takes about 5-7 minutes, I recommend immediately turning on the oven to 180° and putting on the kettle.

Pour sugar, soda, baking powder into a deep bowl. Sift flour and cocoa into it.

Mix everything thoroughly with a whisk.

Add liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients - eggs, butter, milk.

Mix everything until smooth. The mass turns out to be quite thick.

Mix everything thoroughly. The dough will become liquid, don't be alarmed - this is normal.

I have silicone molds; there is no need to prepare them specially. I divided the dough into 3 parts, because there is a lot of it, and I was afraid that it wouldn’t bake with my oven. We immediately send the forms with the dough into a preheated oven and bake at 180º for 40-50 minutes. But after about half an hour we start checking with a skewer, everyone’s oven is different, and therefore the baking time also changes. We focus, as always, on the dry surface of a wooden stick.

First cool the finished cakes in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack. Then we wrap it in film and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, or better yet, overnight.

Cakes most often crack on top, this is normal, don’t be alarmed.

Out of 3 cakes, only one remained intact. This is the cake that I put in the oven first. The third one turned out to be the most “volcanic”; he generally waited for his brothers to bake. Therefore, I still recommend baking it at one time.

As you can see, the cakes turned out to be quite large, taking into account the fact that the diameter of my molds is 22 cm. The height of the cakes together is about 8 cm. So, keep in mind that if you bake with one cake, you need a mold with high sides.

From this wonderful sponge cake I created an incredibly delicious Snickers cake. For such a combination - chocolate biscuit, boiled condensed milk cream, peanuts, salted caramel - this is the ideal option. One of the following articles has a detailed description, here is the link - Snickers Cake Recipe.

And this is what these layers look like in the cake.

If you want to bake a sponge cake in a mold of a different size, then in this article I wrote in detail how to count all the ingredients -.

Bon appetit.

What often lifts our spirits and makes our life “sweeter”? That's right, delicious food! Especially cakes, pies and other sweets. If you like to please your family with baked goods, then you probably know that the basis of many recipes is chocolate sponge cake - delicious cakes with a chocolate aroma. In this article we will look at the recipe for chocolate sponge cake in several of its variations. It can be used for cakes, pastries and various desserts that use cream.

For the preparation of many cakes, the classic sponge cake is used. The cream can be creamy or fruity - the baked goods will be equally delicious. As for the cooking mold, you will need one with a diameter of about 21 centimeters.

So, for the biscuit you need the following ingredients:

• a glass of sugar and flour;
• four eggs;
• three tablespoons of cocoa.

Eggs need to be chilled. The whites are separated from the yolks. The whites are whipped until thick foam, and the yolks are mixed with sugar and beaten until the mixture almost turns white. Now 1/3 of the whites is added to the yolks, everything is mixed. After this, cocoa and sifted flour are mixed. Cocoa and flour are added to the yolks and mixed thoroughly. The final stage involves adding proteins to the dough. Mix the dough with short movements from top to bottom.

The dough is poured into a mold and sent to an oven preheated to 180 degrees. The biscuit is baked for 40 minutes. You should not open the oven until the biscuit is completely ready to prevent it from falling.

When the biscuit is ready, it should be left for 5-8 hours at room temperature. And only after that can it be cut into three parts. The cream for a cake with such layers can be anything.

Biscuit with boiling water

For sponge cakes, cake layers in boiling water are often used. This biscuit is also called chiffon. Almost any cream and filling will suit it. To prepare cakes in boiling water you need:

• two glasses of sugar and flour;
• one glass each of milk and distilled water;
• two eggs;
• half a teaspoon each of baking powder and soda;
• six tablespoons of bitter cocoa;
• half a glass of vegetable oil.

All ingredients except water should be at room temperature.

The first step is mixing all the bulk ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, baking powder). Next, you need to beat the eggs a little and add milk and butter to them, after which you should mix the mass again. The liquid part is poured into the dry mixture and everything is mixed until smooth.

The last step is adding boiling water. As soon as the boiling water is in the dough, you need to quickly stir it and pour it into the baking dish. The mold is placed in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 10 minutes, after which the temperature is reduced to 180 degrees. The dough is baked at 180 degrees for 50 minutes.

The recipe for sponge cake crusts in boiling water is simple and quite quick. Follow the instructions and you will succeed. By the way, because of its silky structure, such a sponge cake is also called “chiffon”. This is achieved through the use of butter, which makes the cakes airy, soft, and not dry. For this purpose, as a rule, vegetable oil (odorless) or rapeseed / nut oil is used.

Chocolate masterpiece

If you want to surprise your family or guests, we advise you to prepare a chocolate chiffon cake with brulee cream. This sweetness has a very pleasant chocolate aroma and a light moist texture.

