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    The Coolest "Sculpture" Evah

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    The cake is really gorgeous!!! That's true, I would never eat it (see, they have the shoes on when go at the cake area and there are many others not sanitary things). I think it was made as advetisment :rolleyes:

    I'm wandering how that poured rice krispie treats stand their weight?

    Interesting, how did thay cover the cake with fondant...

    sculpted cakes

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    I try to put all to the cake (after mixind with somr buttercream) - make small detales.

    Or we can make "The potatoes" - Russian... fansy-cake? When you mix the scraps wth butter, suger, cacao powder and some alcohol. Yf you need a recipie I can translate.

    Homemade Marshmallows: Recipes & Tips (Part 2)

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    McAuliflower - looks so great!

    Oh, I did something wrong with sroberry marshmallo :(

    1. I used homemade extinguished (?) invert syrop with citric acid instead of corn cyrop (and MM is too sour and a bit bitter).

    2. And it is was too... fluid may be. I beat it for 25 minutes in the stand mixer and ~ 10 minutes with the hand one.

    What consistence shoud be befor you pour it on the sheet? For how long you beat it?

    I'm going to order the corn syrop and do this again couse I feell it should be great!

    Holiday Candies and Goodies

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    aguynamedrobert

    My aunt made some incredible Russian Tea Cookies!!
    Sound very interesting! I've never heard about it :rolleyes:

    Sararwelch Martha Stewart's Rocky Ledge bars looks very yummy!

    Desiderio I am ready to eat monitor with your experiment :raz:

    I've made some very simple sweets (but very delicious) - almonds, marzipan and chocolate covering! Yum!

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    What kind of cakes are popular in your area?

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    At least I am here with a big dictionary and instead of translating the scientific article from English to Russian I am translating my thoughts from Russian into English :laugh:

    Thank you all guys! It is so interesting to read about cake preferences all around the world!

    And how could I forgot another Russian famous many layered cake - 'NAPOLEON'! There are 2 versions - the moist and dry ones! The moist one is very... moist :biggrin: and the dry one is crispy with caramel taste. I think the moist version is Jewish. It is very moist and milky, with probably more then 20 layers. Some people are mad abut it! And the crispy one is Soviet – there are also about 10-15 layers with boiled condensed milk filling.

    So, “NAPOLEON” is very delicious cake, both type of them.

    JeanneCake

    I get a lot of requests for "marble" cake - it's vanilla and chocolate cake batter swirled together in the pan before it is baked

    Oh, I forgot, in Russia such type of cake is also very popular, we call it “Zebra” and it has no filling, may be some iced sugar or chocolate glase on the top.

    Friends of ours have recently adopted a child from St Petersburg. I would love to make some things for her now that she is here in the US (she is a little over 3 years old). Can you share some recipes for things that children love over there? I know I can't exactly replicate it but I could try to come close....
    Sure I can share some recipes! But I’m afraid that children all around the world love the same food – chips, burgers, chewing gum, chocolates and sweets :raz: . From some Russian preferences may be pelmeni? I would like to help you!

    gfron1

    Tres Leches
    I have never heard about it :wacko: . What does it tastes like?

    sanrensho

    Lenabo, have you ever thought about starting a Russian cake/pastry thread? I know myself and others would be fascinated to learn more about the traditional and modern cakes and pastries that are popular in Russia.

    gfron1

    I agree. Just like Chufi's dutch thread, having a Russian thread would be very exciting.

    It would be very interesting for me but I’m afraid my English is not good enough for this and I am a bad photographer… Also Alina gave some Russian recipes and she had a very interesting blog here about Russia and Russian food! If she will be so kind to do it with me (and other Russians are very welcome) I will do it. But only after my kitchen repair is finished, I do a big remount and who did it themselves know perfectly well what it is.

    Chihiran

    I don't really know what cake is popular here in the US, but in Japan, chiffon cakes and crepes are so popular. I've even tried a spinach chiffon

    A spinach chiffon??? Sounds very interesting!

    Domestic Goddess

    Here in Korea, they have these cream cakes (that's what they call them) that are chiffon cakes covered in white icing and topped with fresh fruit (strawberries, cherries, pineapples, kiwi, etc) over whipped cream.

    Yum! Sounds very delicious! Unfortunately here in the far north fruit is so so expencive!

    SuzySushi

    The most popular cakes in Hawaii are chiffon layer cakes with tropical-flavored fillings/toppings such as guava, lilikoi (passion fruit), and coconut. Chocolate dobash torte, a layer cake with chocolate filling and frosting, is another favorite.

    Yum, yum, tropical fruit! But unavailable here :sad: And what is Chocolate dobash torte?

    What kind of cakes are popular in your area?

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    Posted · Edited by lenabo (log)

    What kind of cakes are popular in your area?

    I have heard that some Russian very popular cakes people do not like e.g. in America. On the contrary e.g. fruit cake, carrot cake people do not like here.

    Mostly our food preferences are come from our childhood. At the Soviet time it was possible only to buy sponge cake with buttercream filling (I hated it :crying:), short pastry (hate it also), sponge with egg-white filling and covering. And in Moscow it was possible to get the best cake "Ptichje Moloko" - very-very delicious (but only in Moscow :wacko: )

    To be honest I never eat purchased cakes, I make them at home since my childhood.

    And there were cakes that people made at home - Russian honey cake, cake "Praga" (cake with chocolate buttercream filling (BC+cocoa powder) and chocolate glase (cocoa, butter and milk)), merengue cake (small merengs with BC), "Gorka" - small fried pieces of pastry (? - eggs, brendy and flour) with boiled condenced milk glueing and some others can't remember.

    And the most popular filling was (and is) BC with sweet condensed milk or boiled for 3 hours sweet condensed milk (yum, it tastes like caramel) with butter.

    But as I can see now people prefer to order Russian many-layes honey cake with sour cream filling, chocolate cake, sponge cake with boiled sweet condensed milk BC filling. Also I make american chocolate cake with chocolate glase inside and raspberry+cream filling (yum!) and people love it.

    Quite popular still is sponge with egg-whites filling and icing. Fondant was never popular here and now cakes with fondant are quite uncommon

    It was never popular to put spicery like cinnamon, cloves, lemon or orange peel etc. (only put them to kulichi).

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