New Year is always associated with miracles and magic. Decorated Christmas tree, gifts, shining snow outside the window. And, of course, the birthday cake should match this atmosphere. As they say in the song sung by Taisiya Povaliy: “New Year’s cake for 12 layers...”. Snow-white, sparkling cream will remind you of winter snowdrifts, very tasty green needles and bright toys, fairy-tale scenes on the surface of the cake will delight children. This New Year's cake can be prepared at home, which is what we will do now.

Delicious cake made from ready-made shortcakes with fruits

Usually before the holiday, housewives have so many things to do that they don’t have enough time to prepare a cake. This can be fixed. You can buy ready-made cakes in the store, and in a few minutes you will have a very tasty cake. And if you decorate it with fruits, you will get a real masterpiece.

You will need:

• 3 ready-made cakes
• can of condensed milk
• 250 g butter
• 1 cup ground nuts
• 1 cup syrup or liquid jam
• 2 chocolate bars
• fruits: kiwi, orange, strawberry.

Preparation:

Christmas tree cream cake recipe

Well, what's a New Year without a Christmas tree? Even a cake can be made in the shape of this green beauty. At the same time, it will not only be amazingly beautiful, but also very tasty. Follow the recommendations carefully, and you will get exactly the same cake as in the photo. Or maybe even better. It all depends on your imagination.

You will need:

For the biscuit:

• 6 eggs
• 240 g sugar
• 200 g flour

For the caramel sauce:

• 200 g sugar
• 150 g butter
• 125 ml cream 30%

For buttercream:

• 400 ml cream 30%
• 2 tbsp. spoons of powdered sugar
• milk cream thickener packet

Vanilla impregnation:

• vanilla sugar packet
• 50 ml warm water

Protein custard:

• 3 egg whites
• 200 g sugar
• 100 g water
• citric acid on the tip of a knife
• gel dye green and brown

Preparation:

1. Beat the eggs with sugar with a mixer until a stable foam is obtained.
2. Mixing carefully, add flour.
3. Place the dough in a mold and place it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Baking time depends on the oven.
4. Leave the finished biscuit to cool completely.
5. Prepare the sauce. Place the saucepan with the sugar over low heat and cook, stirring continuously until a dark caramel color is obtained.
6. Gradually add butter to the caramel and stir until it is completely dissolved.
7. Turn off the heat, pour in the cream, stirring vigorously.
8. Set aside the caramel until it cools completely and thickens.
9. Whip the cream with powdered sugar; when the mixture becomes dense, add the thickener.
10. Let's start assembling the cake. Cut the biscuit into three layers.
11. Dissolve vanilla sugar in warm water and lightly soak the first cake layer.
12. Using a pastry bag, make a border of cream around the entire perimeter of the cake.
13. We also place caramel from a pastry bag into the middle of the cake.
14. Cover the entire surface with cream.
15. Place the second cake layer and repeat all steps.
16. Cover the cake with the third layer and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
17. Prepare protein custard. Pour three egg whites into a bowl, add citric acid, and beat until thick foam is obtained.
18. Pour sugar into a saucepan, add water, put on medium heat, bring to a boil, cook for eight minutes.
19. Add the syrup into the whites in a thin stream, continuing to beat.
20. Cool the finished cream, separate a small part, paint it with brown gel, the rest of the cream will be green.
21. Decorating the cake. First, apply the cream through a thin star nozzle on the sides, not forgetting to make a brown trunk at the bottom.
22. Then we make the Christmas tree needles all over the surface. We decorate according to your taste: with cream balls, chocolate figures or confectionery beads.

New Year's cake made from mastic

Using mastic for a cake, you can create real miracles. There are plenty of opportunities to make unique decorations to match the holiday. These cakes are especially good for New Year celebrations.

You will need:

For the cakes:

• 5 eggs
• 250 g sugar
• 250 g flour
• sachet of baking powder
• vanillin packet

For the buttercream:

• can of condensed milk
• 250 g butter

Butter cream:

• 300 ml cream 35%
• 150 g sugar

For filling:

• 300 g canned peaches
• 100 ml berry syrup
• Ready mastic

Preparation:

1. We begin to whisk the eggs with sugar and vanilla.
2. Add flour through a sieve, carefully stirring with a whisk and add baking powder.
3. Grease the mold with oil and pour half of the dough into it, then do the same with the other half.
4. The biscuit is baked at 180 degrees for about half an hour.
5. Let the biscuit cool completely and cut each cake into two layers.
6. Pour the cream into a container, add sugar and beat with a mixer until strong peaks form.
7. In a separate bowl, beat the butter, add condensed milk and beat until creamy.
8. Cut the peaches into small pieces.
9. Place the first cake layer on the dish, soak it in syrup, cover with butter cream, and place a layer of peaches.
10. We repeat all steps with the next two cakes.
11. Place the fourth cake layer, soak it in syrup and cover the entire surface of the cake with buttercream.

Our cake is already ready. Now we will cover it with mastic and make a decoration. These can be snowflakes, snowmen, Christmas trees and, of course, Father Frost and Snow Maiden. Mastic is a soft and pliable material, like plasticine. It is not necessary to make complex compositions. Start with simple figures. In addition to the mastic, you will also need a gel dye to make the picture bright.

How it's done:

1. Roll out the white mastic into a thin layer, roll it up on a rolling pin and place it on the cake.
2. Carefully level over the entire surface, cut off excess, and smooth with a pastry iron.
3. Let the mastic dry a little.
4. The simplest decoration will be snowflakes cut out using molds.

You can sculpt various figures and paint them.

DIY royal honey cake

This amazing cake combines two amazing flavors: chocolate and honey. It could not be better suited to the New Year's table. And if the decorations correspond to the holiday, the delight of the guests will know no bounds.

You will need:

For the test:

• 80 g butter
• 150 g sugar
• 100 g honey
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons soda
• 380 g flour
• 40 g cocoa
• vanilla sugar packet

For cream:

• 900 ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 200 g sugar
• 50 g flour
• 150 g chocolate
• vanilla sugar packet

Preparation:

1. Place flour, eggs, vanilla sugar in a saucepan and mix well.
2. Separately, heat the milk until hot, but not boiling.
3. Add milk in a thin stream to the egg mixture and place on the stove. Cook over low heat until thickened
4. Pour the cream into a bowl, place chocolate pieces in it, stir until it is completely dissolved.
5. Cover the cream with film and set aside to cool.
6. Mix the sifted flour with cocoa.
7. Place honey, butter, regular and vanilla sugar in a saucepan, place in a water bath and heat, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved, turn off the heat.
8. Mix the eggs in a separate bowl and add them gradually into the hot mixture, stirring vigorously.
9. Add flour and cocoa in portions and mix.
10. Place the dough on a board, sprinkle it with flour, and knead with your hands.
11. Divide the dough into 10 equal parts and form into balls.
12. Place a portion on parchment, cover with film, and roll out.
13. Cut circles around the plate, prick with a fork, bake for about 5 minutes at 180 degrees.
14. Assemble the cake by brushing the cake layers with cream.
15. We decorate at our discretion with a New Year's theme.