For the cakes, the sponge cake in boiling water given in this article is suitable. The ready-made chiffon cake is cut into two or three layers. It’s better if you get exactly three, so there will be more filling in the sweetness. This can be done using thread, having previously determined the height of each element of the future cake.

The cream is prepared as follows. To prepare it you will need a can of boiled condensed milk, half a liter of cream, about 100 grams of walnuts.

First you need to whip the cream to a thick consistency. To make everything work quickly, keep the mixer beaters in the cold for a few minutes. When the cream is whipped, condensed milk is gradually added a couple of spoons at a time, continuing to whip the cream. It should turn out homogeneous and dense. Now you need to grind the nuts in a blender and add them to the mixture. Each cake is well coated with cream, including the top cake and sides.

Next, you can start preparing the glaze. Ingredients: two bars of milk chocolate, 100 milliliters of cream and 80 grams of butter. To prepare the glaze, melt the chocolate and butter in a water bath. When the butter and chocolate become a homogeneous mass, slowly add the cream and mix everything together. Once the glaze has cooled, you can cover the cake with it. Pour the icing into the center of the cake, using a spatula to help spread it out. You can decorate your culinary masterpiece with chocolate chips and nuts.

Custard cake

The custard cake turns out very tasty if you use a chocolate sponge cake. For this dessert, both the first option for preparing the sponge cake and the second are suitable. The cake is cut into three parts using thread. Each cake is coated with custard.

The recipe for making the cream is as follows. Main ingredients:

• 500 milliliters of milk;
• 200 grams of sugar;
• 50 grams of flour;
• 4 yolks;
• 2 grams of vanillin.

First, mix flour with sugar and egg yolks. When the components become a homogeneous consistency, add milk and mix everything again. Now you can put the saucepan on the fire. When the mixture boils, remove it from the heat after adding vanillin and stirring.

As it cools to room temperature, the cream will gradually become thicker. All cakes are coated with cream, and on top you can use chocolate icing, fruits or berries.

If you are looking for a simple sponge cake recipe, then you can cook a chiffon sponge cake in boiling water or give preference to the standard version of the cake layers. You can supplement the sponge cake layers with cream and condensed milk. In addition, you can decorate the cake with fruits.

The sponge cake made with boiling water turns out very fluffy, aromatic and tasty. It is worth noting that this cake can be prepared both in a slow cooker and in the oven. Today we will present only the second option, because not all people have this device.

Quite a large number of housewives also make cakes from the classic cake layer, consisting of eggs, sugar and flour. But experienced chefs recommend using another, more suitable recipe more often. This fact is due to the fact that, unlike the standard one, sponge cake made with boiling water turns out much fluffier, as well as with a slightly moist structure. It is this property that makes homemade baked goods more tender, soft and juicy.

So how is a sponge cake prepared in boiling water? You will find out the answer to the question below. But before that, I would like to note that today there are several ways to prepare such a cake. Depending on the products added to the base, it can change its structure and also be chocolate or vanilla.

Step by step using boiling water to prepare a cake

With such a cake it turns out very tasty and tender. The height of this product after baking in the oven usually reaches 8 centimeters, which is good news. After all, to prepare dessert, one sponge cake is enough for you, which can be cut into 4 or even 5 cakes. As for the cream, it is advisable to choose according to personal taste and discretion. Although the most tender and delicious cake made in boiling water is with sour cream and sugar filling.

So, to prepare a fluffy sponge cake we need:

• fine granulated sugar - 1 full glass;
• large chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
• light wheat flour - 1.5 cups;
• apple cider vinegar 6% and table soda - a dessert spoon each;
• refined vegetable oil - 3 large spoons;
• boiling water - 3 large spoons;
• vanillin - 5 g;
• butter margarine - for greasing the mold.

Preparing the dough

Vanilla sponge cake in boiling water will turn out fluffy and tasty only if the base for it is kneaded for a long time and thoroughly using a mixer. To do this, you need to break the chicken eggs into a deep bowl and beat them at the highest speed until the volume increases 3 or 4 times. Next, you need to pour fine granulated sugar into the same bowl and, thoroughly mixing the ingredients, ensure that the sweet product is completely dissolved.

After preparing the first part of the base, you should move on to creating the second. To do this, you need to sift the wheat flour, add vanillin to it, and then gradually add the resulting mixture to the previously beaten eggs. Finally, you need to quench the baking soda with 6% apple cider vinegar, as well as pour in refined vegetable oil and a small amount of boiling water. Next, beat all the ingredients again with a mixer and start baking the dessert.

Heat treatment

Vanilla sponge cake in boiling water is baked in the oven for the same amount of time as a classic cake with a standard set of products. Thus, to prepare this dessert, you should take a springform pan with high sides and thoroughly grease its surface with creamy margarine. Next, you need to pour all the previously kneaded dough into the bowl and immediately place it in the preheated oven.

