In fasting food should be simple and without frills. The chocolate cake that we are going to cook today does not contain eggs, sour cream or butter, all the ingredients are simple and understandable - but it turns out so tasty and tender that the cake can take its rightful place on the festive table after the end of the fast. In preparation, everything is simple: mix dry ingredients with liquid ones (you can do this immediately in the form that you will bake).

Who would have thought that such ordinary ingredients would make soft and airy pastries. In addition, the cake does not hit the pocket at all.

Lenten chocolate cake recipe:

dry ingredients

• Wheat flour - 200 g (about 1.5 cups)
• Sugar - 200 g (adjust the amount of sugar to taste, you can replace it with honey or maple syrup)
• Cocoa powder - 4 tbsp. spoons
• Baking powder - 1.5 tsp
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Baking soda - 1/4 teaspoon
• thawed cherries - 3/4 cup

Liquid Ingredients

• Odorless vegetable oil (corn or sunflower refined) - 0.5 cups
• Juice from defrosted cherries - 0.5 cups
• Lightly brewed coffee - 0.5 cup
• Vinegar essence - 1 teaspoon
• Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

Cooking

Defrost cherries. Remove the bones, if any.

Move the cherry to a sieve and let the excess juice drain (do not throw away the juice, we will need it in the recipe). If you put defrosted cherries in a glass, you should get 3/4 cup. If you want to increase the number of berries in the pie - this can be done, but you should not put more than one glass of cherries.

Sift the flour through a sieve, as well as cocoa powder and other dry ingredients, including sugar, salt, soda.

The preparation of any pastry should begin with sifting flour: this will save it from extra lumps, saturate it with oxygen, making the finished product lush and airy.

If you choose to use honey instead of sugar, add it along with the liquid ingredients.

Mix the sifted ingredients with a spatula for 30 seconds. This will help distribute the baking soda and baking powder evenly with the flour. Pour cherry juice (0.5 cups) into the dry mixture.

Add vegetable oil (0.5 cups). Vinegar - 1 teaspoon - also add to the dough. We send 0.5 cups of weakly brewed coffee to the dough. Thoroughly mix all dry ingredients with liquid ingredients until gluten forms (the dough for the chocolate pie should turn out to be viscous, homogeneous, without lumps. If you add vanilla extract, it's time to do it now (flavors are best revealed by combining with fats).

If the dough is lifted on a spatula, it will fall into pieces. Chocolate dough can be supplemented with pieces of nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts) or dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, prunes, pre-soak in hot water, dry and chop). Such additives will enrich the taste and make it even more interesting (besides, eating dried fruits and nuts in fasting is very useful).

Cherries are added at the very end, before putting the dough for the chocolate pie into the mold.

The baking dish must be prepared in advance: grease with a piece of butter and sprinkle with flour.

I like to bake pies with a delicate structure in a split form and cover the bottom of the form with a piece of parchment paper.

Preheat the oven to 175 C in advance. Bake a lean pie in the oven for half an hour. If you like the “creamy” center, you can take the cake out of the oven earlier, after 20 minutes from the start of baking.

I bake a lean chocolate cake until a toothpick is dry: when you stick a wooden stick through the middle of the cake, it comes out dry and clean, without lumps of wet dough.

Wait for the cake to cool completely in the oven, and only then take it out. The structure of baking is tender and soft, be careful when cutting. Before removing the cake from the mold, run a sharp knife around the circumference of the mold, separating it from the walls. The cake can be sprinkled with powdered sugar, poured with syrup or chocolate icing, decorated with fresh berries.

The chocolate flavor of this pie goes well with creamy curd cream, which can be used to layer cakes and get a cake. But, of course, such a dessert is no longer for a lean table.

I'm wondering what kind of cake you made - be sure to show it in the photo! If you have any questions about the recipe, do not hesitate to ask them.

Bon Appetit!

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Cherry pies

Are you looking for inexpensive sweet pastries? Delicious and simple lean cherry pie - pay attention to the family recipe with photo and video descriptions.

45 min

300 kcal

5/5 (1)

Often there are such non-standard situations when baking a full-fledged, classic fruit pie simply lacks the necessary ingredients, such as eggs or milk, and you really don’t want to run to the store.

Familiar? I, too, thought for a long time that there was no way out, until I found a recipe for lean chocolate cherry pie in my grandmother's old notebook. He attracted my attention not only by the simplicity of preparation, but also by the fact that for him, apart from berries, you do not need to buy anything extra. I tried to bake it - it turned out just right!

