The legendary Cherry Lady cake: how to make the perfect cream

Cherry Lady cake is a cake that many Ukrainian housewives make for various holidays. It has everything: pleasant sourness, delicate creamy flavor, and a combination of milk and chocolate notes. The dish is considered perfect when each layer is clearly visible in the cut, and the cream is dense and does not spread. To make just such a dessert, you need to know a few tricks.

The idea of making the luxurious Cherry Lady cake was shared by the famous Ukrainian confectioner Lilia Tsvit on her Instagram page.

Poppy seed cake:

• poppy seeds - 400 g
• sugar - 140 g
• eggs - 4 pcs.
• starch - 50 g
• flour - 150 g
• baking powder - 1 tsp.

Sponge cake

• eggs - 5 pcs.
• sugar - 120 g
• flour - 70 g
• baking powder - 1 tsp.
• cocoa - 10 g

The cream

• cherry juice - 0.5 l
• sugar - to taste
• starch - 40 g
• butter - 300 g

Additional ingredients:

• cherries in their own juice - 1 b. 0.7 l
• cherry jelly - 2 p. 70 g each
• boiling water - 400 ml

Method of preparation:

Poppy seed cake:

1. Grind the poppy seeds in a coffee grinder and pour water equally with the poppy seeds. Boil everything over low heat, stirring, until the water has completely evaporated. The poppy seeds should become drier and crumbly. Cover and cool. Add the melted butter, stir, and add the walnuts.
2. Beat the eggs with sugar until a fluffy thick mass is formed, add starch (corn or potato) and mix with a mixer at minimum speed.
3. Add the beaten eggs to the poppy seeds and mix well again.
4. Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
5. Pour into a parchment-lined baking dish and bake at 170 degrees for 40 minutes.

Sponge cake:

1. Whip the whites into a foam, and add sugar.
2. Form a stable fluffy mass, then add the yolks and beat further.
3. Finally, add flour and baking powder and knead the dough at low mixer speed.
4. Put 2/3 of the dough on a baking sheet covered with parchment, and set aside.
5. Add cocoa to the remaining mass, mix, and spoon the brown dough over the white.
6. Bake at 170 degrees for 30 minutes.