Master class on making the sweet snowman dessert

At the New Year's holiday, sweets are never too much. Not only cakes can be on the table, but also various sweet desserts. A dessert according to this recipe will delight children. They will definitely love these cute snowmen. In addition, they are very tasty and healthy, because they are made from cottage cheese.

You will need:

• 250 g cottage cheese
• 20 g powdered sugar
• 20 g butter
• 10 ml vanilla syrup
• 10 grams of dried fruits, candied fruits
• 40 g condensed milk
• 40 g coconut flakes
• 3 breadsticks

Let's start cooking:

1. Grind the cottage cheese through a sieve or beat in a blender, add vanilla syrup and powdered sugar, mix.
2. Melt the butter and pour it into the cottage cheese.
3. Roll the balls for the snowmen and put them in the freezer for half an hour.
4. Pour coconut into a plate and roll the balls in it.
5. Grind dried fruits and candied fruits.
6. We make noses, eyes, buttons for snowmen.
7. We fasten the balls together using sticks.
8. Pour a little condensed milk onto a plate, place the figures, and sprinkle coconut shavings around them.
9. Place the dessert in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Cake clock on the New Year's table

What do we all look at on New Year's Eve, looking forward to the chimes? Of course, for hours. And a cake on the table with a dial indicating midnight will come in very handy. We won’t bother with the dough, we’ll take ready-made cake layers, and the cake will turn out very quickly. The main thing is that there is a smooth surface on which numbers and arrows can be depicted.

You will need:

• packaging of sponge cakes
• 400 grams each of sour cream and cottage cheese
• 100 g powdered sugar
• vanilla sugar packet
• 100 g chocolate chips
• 2 packets of cream thickener
• different berries

1. Mix cottage cheese with sour cream, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar, beat with a submersible blender until smooth. Add thickener.
2. Assemble the cake, brushing the layers with cream. Grease the entire surface of the cake, including the sides.
3. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and place large berries around the edge.
4. On the surface of the cake, lay out small berries, such as blueberries, on the dial. You can draw a clock with cream.

DIY cake made from sweets and chocolates

Don't know what gift to give your friends for New Year? Make a New Year's cake from sweets and chocolate, and you will be guaranteed applause. A bright, beautiful and delicious candy cake will decorate your holiday table. Of course, you need to work hard, but the result will be amazing.

You will need:

• round box of Raffaello chocolates
• 12 kinder surprises
• several packs of kinder chocolate
• cardboard
• Styrofoam
• ribbons

Performance:

1. Cut out a circle of cardboard with a diameter of 25-30 cm.
2. From thick polystyrene foam, equal in height to the length of the chocolate bars, cut out a circle 3-4 cm smaller than the cardboard one.
3. We fasten the blanks in the center.
4. Using a glue gun, glue the chocolates to the foam.
5. Place a box of candies on top and secure with glue.
6. We attach kinder surprises around the perimeter.
7. We make decor from bows.

New Year's cake house

This beautiful fairy-tale house will appeal to both children and adults. After all, it is not only beautiful, but also delicious. This is the kind of cake we are about to prepare. You don't have to bake the cakes. Holiday chores already require a lot of time. We will use store-bought biscuits.

You will need:

• Three sponge cakes

For cream:

• 180 ml milk
• 1 egg
• 6 tbsp. spoons of condensed milk
• 120 g sugar
• 1 tbsp. spoon of flour
• white chocolate bar
• 50 ml cream 30%
• 250 g butter
• 50 g coconut flakes

For the syrup:

• 100 g sugar
• 110 ml water

For mastic:

• 80 g marshmallows
• 50 g butter
• a few drops of lemon juice
• 100 g powdered sugar

For the snowman:

• 100 g waffle crumbs

1. Bring the milk to a boil.
2. Beat the egg with sugar, add flour.
3. Pour hot milk in a thin stream, stirring.
4. Place the mixture over low heat and bring until thickened.
5. Cover tightly with film and leave to cool.
6. Pour the cream over the chocolate, dissolve in a steam bath, stirring continuously
7. Beat the softened butter and gradually add the cooled custard, condensed milk, melted chocolate, coconut flakes into it, beat.
8. Prepare the syrup, bring water and sugar to a boil, cook for a couple of minutes, cool.
9. Soak two sponge cakes in syrup and coat with cream.
10. We build a house from the third cake layer, cut out a square, soak it in syrup, and apply cream. We make a roof out of triangles and cover it with cream.
11. Warm up the marshmallows, combine with butter, add lemon juice, powdered sugar, mix the mastic, and color with dye.
12. We cut out the green blanks for the Christmas tree and assemble it on a wooden skewer. We will make miniature boxes with gifts under the Christmas tree.
13. Mix waffle crumbs with cream, make balls, and assemble a snowman.
14. Place the composition on the cake.

New Year's candle cake

Such a sweet candle will not only look beautiful on the table, but will also add special solemnity to the holiday. The cakes can be baked in advance according to any recipe you like or bought at the store.

You will need:

• 2 sponge cakes
• can of condensed milk
• 250 g butter
• 100 of any syrup
• 200 grams of mastic
• dye
• small candle

Creative process:

1. Beat butter with condensed milk.
2. Cut the biscuit into squares, soak it in syrup and place it in a pyramid, covering it with cream.
3. Coat the sides with cream.
4. Paint the mastic pink and roll it out with a rolling pin.
5. Wrap the candle in mastic, level it, and decorate it to your liking.
6. Place a candle on top.

How to decorate a New Year's cake

There are an incredible number of ideas for New Year's cake decoration. Cream of different colors and chocolate are used. Jewelry made from mastic is especially popular now. There is room for imagination here. You can make any figures, from the simplest to entire fairy-tale scenes. The inscription 2020 will look great. Everyone can choose the composition they like, and then the cake will become truly New Year’s.