Kitchen appliances

Grab the tools and utensils you'll need to bake the Lenten Cherry Cocoa Pie:

• silicone pie or cake mold (or metal, but certainly detachable) with a diameter of 20 cm or a baking sheet with a non-stick coating with a diagonal of 22 cm,
• bowls (several pieces) deep from 200 to 800 ml,
• saucepan with a capacity of 400 ml,
• teaspoons and tablespoons

• sieve medium,
• cutting board,
• kitchen scale or measuring cup
• wooden spatula and steel whisk
• In addition to the above, I would advise you to prepare your blender or mixer in order to be able to perfectly knead the dough for the pie.

You will need

Dough

Baking powder can be easily replaced with half a teaspoon of soda quenched with ordinary table vinegar. Just do this not over a bowl of flour, but in a separate bowl, so as not to accidentally add too much vinegar to the dough.

Filling

• 300-400 g frozen or fresh cherries;
• 50 g of viscous honey;

• 5 g vanilla sugar;
• 100 g of granulated sugar.

Important! The more cherries, the juicier the pies - I have known this folk wisdom since childhood. So if you still have a few berries left after weighing, feel free to add them to the pie. Just do not try to add a whole kilogram - in this case, it is better to increase the amount of other components of the pie accordingly.

Additionally

• 10 g of powdered sugar;
• 10 g cinnamon powder;
• 10 g butter or margarine.

Cooking sequence

Training

fill

Dough

Assembly

Bakery

That's all! Your quick lean cherry pie is completely ready to serve as an independent dish or as a light and pleasant dessert.

For an extra garnish, I have a great idea - mix store-bought cherry jelly according to the instructions on the package, only adding less water, and then cover the warm surface of your cake with the liquid mixture. When I first did this, my friends who came to visit did not believe that the pie was lean!

Cherry pie video recipe

Step-by-step preparation of a delicate and very fragrant lean cherry pie - pay attention to the detailed recipe video.

Finally, I would like to remind cooks and beginners that after trying a lean cherry pie, you should definitely try the more familiar famous options, the dough for which is made with the addition of fat. For example, a puff pastry cherry pie, widely known in our area - I assure you, by preparing it yourself, you will not only gain very valuable experience, but you will definitely get an inexpressibly tasty product.

In addition, I get a pie with cherries and sour cream filling that is simply delicious, and it’s nice to eat the most delicate with hot tea in a fierce winter, when you can only dream of fresh cherries and other berries. Also, do not be lazy and grab a crumbly shortbread pie with cherries, famous for its truly unique method of preparation and inviting aroma.

A very healthy and healthy pastry is a pie with cottage cheese and cherries, which is suitable for those who count calories in recipes, but housewives who are always busy with everyday duties will definitely appreciate the instant cherry pie in a slow cooker, which does not require baking control.

Good appetite! I look forward to your feedback, comments and reports on the preparation of the cake just presented, as well as ideas for decorating or decorating the product. Good luck with everything!

I used a glass with a volume of 250 ml. Mix sifted flour, 180 g sugar, 40 g cocoa, soda, vanillin and salt. Add lemon juice to the dry mixture, 3 tbsp. tablespoons of oil, 250 ml of water, mix well.

Line the bottom of a 18 cm springform pan with parchment paper. Pour the mixture into the mold. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes, until a dry splinter. Release the cake from the mold, cool on a wire rack. Carefully cut off the top of the cake (lid) and use a tablespoon to scoop out the crumb, leaving the walls intact. Roughly tear the crumb into pieces.

Pour 200 ml of water into a saucepan, add 150 g of cherries, put on fire, bring to a boil, remove from heat, rub the berries through a sieve, add 60 g of sugar to the cherry syrup, put on fire again, bring to a boil and carefully pour semolina , cook over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring all the time. Cool the semolina mixture a little. Beat with a mixer for 10 minutes until the air mass, it will more than double and brighten. Soak agar in 50 ml of water for 5 minutes, put on fire, bring to a boil, boil for a couple of minutes and pour into cherry mousse, mix.

Thawed 100 g of cherries in advance (drain the juice) and add the crumb of the pie to the cherry mousse, mix gently. This must be done before the mousse has frozen, since mousses with agar harden very quickly.

Fill the cake with cherry mousse. Top with the "lid" of the cake, pressing it down slightly. I have a little mousse left, I made it as a dessert by folding it into a glass.

