Ingredients – 200 grams margarine or 1/2 cup vegetable oil – 3/4 cup sugar – 3 eggs – 1 cup prostokvasha or buttermilk – 1 can condensed milk – 3 cups flour – 1 teaspoon baking soda – 1 tablespoon vinegar – Nuts and raisins, as desired Directions 1. Dissolve baking soda in vinegar and… Continue reading Coffee Cake (Mom’s recipe)
Ingredients 100 g butter 2 tbsp cocoa powder 1 small chocolate bar, finely grated 250 g powdered milk 500 g sugar 1/2 cup water Directions Combine butter, cacao, grated chocolate bar, and powdered milk in a bowl In a small saucepan, bring the water and sugar to a boil to make simple syrup Add the… Continue reading Truffles
Ingredients – 300 grams sour cream – 12 tablespoons flour – 10 tablespoons sugar – 1 egg – 150 grams butter or margarine, softened – 1/4 teaspoon baking soda – 1/2 packet vanilla – 1 kilogram apples Pie Crust 1. Mix baking soda with 2 tablespoons of sour cream 2. Add butter and 10 tablespoons… Continue reading Korolevsky Pirog c Yablokomi (Royal Apple Pie)
Ingredients – 130 grams flour – 1/4 teaspoon baking soda – 1 tablespoon vinegar – 1/2 teaspoon salt – 2 eggs – 225 grams sugar – 200 grams poppy seed, ground – 1 teaspoon lemon rind – 120 mililiters milk – 130 grams butter, softened 1. Dissolve baking soda in vinegar 2. Beat eggs, sugar,… Continue reading Poppy Seed Cake (Anya’s recipe)
Ingredients – 150 grams mayonnaise – 150 grams sour cream – 3 eggs – 1 cup flour – 1 packet baking powder Combine all ingredients and knead into a dough Babushka’s Notes – Amount of mayonnaise and sour cream depends on the dish you are baking in – Suggested filling: Cabbage and Eggs
Ingredients – 2 Eggs – 3/4 cup sugar – 2 cups flour – 1 cup prostokvasha – 1 cup jam – 1 teaspoon baking soda 1. Rub eggs into sugar 2. Combine with remaining ingredients 3. Bake for 5 mins at 400-425 4. Lower oven to 325 and bake an additional 40 minutes 5. Serve… Continue reading Pirog v Chudye (Emma’s recipe)
Sponge Ingredients 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 300 g sour cream 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk 1 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted or 10 g unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tbsp vinegar 2 cups flour Instructions Rub the sugar into the eggs Combine remaining ingredients and mix until just homogenous Divide the batter… Continue reading Tort Prazhskiy (Prague Cake)
Ingredients – 300 grams breadcrumbs – 100 grams butter – 1 cup sugar – 1 cup milk, heated – 3-4 tablepoons vodka – 1/4 teaspoon rum extract – Cacao – Nuts 1. Combine breadcrumbs, butter, and sugar 2. Add milk 3. Add vodka and rum extract 4. Mix until homogenous 5. Mold into potato shapes… Continue reading Kartoshka
Ingredients – 1 kilogram sour cream – 1 teaspoon baking soda – 1 tablespoon vinegar – Flour – Sugar – 1/2 kilogram nuts 1. Dissolve baking soda in vinegar 2. Combine 400 grams sour cream, baking soda, vinegar, and flour 3. Add flour until you get a dense dough 4. Divide into four pieces 5.… Continue reading Smetanik (Sour Cream Cake)
Ingredients – 1 kilogram walnuts – 13 eggs, separated – 2 3/4 cups sugar – 2 tablespoons biscotti or cookie crumbs – 3/4 cup milk – 300 grams butter Cake 1. Rub 8 yolks into the 1 3/4 cups sugar 2. Add walnuts 3. Add crumbs 4. Whip 8 egg whites and add to the… Continue reading Nut Cake