That's all for today. I hope that you have already chosen which cake will appear on your New Year's table. As you have seen, there is nothing complicated in preparation, but thanks to these colorful cakes, the holiday atmosphere will be even more joyful and fun. For our next meeting, I have prepared no less interesting recipes for sweet pastries and will definitely introduce you to them.

I love to cook, but sometimes there is absolutely no time for it, and I really want to treat myself and my loved ones to something delicious, especially on the eve of the New Year holidays. I recently found an amazing recipe for an interesting cake, exactly in the shape of the main symbol of the coming year, and the most important thing is to make it as easy as pie.

I like that you don’t have to bake it in the oven, just mix the ingredients, wait a little, and the delicious treat will be ready. If you have young cooks in your family, be sure to involve them, it will be fun and educational, and the result of your efforts will definitely be appreciated by the rest of the family.

• 500 g fat sour cream (15-20%);
• 200 g of Zoo cookies;
• 150 g granulated sugar;
• 2 small bananas (or 1 large);
• 4 tbsp. coconut flakes for sprinkling;
• a few grapes and raisins for decoration.

How to cook:

To begin, place sour cream from a jar in a deep bowl, pour all the sugar into it and mix thoroughly. Continue mixing until the grains begin to dissolve; for convenience and to speed up the process, take a whisk or use a mixer.

Remove the skin from the bananas, cut the fruit into small pieces and stir into the mixture. The consistency should be homogeneous, without lumps. Add all the cookies to the resulting mass, leaving a couple of pieces for decoration. Mix the products again, all cookies should be covered in sour cream, leave the contents of the cup to swell for a couple of hours. Ideally, make the preparation in the evening, then the cookies will be thoroughly soaked overnight, and it will be easier for you to make a cake from them.

On a note!

At your discretion, replace sour cream and sugar with regular condensed milk, but only good quality.

When the mass in the cup is soft, place it on a flat plate and use a spoon to shape it into a convex drop, pressing down the edges. This will be the body of the mouse. Sprinkle the resulting figure with a thin layer of coconut flakes. Make a muzzle: to do this, insert a couple of raisins in place of the eyes, and stick a grape for the nose. Ears can be made from leftover cookies. It is better to serve the New Year's rat to the table a little later, so that all the ingredients are soaked. There are unlikely to be those who refuse to try a tasty morsel, so feel free to place the treat in the center of the table - it will be impossible to resist. Bon appetit and happy winter holidays!

Place your creation in the center of the table, your guests will appreciate your culinary skills and will be happy to try such an attractive dessert.

Delicious and simple Christmas tree cake for the New Year

The symbol of the holiday - the spruce - must be present on the New Year's table. We suggest making an edible Christmas tree; children and adults will love it.

• butter - 200 g;
• granulated sugar - glass;
• 3-4 tbsp. powdered sugar;
• flour - 1.5 cups;
• baking powder, pinch;
• 90-100 g white chocolate;
• 100 g coconut flakes;
• starch - 1/2 tsp;
• 2 yolks;
• ½ cup sour cream;
• 1/2 cup cream 25%.

How to cook:

Combine the yolks with sugar and mash well. Add sour cream, then add flour little by little. Thaw the butter until soft and add to the egg mixture. Add baking powder. The dough should become thick, but not sticky. Transfer the mixture into a bowl or bag and put it in a cool place for 40-50 minutes.

Make stars of different sizes from paper, from large to small. Roll out the dough and then cut out the stars according to the sketches. Bake the shortcakes for 10-15 minutes.

Melt the chocolate, add cream with starch and powdered sugar. Grind the coconut flakes in a blender and add to the melted chocolate.

Assemble the Christmas tree: place the largest cake on the bottom, grease it with the creamy mixture, and press down on top with a smaller cake. Thus, the smallest cake should be on the top of the tree. Decorate the top with candied fruits by gluing them onto the cream. Let the tree harden for 1-2 hours. Using the same principle, you can prepare a chocolate Christmas tree.

On a note!

Country sour cream is great for cream; it is richer and whips up much better than store-bought product.

“New Year's Boot” - a very tasty and beautiful cake

In other countries, there is a tradition of making shoe-shaped sweets for the New Year holidays. It is believed that such a delicacy will bring good luck to those who try it. We suggest making a cake in the shape of a boot for the New Year. Household members will be pleasantly surprised by the surprise and will immediately want to try a piece.

• 350-400 g sugar;
• 350-400 g flour;
• 10 eggs.
• boiled condensed milk - 300 g;
• 200 g butter.

To soak the cakes:

• 200 g granulated sugar;
• 200 g strawberry jam;
• 1.5 cups of boiled water.

For decoration:

• 8 egg whites;
• tsp citric acid;
• red food coloring;
• a glass of sugar;
• glass of water.

How to cook:

Mix the cooled eggs with granulated sugar with a whisk. Using a wooden spatula or spoon, fold the flour into the egg mixture. You can pour the flour into the egg mixture directly through a sieve, but stir constantly.

Take a rectangular mold, line it with parchment and pour the dough into it. Place the mold in the oven for 40-50 minutes. You can bake the cakes 2-3 times in a row, you can make one large cake and then cut it into 3 parts.

Cut the butter into pieces, leave in a cup for 1-2 hours in the kitchen to soften. Beat the butter with a mixer, then add the condensed milk with a spoon. Beat the cream for at least 5 minutes until it becomes fluffy. Make syrup for soaking in a saucepan. Heat the water, add sugar and bring to a boil. Cook the mixture briefly for 3-4 minutes until thickened. Then turn off the heat.

Soak rectangular cooled cakes in syrup for a couple of hours. Then spread a thin layer (jam) on them, and place cream impregnation on top. Stack the shortcakes on top of each other. Cut out a boot from the cake: cut a semicircle on the long side, and cut the bottom of the cake a little obliquely. Place the remaining cake in the top part.

Now you need to make a creamy mixture for decoration. Take egg whites, beat them with sugar (150 g) until thick white foam. Set a glass of water to heat, after boiling, dissolve the remaining sugar, cook for 3-4 minutes, then remove from heat. Carefully pour the hot syrup into the protein foam. To prevent it from settling, stir the whites in one direction and add lemon.

Divide the custard mixture into 3 equal parts. Set aside one part, add coloring to the rest and place in a piping bag. Decorate the cake with red cream, and then use the remaining white cream to draw patterns or make a frill around the boot. Place the finished cake in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, then serve it to your guests.

On a note!

If you like nuts, you can use them for the filling. Place nuts and cream between the cake layers.