For glaze in a saucepan, mix 60 g of sugar, 40 ml of water, 20 g of cocoa, put on fire, bring to a homogeneous mass, remove from heat and add milk-free chocolate. Pour frosting over top of pie. Let stand for several hours.

Lenten cherry pie will be the perfect accompaniment to tea or decorate a festive feast. The base without eggs and butter will turn out to be lush, crumbly and, in combination with a juicy, sour filling, will create an unusually harmonious taste.

How to cook lean cherry pie?
You can prepare a lean cherry pie according to any recipe you like, removing eggs from the list of ingredients, replacing dairy products with fruit juice, water or sweet soda, and butter is successfully replaced with vegetable oil.

It is important that the berries are pitted and breaded with starch, this will help to avoid excessive soaking of the cake.
A lean pie with frozen cherries is prepared in the same way as with fresh ones, the berries must be thawed, dried from the juice.
The absence of eggs can be compensated by adding bananas, they “stick together” the ingredients well and give an excellent flavor to the delicacy.
A good way to add stickiness to the dough is to add flaxseed flour, replacing wheat flour with it.

Lenten chocolate pie with cherries

Unusually delicious, fluffy and fragrant lenten cake with cherries and cocoa will amaze all the sweet tooth who refrain from eating animal products. If desired, the finished treat can be covered with chocolate icing, cooked from cocoa water and sugar. The base is made on coffee, it can be brewed from soluble granules.

Ingredients:

flour - 1 tbsp.;
vegetable oil - ½ tbsp.;
sugar - 150 g;
baking powder;
brewed coffee - 200 ml;
cherry - 200 g.
Cooking

Mix all dry ingredients.
Separately combine coffee and oil.
Gradually mix both mixtures, kneading a watery, smooth dough.
Introduce dried berries.
Pour into a mold, bake for 45 minutes at 180 degrees.

Lean yeast pie with cherries

Lenten dough for a cherry pie is kneaded in warm water, it comes out lighter, due to the lack of baking, it rises more readily and bakes faster. There is still one drawback in baking - goodies quickly become stale, so you should not cook them in large quantities. The filling can be made from fresh or frozen berries, or jam can be used, but it must be combined with starch so that the dough does not soak.

Ingredients:

fresh yeast - 25 g;
sugar - 1 tbsp.;
vegetable oil - 100 ml;
warm water - 2 tbsp.;
flour - 500-700 g;
cherry - 150-200 g;
sugar syrup - 3 tbsp. l.
Cooking

Grind yeast with 1 tbsp. l. sugar, pour a glass of water, leave until an active reaction appears.
Separately, combine sugar, butter and water, add the dough and knead the dough, adding flour.
Cover with a towel, put in heat for 1 hour, the dough will double in size.
Knock down, divide into 2 unequal parts.
Distribute a large one in a form, lay out cherries, sprinkle with sugar.
Decorate with the rest of the dough, leave for 15 minutes to distance.
Lubricate with sugar syrup, bake a lean cherry pie for 20-30 minutes at 190 degrees.

Lean cherry pie on mineral water - recipe

A lean aspic pie with cherries, mixed with mineral water, turns out to be unusually lush, the lifting force of the bubbles is enough to make the delicacy come out high. Berries can be poured into the dough, if they are frozen, then you should not completely defrost them, or you can spread the cherry on the surface of the pie, melting it a little into the dough.

Ingredients:

soda - 1 tbsp.;
sugar - 150 g;
flour - 1 tbsp.;
oil - 100 ml;
baking powder, vanillin;
cherry - 150-200 g;
starch - 1 tbsp. l.
Cooking

Grind butter with sugar, throw vanillin, baking powder.
Pour in soda, add flour, knead the batter.
Pour into an oiled dish, top with breaded cherries.
Bake for 30 minutes at 190 degrees.

Lean semolina pie with cherries

This recipe for a lean cherry pie in the oven will amaze all home cooks with ease of cooking and a minimal budget set of products. Mannik is baked in the manner of a jellied pie, only most of the flour is replaced by cereals. You can knead the dough on water or fruit juice, which will give the crumb a special unusual flavor.