A sponge cake made in boiling water according to the presented recipe will be completely suitable for consumption in 65-70 minutes. To check whether the cake is well baked or if it still needs to be kept in the oven, you need to stick a match or toothpick into its base. In the event that no raw dough has stuck to the item and it remains completely dry, the fluffy cake can be safely removed from the mold.

To make a cake in boiling water at home, you should cut the sponge cake into 3, 4 or 5 layers (depending on its height), and then grease them one by one with sour cream or some other cream and decorate the surface with icing, cream, fruit, sweet crumbs etc.

Proper serving to the table

Serve the white sponge cake in boiling water in the form of a tall and tasty cake after a short soak in the refrigerator. There, the homemade dessert will be completely soaked in sweet sour cream, becoming softer, juicier and more tender. It must be presented to the table on portioned dessert saucers along with hot and strong tea.

Delicious chocolate sponge cake in boiling water: step-by-step recipe

As mentioned above, such a magnificent product can be made in different ways. We looked at the vanilla cake recipe a little higher. Now I would like to talk in detail about how exactly chocolate sponge cake is made.

One cannot ignore the fact that desserts based on cocoa powder are more popular than vanilla ones. That is why we decided to present to your attention two different ways of preparing homemade baked goods.

To make a chocolate sponge cake using boiling water, we may need the following products:

• sifted light flour - 2 faceted glasses;
• fine sugar - 2 full glasses;
• standard size chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• table soda (must be quenched with apple cider vinegar) - 1 heap;
• cocoa powder - 6 large spoons (if you want to get a less dark cake, then this amount can be reduced slightly);
• fresh full-fat milk - a full glass;
• vanillin - 10 g;
• vegetable oil (take only refined) - 1/3 cup;
• boiling water (not cool, slightly cooled) - 1 cup.

The process of mixing the base

To make the chocolate cake as fluffy as possible, you must carefully follow all the rules for its preparation. To do this, you need to beat chicken eggs together with granulated sugar in a blender or mixer, and then pour refined vegetable oil, fresh fat milk into them and mix well again.

After these steps, you need to sift light wheat flour into a separate bowl, and then add cocoa powder to it. The last ingredient should be added to taste. If you want to get an almost black cake, then you need to take it in the amount of 6 large spoons or more. If you prefer to eat a light chocolate-colored dessert, then it is recommended to reduce the volume of such a product by half.

When the loose mass is ready, it should be gradually added to the beaten eggs and milk, as a result of which you should get a not very liquid base. To bring it to the desired consistency, you need to pour a glass of boiling water into it. Moreover, the water should not be too hot, otherwise your dough will be partially “cooked”. You should also mix the baking soda with apple cider vinegar into the base and beat everything well with a mixer.

Baking process in the oven

Chocolate sponge cake in boiling water must be prepared in a special springform pan. If you don’t have such utensils in your home, you can use a regular frying pan. But in this case, you should definitely cut off the edges of the finished product, using a plate of the required diameter as a pattern.

After you decide on the choice of dishes, you need to lubricate them with vegetable oil and heat them strongly in the oven. Next, you need to pour all the kneaded dough into the prepared pan and bake for 60-70 minutes. If after the specified time the biscuit is not fully cooked, then it should be kept in the oven for a few more minutes.

Making a chocolate sponge cake in boiling water

The finished fluffy cake must be removed from the mold or frying pan, and then placed on a cutting board and cooled completely. Next, the biscuit needs to be cut into several parts and generously greased with cream. It is advisable to make the filling using cocoa powder. However, some cooks like contrast when it comes to home baking. That is why they often use white cream for dark cakes. It can consist of different ingredients (butter, sour cream, condensed milk, cream, etc.). Which filling is the best is up to you to decide.

How to serve homemade dessert correctly?

It doesn't matter whether you use the vanilla dessert method or the boiling water chocolate cake recipe, in any case, this homemade treat should be made with love. After all, this is the only way you will get the most delicious, fluffy and tender baked goods, which none of your family members or invited guests will ever refuse.

Once the fluffy sponge cake is completely ready, it must be placed in the refrigerator for at least 120 minutes. During this short period of time, the already soft and juicy cakes will be saturated with airy cream, becoming more tasty and tender. This homemade delicacy should be served along with hot tea or other favorite drink. Bon appetit!

• To prepare chocolate or vanilla sponge cake in boiling water, instead of baking soda and vinegar, you can use regular baking powder in the amount of 1-1.5 large spoons.
• This dessert will turn out more delicious if you add not cocoa powder to the base, but melted chocolate or chocolate shavings.