Delicious and beautiful Raffaello cake for the New Year

If you don’t have time, or you don’t want to bother with preparing the cakes, then you will definitely like the Raffaello recipe. Buy a ready-made cake from the store, then soak it in cream and decorate. A delicious dessert will be ready to serve in just a few minutes.

• sponge cake - 1 pc.;
• 2 cups cream with 30% fat content;
• thickener - 2 sachets;
• box of Raffaello chocolates;
• white chocolate bar;
• 3 tbsp. coconut flakes.

How to cook:

Remove the cream from the refrigerator so that it is at room temperature. Beat the cream with the thickener using a mixer for 3-5 minutes.

Set aside 7-8 candies from the box, place the remaining candies in a mixer cup and grind until smooth. Place the candy mixture into the whipped cream. You should get a thick cream.

Divide the biscuit into 2 equal parts. Grease each part with creamy mixture. Place the pieces on top of each other.

Grate the chocolate on a fine grater and sprinkle the cake with crumbs. Sprinkle the sides and top with additional coconut flakes. Place sweets on top of the cake and put the kettle on. You can try the delicacy right away, but the cake will be especially tasty when it has been soaked for 2-3 hours.

You can increase the number of layers on the cake, just don’t forget to make more cream. Full recipe with step by step photos.

Cake "Santa Claus" 2020

A delicious and light cake can be prepared if you have 3-4 sponge cakes in your kitchen. You can use store-bought ones or bake them yourself, if time permits. It takes no more than half an hour to prepare the cake.

• 4 sponge cakes;
• 1.5 cups sour cream;
• 3 tbsp. powdered sugar;
• 100 g canned pineapples;
• 4 egg whites;
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar;
• For decoration:
• tsp red dye;
• a handful of grapes.

How to cook:

Place sour cream in a cup and beat it well with a mixer. Then add powdered sugar little by little and continue beating for another 4-5 minutes. Drain the juice from the pineapples. If you bought whole fruits in syrup, then divide them into small pieces.

Now you can start assembling. Take a flat plate and apply a little cream mixture to its center, so the cake will not slip. Place the cake layer, brush it with cream, put another one on it, brush it again. Do not grease the top of the cake with cream, we will decorate it differently.

Take a saucepan and pour 50-60 ml of water into it. Put it on fire. When the water boils, add 1 tbsp. sugar and cook for 2-3 minutes, then turn off the heat and cover the syrup with a lid to cool slowly. Beat the egg whites with granulated sugar into a thick foam, slowly pour the syrup into the whites, stirring constantly. Divide the custard into 3 parts, add coloring to one part and set aside for now. Fill a pastry bag with white cream and start creating. First do the beard, then the face. Insert grapes instead of eyes. Next, use red cream to make the nose, mouth and cap. Place the cake in the refrigerator to soak for at least 2 hours. Enjoy your tea!

Cake "Snowman" for the New Year's table

Take note of the recipe for a New Year's dessert with the winter name Snowman. The cake turns out tender, the sponge cake is well soaked in cream. Coconut shavings or white grated chocolate are suitable for decoration. It takes about 1.5 hours to prepare.

• 4 chicken eggs;
• 1/2 cup flour;
• a glass of granulated sugar;
• 2 tbsp. starch;
• 100-150 g butter;
• a bag of vanilla sugar - 10-15 g;
• a pinch of salt.

To prepare the cream:

• 300 g village cottage cheese;
• 400 g heavy cream;
• tbsp gelatin;
• 100 g sugar.
• for decoration:
• a couple of grapes;
• a piece of carrot;
• 100 g coconut flakes.

How to cook:

Remove the eggs from the refrigerator in advance so that they reach room temperature. Beat the eggs with sugar, gradually adding it to the mixture. Add sifted flour, softened butter and baking powder. Sprinkle vanilla sugar and salt into the dough. You need to bake 4 cakes: 2 with a larger diameter, 2 with a smaller diameter. You can use the same baking pan, just cut the baked cakes onto a plate with a smaller diameter. Remove the finished cakes from the mold and cool.

Mix the cream and cottage cheese in one cup so that there are no lumps in the mixture, take a blender or mixer. Add sugar to the mixture and gelatin.

Place 2 shortcakes of different diameters on a large plate and brush with cream mixture. Then place the remaining cakes in accordance with the size of the previous ones and go over the cream again. Sprinkle the snowman with shavings. Insert grapes and carrots instead of eyes and nose, you can also make a smile from carrots. It takes 2 to 3 hours to soak the cakes, but it is better to put the dessert in a cool place overnight, then it will soak even better.

Replace the cottage cheese for making cream with cream cheese, then you won’t feel sour.

Snowman sponge cake recipe

I suggest you prepare the “Snowman” cake for the New Year. It turns out very funny, the design is not complicated, so you can safely start cooking with me.

The taste of the cake is soft, since the cake layers are biscuit and the cream is made from sour cream. If for some reason you cannot use sour cream, then replace it with confectionery cream. You can also safely add your favorite fruits to the cake: kiwi, pineapples, bananas, strawberries and other berries.

Ingredients needed to prepare the dough:

• eggs – 5 pieces;
• sugar – 150 grams;
• flour – 1 glass;
• cocoa – 2-3 tablespoons.

Necessary ingredients for making cream:

• sour cream – 1 pack (weight – 450 grams, fat content – ​​20-25%);
• sugar – 150 grams.

Beat the indicated number of eggs into the mixer bowl. There is no need to separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the egg mixture for 3 minutes. During this time, it will become fluffy and increase slightly in volume. Add sugar to the beaten eggs. The mixer, if you have a stationary one, do not turn it off. Beat everything for 3-5 minutes.

Now add flour and immediately cocoa. Stir the dough.

Place the dough in a round metal baking pan lined with parchment paper. Place the pan in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove the finished chocolate sponge cake from the mold.

Place the sour cream in a mixing bowl. Add sugar immediately. Turn on the mixer and beat the cream for at least 5 minutes. During this time, the sour cream will become significantly thicker, and the resulting cream will be convenient for lubricating the cakes.

Cut the finished chocolate cake into three parts. Let them cool completely, otherwise the cream will “melt” and drip off them.

Grease all the cakes (the top one too) with sour cream.

Now you can paint the remaining cream in the desired colors (using gel dyes) and draw the snowman's eyes, cheeks, mouth and nose. I used ready-made eyes and cheeks from mastic. The nose and mouth were cut out of carrots. This is such a beautiful and festive “Snowman” cake!

Agree, you can’t imagine a better treat on New Year’s Eve!

Happy New Year!