Ingredients:

semolina - 1 tbsp.;
water - 1 tbsp.;
flour - 100 g;
oil - 100 ml;
sugar - 150 g;
baking powder;
cherry - 200 g;
starch - 1 tbsp. l.
Cooking

Pour the cereal with water, leave for 40 minutes.
Grind butter with sugar, baking powder.
Enter semolina, add flour.
Dry the cherries, breaded with starch.
Pour the dough into an oiled form, lay out the berries, melting.
Bake lean Mannik pie with cherries for 30 minutes at 190 degrees.

Lenten cake with almonds and cherries

Unusually delicious - a lean cherry pie with almond crumbs, this impeccable delicacy will conquer all the sweet tooth and many will not even realize that a treat has been prepared without eggs, milk and butter. To enhance the delicious nutty flavor, the dough is kneaded with almond milk.

Ingredients:

vegetable oil - 100 ml;
sugar - 100 g;
flour - 200 g + 50 g for breading berries;
salt - 1 pinch;
almond milk - 120 ml;
baking powder;
cherries - 200 g;
almond petals - 50 g.
Cooking

Grind butter with sugar, pour in milk, throw in salt and baking powder.
Enter flour.
Bread half the cherries in flour, pour into the dough.
Pour the dough into an oiled form, lay out the remaining berries and sprinkle with almond petals.
Bake a lean cake with almonds and cherries for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees.

Lenten shortbread pie with cherries

A lean open pie with cherries will turn out to be unusually tasty, if you use a blank with whole berries as a filling, you need to thicken it with starch or apple jam, rich in pectin, so that the cake is not saturated with syrup and simply does not get wet. The dough without butter and eggs will turn out more crumbly and crispy.

Ingredients:

sugar - 100 g;
flour - 2 tbsp.;
vegetable oil - 150 ml;
baking powder;
vanilla sugar - 1 tsp;
lemon zest - 1 tbsp. l;
cherry jam - 1 tbsp.;
apple jam - ½ tbsp.
Cooking

Grind sugar with butter, baking powder, vanilla and zest.
Pour in flour to make a dense, not sticky dough.
Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll out the layer, pierce in several places.
Mix the jam with jam, put in the base, decorate with the rest of the dough.
Bake a lean pie with cherry jam for 30 minutes at 190 degrees.

Lenten pie with apples and cherries

This delicious lean cherry pie is cooked with boiling water, which makes it thin, crumbly and very crunchy. The base is prepared without any sweeteners, the sweetness of the fruit is enough to please everyone at home with an excellent dessert. The highlight of the delicacy will be the filling, it is prepared in advance and applied already cooled down.

Ingredients:

oil - ½ tbsp.;
boiling water - ½ tbsp.;
baking powder;
flour - 300 g;
apples - 3 pcs.;
cherry - 300 g;
biscuit cookies - 100 g;
sugar - 2 tbsp. l.
Cooking

Sift flour with baking powder, pour in oil, then boiling water.
Gather a tight ball of dough and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
In a frying pan with butter, add apples, add sugar, mix.
Grind cookies into crumbs, pour over apples, mix. Cool the filling.
Throw dried cherries into the filling.
Roll out the dough, distribute in a form with sides.
Bake for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.

Lean Banana Dough Pie with Cherries

A lean cherry and banana pie will turn out soft, moderately moist and will amaze with an unusual fruity aroma. You can reduce the calorie content of baking by replacing part of the wheat flour with whole grains, and sugar with honey or artificial sweetener. Cherries can be added to the dough or, if desired, spread over the top of the pie.

Ingredients:

banana - 1 pc.;
coconut milk - 1 tbsp.;
sugar - 100 g;
baking powder;
oil - 100 ml;
flour - 1 tbsp.;
cherry - 200 g.
Cooking

Grind the butter with sugar and banana, pour in the milk.
Pour in the flour.
Pour the dough into a mold, distribute the berries.
Bake a lean cherry pie for 30 minutes at 190 degrees.
Lenten pie with cherries in a slow cooker


A very tasty lean cherry pie in a slow cooker, it is prepared no more difficult than traditional baking, if you follow the conditions for working with the device. Do not forget to remove the valve for free convection and remember that there will be no golden crust on the surface, the finished delicacy is sprinkled with powdered sugar or decorated with icing.

Ingredients:

green brewed tea - 150 ml;
sugar - 150 g;
flour - 1 tbsp.;
baking powder;
oil - 100 ml;
cherry - 100 g.
Cooking

Sift flour with baking powder.
Combine oil and tea.
Pour sugar into flour, add liquid ingredients.
Pour into an oiled bowl, spread the cherries on top, melting.
Cook on "Baking" 1 hour.