Cake "Snowflake"

If you are still thinking about a New Year's dessert, we advise you to prepare an airy cake. It will especially appeal to those who love buttercream and coconut flakes.

• a glass of flour;
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• a small piece of butter weighing 30-50 g;
• tsp baking powder;
• 1.5 cups cream;
• a glass of fat sour cream;
• 4 tbsp. powdered sugar;
• white chocolate bar;
• 100 g coconut flakes.

How to cook:

Grind the eggs with granulated sugar into a homogeneous mass. Sift flour into it and add baking powder. Add melted butter to the dough and place in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Divide the dough into 6 parts, form a cake from each part and bake in the oven for no more than 10 minutes.

Mix sour cream with cream, beat the mixture with a mixer for at least 5 minutes. According to tbsp. add powdered sugar. Melt white chocolate in a water bath and add to the cream.

Grease the shortbreads with the cream mixture and combine. Apply the remaining cream mixture to the top layer and sides of the cake and sprinkle the cake with coconut flakes. Leave the Snowflake in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours, then you can try the cake with tea.

“Zebra” - a simple cake for the New Year’s table

An unusual treat is easy to prepare using this recipe. It is simple, so even an inexperienced housewife can handle it. Therefore, stock up on food and start cooking without any delay.

To prepare the dough:

• 150 g granulated sugar;
• 150 g butter;
• 4 eggs;
• 300 g sour cream with a fat content of at least 20%;
• 1.5 cups flour;
• 2 tsp baking powder;
• 30 g cocoa.

For cream:

• 1.5 cups sour cream 20%;
• 150 g granulated sugar;
• tsp vanilla extract.

For the glaze:

• 100 g butter;
• 50 ml milk;
• 100 g granulated sugar;
• powdered sugar - 3 tbsp.
• 50 g cocoa.

How to cook:

Remove the butter from the refrigerator and wait until it melts. Combine soft butter with sugar and grind until white. Add eggs, baking powder, mix. Add sour cream and sprinkle flour at the very end. The dough should be runny. Divide it into 2 parts. Add cocoa to one part.

Pour a ladle of white batter into the center of the baking dish, and pour the cocoa batter into the center. You should get a combination of 2 colors, you can take a needle and draw lines straight along the dough from the center to the edges, it will also be beautiful. Thus you need to bake 2 cakes.

Beat sour cream with granulated sugar to form a white thick cream. Add vanilla, stir. Grease the cooled cakes with sour cream and sugar. There is no need to grease the top cake; we will make glaze for it.

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Pour granulated sugar and cocoa into the butter and add milk. Cook the glaze until it thickens noticeably. Pour glaze over cake. Place in a cool place for 2-3 hours to allow the glaze to harden.

Cut out stencils of zebra stripes from paper. Place the stencils on the top of the cake and sprinkle with powder. Then carefully remove the paper. The cake is ready, enjoy your tea!

On a note!

Add a little coffee along with cocoa, then the aroma of the baked goods will be more pronounced.

Cake "Pancho" with pineapples

All family members will undoubtedly love the Pancho cake. It contains walnuts and canned pineapples, which makes the dessert taste unusual. Try making the cake yourself, it's not difficult.

• 1.5 cups granulated sugar;
• 6 chicken eggs;
• 1.5 cups flour;
• 5 tsp baking powder;
• 800 g sour cream with a fat content of at least 25%
• 200 g canned pineapple;
• 1.5 cups powdered sugar;
• a glass of walnuts (chopped).

How to cook:

Break the eggs into a bowl and grind with granulated sugar until you obtain a white, homogeneous mixture. Mix flour and baking powder, sift and spoon into eggs. stir.

Pour a third of the total volume of dough into a greased form. Bake at 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Add cocoa to the rest of the dough, mix again and bake the shortcake for half an hour.

Place the sour cream in a deep cup and mix with powdered sugar. Separate approximately ¼ of the total amount and place it in a separate bowl. Add pineapple pieces with nuts to the remaining cream.

Place the light cake on a flat plate and soak it in pineapple juice. Cut the baked chocolate cake into small pieces and mix with cream. Place the soaked pieces on a white sponge cake and shape them into a mound. Decorate the slide with sour cream. If you have a dark chocolate bar, grate it and sprinkle over the cake.

By the way, Pancho cake with cherries turns out very tasty.

Red Velvet Cake

In cafes and restaurants, you can often find a dessert called Red Velvet on the menu. There is no need to buy dessert, because it is easy to prepare even at home. The cake simply melts in your mouth, and its taste is very delicate due to the airy cream.

• 1.5 cups flour;
• 1.5 cups granulated sugar;
• 100 ml vegetable oil;
• 1/2 stick of butter;
• 3 eggs;
• 1.5 cups kefir;
• 2 tsp red gel dye;
• tsp baking powder;
• a pinch of vanilla sugar.

For cream:

• a glass of powdered sugar;
• a stick of butter;
• 800-900 g Mascarpone.

How to cook:

Start cooking by beating the eggs. Beat the egg mixture until foamy, then gradually add the flour sifted through a sieve. Add softened butter to the mixture, stirring constantly, add kefir. Add a pinch of vanilla sugar to the dough and add baking powder. Stir the dough so that there are no lumps; you can use a mixer or blender. Add color to the dough. Pour the mixture into a baking dish and bake the cake for 1 hour at 180 degrees.

When the cake has cooled, wrap it in cellophane film and place it in the refrigerator overnight. Then the biscuit turns out soft.

To make the cream, grind the softened butter with powdered sugar. The color of the mass should turn white. Then add Mascarpone cheese to the mixture. Stir the cream mixture constantly until it is smooth.

Remove the biscuit from the refrigerator. Using a thread or knife, cut it into 2 or 3 parts. Place the crumbs that remain from cutting on a plate; they will be needed for sprinkling. Grease each part with cream, and then place the cakes on top of each other. Grease the top and sides of the cake with the remaining cream, and then sprinkle with crumbs. Leave the dessert to soak in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, or better yet, overnight. Enjoy your tea!

On a note!

Instead of Mascarpone cheese, another cream cheese or homemade cottage cheese will do.

Cake design ideas for New Year 2020 Desserts must be included. Even if you have never cooked, but want to try, go for it, you will definitely succeed, and our easy recipes will help you. Happy holidays and happy new year!
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New Year's feast is always associated with abundance. There are a lot of different dishes put on the table, all of it needs to be eaten at night and quickly, but despite this you can’t do without cake. After all, this is one of the most festive symbols. An original dessert for the New Year 2019 will decorate the richest table and will never be out of place on it. Today, an incredible number of recipes for New Year's cakes have been invented, but every time housewives face a difficult choice. It is not so easy to choose one single cake recipe, whether new or old, that will not only correspond to the symbol of the coming year, but will also please the whole family and guests. We bring to your attention a category where we have collected for you recipes for original, tasty, beautiful and unusual cakes for the New Year 2019.

Each nation traditionally prepares New Year's sweets according to its own special recipes. For example, in Norway there is a tradition of making cookies in the shape of animals or shaped bread. For Danish residents, this is a great excuse to enjoy fruitcakes and honey pies. In Wales, traditional sweets include oatcakes, puddings and apples in dough. Italians celebrate the New Year with shaped cookies with powdered sugar called “chiachiere”. And the Slavs, as you know, cannot imagine a holiday without a delicious, beautiful cake.

Housewives usually look for cake recipes that will outwardly remind them of the holiday. Therefore, many have already decided to make a New Year's cake in the shape of a dog, which will be a symbol of the coming year. But don’t refuse to coax your dog with a dessert in the form of a sugar bone; decorating it will be much easier. You can also prepare “Napoleon”, “Raffaello” or any other cake that is loved in your family according to the traditional recipe. In this section of our culinary website you will find sponge cakes, ice cream cakes, marshmallow cakes, fondant cakes, shortcake cakes and others for the New Year 2019. Bright step-by-step recipes with photos will turn even those who are very far from the kitchen into a skilled cook.

Every housewife understands how important it is for delicious New Year cakes to look beautiful and appetizing. That's why so much attention is paid to their design. So, using the same cake recipes, you can decorate them in different ways. And as a result, something new will come out every time. For example, you can make a New Year's cake in the shape of Santa Claus, a Christmas tree, a snowman, or a snowflake. If you are not deprived of imagination and a sense of proportion, then you can prepare a cake in the shape of a fairy-tale house, adding plots and traditional New Year’s symbols to it. Choose step-by-step New Year cake recipes on our website, put in a little effort and your own imagination, and you will definitely be able to surprise your guests.

Cook with us and you will see how easy it is. Making cakes according to recipes with photos is as easy as shelling pears. Choose the one you like and serve only the most delicious and beautiful desserts on your holiday table, surprising everyone with your culinary masterpieces.

Homemade New Year's cake is a real event. They spend much more time, effort and imagination on its preparation than on ordinary baking for tea. Experiments with trendy cakes, favorite recipes from Soviet confectioners or creative gingerbread houses maintain a warm family tradition.

The chocolate extravaganza of Soviet times will more than reward the time spent in the kitchen.

Biscuit dough:

• 100 g flour;
• 6 eggs;
• 150 g sugar;
• 40 g butter;
• 30 g cocoa.

The biscuit is baked in advance, no less than a day before the “X” hour. It must “rest” well before they start cutting it into cakes, otherwise you will end up with nothing but crumbs. It will take a few more hours for high-quality impregnation.

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC. The mold must be placed in a hot oven until air bubbles come out of the dough.
2. Beat the egg whites and half the sugar in a mixer until they form a strong foam. To make the mass fluffy, you can add salt at the tip of a knife.
3. Grind the yolks to a white cream with the remaining sugar. All grains should dissolve.
4. Carefully combine both masses, maintaining the foam structure.
5. Sift the flour and mix with cocoa. Add it little by little to the egg mixture.
6. Add melted and cooled butter.
7. Cover the pan with parchment. For the specified amount of products you will need a container 22 cm in diameter. The sponge cake is baked tall so that it can be divided into layers.
8. Pour the whipped dough into the mold, place in a hot oven for 30 minutes and do not open the door during this time. Biscuit does not like drafts and temperature changes.
9. Cool the cake preparation and keep it under a towel for 8 hours.

Chocolate cream:

• 50 g cocoa;
• 15 ml water;
• yolk;
• 100 g condensed milk;
• 200 g butter;
• vanilla sugar.

The cream is prepared on the basis of syrup.

1. Dissolve the yolk in water.
2. Add condensed milk and vanilla.
3. Heat the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly. The mixture should thicken a little.
4. Pour the cooled syrup into the softened butter and beat the whole mass.
5. While beating, add cocoa powder a pinch at a time so that no bitter lumps form.

An important step: in order for the cakes to acquire moisture and heaviness, “Prague” is soaked in sweet tea:

• brew strong black tea without flavorings;
• Dilute 70 g of sugar in 100 ml of hot drink and cool.

The biscuit is divided into at least three layers. This is done with a long knife or fishing line. The result depends on practice. If the cakes break or turn out uneven, you can glue and level them using cream.

1. Place the cake on a serving plate and soak it in tea.
2. Apply a layer of cream.
3. Repeat with the rest of the cakes.
4. Spread the top one with apricot jam.
5. Cool the cake.

For decoration:

• 100 g dark chocolate;
• 10 g butter.

The icing is prepared just before applying to the cake.

1. Dissolve chocolate and butter in a water bath.
2. Sprinkle the cake with starch to secure the glaze.
3. Distribute it, smoothing it with a warm wide knife or spatula. To prevent the instrument from cooling down, it is dipped in boiling water from time to time.
4. Decorate the cake once the icing has completely hardened.

Here it is, a simple recipe for a delicious Prague cake. According to standards, after “assembling” the dessert should sit for another eight hours, although it is already quite ready.

"Bird's milk" for the New Year

The secret of this famous cake is its elastic, creamy soufflé and plenty of sugar.

For the biscuit:

• 150 g flour;
• 100 g butter;
• 100 g sugar;
• two eggs;
• vanillin.

For the soufflé:

• 450 g sugar;
• 200 g butter;
• 100 g condensed milk;
• 150 ml water;
• two proteins;
• a teaspoon of agar-agar;
• half a teaspoon of citric acid

The glaze is prepared from chocolate and butter taken in a 2:1 ratio.

1. Add vanillin and sugar to the softened butter.
2. Beat in the eggs.
3. Sift the flour.
4. Combine everything into a homogeneous dough, thick like sour cream.
5. Bake two separate cakes for 10 minutes at 200ºC.

Before preparing the soufflé, you need to prepare the agar-agar according to the instructions on the package.

1. Heat it until completely dissolved.
2. Boil the syrup for 5 – 10 minutes over very low heat. Quality control: from a drop of finished syrup you can roll an elastic ball.
3. While the syrup is cooling slightly, mix the butter and condensed milk cream.
4. Add citric acid to the whites and beat the mixture into a strong meringue-like foam.
5. Continuing to work with the mixer, gradually pour in the syrup and add the buttercream.
6. Agar-agar stabilizes at 40ºС, so the cake must be formed immediately, without allowing the creamy mass to cool.
7. Line a springform pan with parchment and place alternate layers of sponge cake and cream on it.
8. Leave the workpiece in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
9. Prepare and cool the glaze. Spread it over the frozen soufflé.

You can carefully cut the soufflé with a hot knife.

Festive cake “Napoleon” with custard

A multi-layer cake becomes tastier the better it is soaked. The custard gives Napoleon a special tenderness.

For the classic test:

• egg;
• 125 ml water;
• 5 g citric acid;
• 5 g salt;
• 200 g butter;
• 300 g flour.

It will take a long time to work with the dough. To prevent it from being “dragged out”, all products are pre-cooled strongly.

1. Sift flour onto a kneading board. Rub oil into it.
2. Mix the ingredients with chopping movements of the knife until they form moist crumbs.
3. Dilute the egg, acid and salt with water.
4. Pour the liquid into the butter crumbs while continuing to chop the dough.
5. Knead the finished dough lightly with your hands and divide into 12 parts.
6. Wrap each one in film and refrigerate.

In cream:

• 1 liter of milk;
• 250 g sugar;
• 2 pcs. eggs and individual yolks;
• 80 g starch;
• 5 g vanillin.

If the cream seems cloying, the amount of sugar can be reduced by a third.

1. Melt sugar in hot milk.
2. Combine the eggs and yolks with the remaining ingredients and some of the milk to equalize the temperature. No need to beat.
3. Pour the egg mixture into the milk.
4. As soon as it starts to thicken and stretch behind the whisk, immediately remove it from the stove.
5. To prevent the cream from winding, cling film should be pressed close to its surface.

Before rolling out the cakes, you need to preheat the oven. Then:

1. Roll out the chilled dough portions to the size of the pan.
2. Pierce in several places so that the cake does not warp during baking.
3. Bake until golden brown at 200ºC.

Before assembling Napoleon, you should drop a little cream onto the dish to fix the cake.

1. Distribute at least 3 tablespoons of cream onto the cake.
2. Coat “Napoleon” with cream and sprinkle with cake crumbs.
3. Leave to soak for several hours in a cool place.

How to cook "Bounty"

Recipes for delicious cakes are born from the most unusual associations. “Bounty,” a delicacy with a delicate coconut filling, is created “based on” the famous chocolate bar.

For soft cake layers:

• 80 g flour;
• 20 g cocoa;
• 120 g sugar;
• three eggs;
• 5 g baking powder.

For the specified quantity of products you will need a mold with a diameter of at least 22 cm.

1. Beat eggs with sugar.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients little by little and mix well.
3. Pour the batter into the greased pan. Bake for 30 minutes at 190ºС.
4. Cool the dough completely in the mold and divide into two cake layers.
5. Soak them in a mixture of cream and Malibu liqueur, taken 1:1.

For the filling:

• 200 ml milk;
• 150 ml coconut flakes;
• 100 g butter;
• 100 g sugar.

Coconut flakes are pre-steamed in a deep saucepan.

1. First melt the butter and sugar. Pour in the milk carefully so as not to curdle.
2. Pour in the coconut flakes and, stirring vigorously, keep the mixture on the stove for a quarter of an hour.
3. Place the cooled mixture on the bottom layer and cover with the second layer on top.

To give the cake a finished look, you need to coat it with melted chocolate and butter icing.

Red Velvet Cake

A popular American recipe from Adams Extract, a manufacturer of confectionery dyes and flavors, is designed to use original products from this company. But by replacing a few ingredients, you can successfully adapt it for home cooking and surprise your guests with an original, colorful treat.

For a cake with a diameter of 22 cm:

• 300 g flour;
• 300 g powdered sugar;
• 20 g cocoa;
• two eggs;
• 110 g white margarine;
• 240 ml kefir;
• 5 g salt;
• 10 g vanilla extract;
• 15 g soda;
• 15 ml vinegar;
• 30 ml red dye.

You only need 2 teaspoons of gel dye. Dry dye will not allow you to achieve the desired rich shade. White margarine can be replaced with butter and vegetable oil in a ratio of 7:3. Vegetable oil will give the cakes moisture and the right texture.

1. Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, soda.
2. Beat softened margarine and powdered sugar.
3. Add eggs, vanilla extract and beat the mixture thoroughly again.
4. Alternately add the flour mixture and kefir in parts. You need to mix the dough quickly so that it does not “drag on.”
5. Add vinegar to the last portion of kefir.
6. Bake in turns in 2 - 3 parts or in 2 - 3 forms at once. The optimal temperature is 175ºС. Baking time – 30 – 35 minutes.
7. Remove the “cap” from the cooled cakes with a fishing line so that the surface is smooth. The remains of the biscuit will be useful for decoration: cut out stars and other New Year's symbols. It is convenient to sprinkle the sides with crumbs.

For thick cheese cream:

• 600 g of curd or cream cheese (Philadelphia or Mascarpone);
• 300 ml cream 33 – 35%;
• 300 g powdered sugar.

Cream can be replaced with 300 g of butter.

1. Beat chilled cream and powder until smooth.
2. Add the cheese little by little without stopping the mixer.

It is better to assemble the cake in a ring, as you will get thick layers of cream.

1. Spread about a quarter of the cream onto each cake layer.
2. Smooth it over the surface with a pastry spatula.
3. To stabilize the dessert, place it in the cold.

Clock cake for the holiday

For the New Year's table, you can use any proven recipe for sponge cake, turning it into a symbol of the holiday with the help of appropriate decor.

To decorate a cake in the form of a dial:

• 100 g dark chocolate;
• 300 ml condensed milk;
• 300 g butter.

For the base of the cake - sponge cakes. The dough, as in the Bird's Milk cake recipe, or from the previous version, is perfect.

1. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and spread in an even layer on cling film until completely set.
2. Prepare two fluffy cakes and one very thin one.
3. Beat the cream from equal parts of condensed milk and butter.
4. Combine the cakes with cream and put the dough in the cold.
5. Using a cake cutter, cut out 12 circles for numbers from the thin cake layer.
6. Place them around the circumference of the top cake and secure to the surface with cream.
7. Cover the top and sides of the cake with the remaining cream.
8. Using a sharp knife, cut out the numbers and arrows of the desired size from the chocolate sheet and carefully transfer them to the stands. Set the clock hands to 23:55 so that guests have time to make a wish before the chimes strike.

New Year's cake "Christmas tree" with meringue

A no-bake cake made from ready-made meringue will save the housewife a couple of hours in the pre-holiday bustle.

For decoration:

• meringue 3 – 4 cm in diameter;
• chocolate-covered hazelnuts or colored dragees;
• white chocolate as “glue”.

From cardboard or thick paper you need to roll a cone to the size of the future Christmas tree and wrap it in foil.

1. Melt the chocolate in a water bath.
2. Dip the flat part of the meringue into it and attach it in rows to the cone.
3. Glue chocolate balls or other delicious decorations in between.

Festive dessert “Shishka”

This themed no-bake dessert is also quick and easy to make. Children will cope with this work on their own and help prepare the festive table.

For the cake you will need:

• 100 g chopped nuts (walnuts or hazelnuts);
• 100 g of dry cookies;
• a can of boiled condensed milk;
• 30 g cocoa;
• “Straw” cookies according to the number of cones;
• 150 g chocolate corn flakes;
• powdered sugar.

"Pine cones" are about 4 - 5 cm tall. “Spruce” - up to 8 – 10 cm. Regular dark honey-colored corn flakes or almonds cut into petals are suitable for them.

1. Crush the cookies and rub out any lumps.
2. Combine crumbs, nuts, cocoa and condensed milk.
3. Form cones from the resulting sticky mass on the “straws” and place the blanks on a dish with the wide side down.
4. Press the cornflakes in rows around the circumference. The scales of “pine cones” are open, like the petals of a flower, while those of “spruce cones” are pressed together.
5. Break off the excess part of the straw and mask the tip.
6. Dust portions with powdered sugar to create a snow effect.

The cake must be kept refrigerated until serving.

Cookie treat “Winter House”

The famous “Gingerbread House” is an integral part of the European and now Russian tradition of decorating the festive table.

For beautifully decorated still lifes, such houses are baked from special dough in special molds, carefully considering the assembly method and design. For a home party or a creative evening with children, the process can be greatly simplified.

The walls and roof will look great from dry cookies; for decoration you can use any “goodies” that you have on hand.

To connect parts and create all kinds of icicles and snowdrifts you need to prepare sugar icing:

• egg;
• 260 g powdered sugar.

No kitchen equipment is needed; everything can be easily mixed with a spoon.

1. Separate the white from the egg.
2. Grind it with powdered sugar until smooth.
3. Use the glaze immediately before it hardens. You can pipe it from a pastry bag with the smallest hole.

A 1:1 scale drawing for the walls and roof will make your work easier.

Hard cookies can be carefully cut with a serrated knife.

1. “Cut out” the details for the house: two walls with triangular projections for the roof, two with holes for windows or doors.
2. Connect the walls with edges using glaze. The excess that protrudes from the seams is not removed.
3. Glue the piece onto a serving plate.
4. Secure the roof and, if desired, the pipe.
5. Decorate window openings and roof edges with icicles made from glaze.
6. Lay out the tiles from marshmallows, pieces of marmalade or draw using icing squeezed out of a pastry bag.
7. Make “drifts” around the house using glaze.

No-bake marshmallow treat

Without baking, you can prepare not only children's desserts for fun, but also a completely solid, and most importantly, delicious cake.

A simple recipe for a marshmallow masterpiece:

• 1 kg marshmallows;
• 700 g whipped cream;
• 200 g ground hazelnuts;
• 200 g dark chocolate;
• 500 g candied cranberries or currants.

Spread a little cream on a serving plate to seal the bottom layer of the cake. Then:

1. Lay out in layers: marshmallow halves/nuts/berries/marshmallows again and so on.
2. Cover all layers with whipped cream. The top layer should be marshmallow.
3. Pour melted chocolate over the cake and decorate with berries. Cool.

Jelly fruit cake for New Year

For filling:

• 1 kg of oranges or tangerines;
• 150 g canned pineapples;
• 150 g canned peaches;
• 100 g Savoyardi cookies or any biscuit.

For cream:

• 50 g gelatin;
• 100 ml water;
• 1 packet of vanillin;
• 800 g sour cream or thick yogurt;
• 180 g sugar.

If using a metal baking dish, simply submerge it in hot water for a minute and invert it onto a serving plate.

1. Dilute gelatin with water according to the instructions on the package.
2. Dissolve sugar in this liquid.
3. Combine the composition with sour cream. It is better to mix with a regular spoon, not a mixer, so that air bubbles do not form.
4. Peel citrus fruits and remove white films. Place a beautiful pattern on the bottom of the pan.

• 350 ml heavy cream;
• 400 g dark chocolate;
• 50 g white chocolate;
• 100 g powdered sugar;
• 80 ml Baileys liqueur;
• 100 g ground nuts;
• 50 g biscuit crumbs.

The crumble can be made from stale sponge cake or butter cookies.

1. Melt dark chocolate in hot cream. Add liqueur and cool slightly.
2. Mix nuts and biscuit crumbs and divide in half.
3. Place one part on the bottom of the greased mold and pour in the warm mixture.
4. Cover with the other half of the crumbs, gently pressing them into the chocolate.
5. Cool.
6. Before serving, invert the dessert onto a plate and decorate with white chocolate snowflakes.

Ideas on how to decorate a New Year's cake

Any cake can be turned into a Special New Year's Treat with a capital “S” using themed decor.

From colored mastic you can make three-dimensional or flat figures of Santa Claus, snowmen and deer, garlands of colored lanterns, mistletoe wreaths, gift boxes, decorative socks, etc.

For plastic mass:

• powdered milk,
• powdered sugar,
• condensed milk,
• a pinch of citric acid,
• food colorings.

Using melted chocolate, you can make inscriptions and patterns directly on the cake. If you apply drawings to cling film and cool them, you will get original figures: snowflakes, stars or Christmas trees.

You can also create a drawing or pattern using a stencil.

• Cut a snowflake from a napkin.
• Trace it on a second napkin and cut out the “negative”.
• Place a stencil on the cake covered with chocolate glaze and dust it with powdered sugar.
• The stencil should be removed very carefully so as not to disturb the design.

You can make any applique from colored slices of fruit or marmalade: kiwi for a green Christmas tree, cranberries for balls, strawberries for red caps, banana for round gnome faces.

To use all the ideas, you will have to prepare something special for Christmas, Old New Year and other holidays. Even for a Chinese New Year cake there is a unique designer solution.