Dessert
Russian Tea Cake
PrepPr30 minBakeBak30–35 minAssemblyAss45 minServesSrv~22Ca:PCa:P1:0.6
Ingredients
Sponge Cake
- 4 eggs, beaten until thick and pale
- 1 cup sugar
- 16 oz (2 cups) sour cream
- 1 tbsp baking soda (stirred into sour cream)
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups masa harina
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (for half the batter)
Cream Filling
- 16 oz whipped heavy cream (or thawed cool whip)
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 14 oz condensed milk
Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
Topping
- 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts (optional)
Directions
- Beat eggs and sugar until pale and thick. Mix sour cream with baking soda, then blend that and condensed milk into the eggs. Gradually stir in masa harina. Divide batter: leave half plain; mix cocoa into the other half.
- Spread each batter into foil-lined springform pans. Bake at 350°F for 30–35 minutes, until set. Cool completely.
- Trim and cut the cakes into cubes.
- Whip heavy cream (if using), then combine with sour cream and condensed milk.
- For ganache, simmer sugar, sour cream, and cocoa; whisk in butter and cool.
- Layer cubes and cream in a mound, building 3–4 layers, ending with cream. Freeze 30 min to set.
- Pour cooled ganache over the top, sprinkle with macadamia nuts, and refrigerate overnight before serving.
Contribution
Original recipeNutrition Facts
Per serving (1 of 22). Does not change when you scale ingredients.
- Calories 435.3772727272727
- Total Fat 503.3g
- Saturated Fat 283g
- Trans Fat 9.3g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 11.4g
- Monounsaturated Fat 53.9g
- Cholesterol 2379.4 mg
- Sodium 5953.8 mg
- Carbohydrate 1201.8g
- Fiber 50.2g
- Sugar 917.2g
- Starch 165.6g
- Protein 156.2g
- Calcium 4037 mg
- Phosphorus 2316.6 mg
- Ca:P ratio 1:0.6
- Vitamin A 1509.2 mcg
- Vitamin C 8.3 mg
- B1 (Thiamin) 1 mg
- B2 (Riboflavin) 2.6 mg
- B3 (Niacin) 7 mg
- B5 (Pantothenic) 4.6 mg
- B6 1.2 mg
- Folate 226 mcg
- B12 4 mcg
- Vitamin K 16.1 mcg
- Copper 3.8 mg
- Zinc 15.6 mg
- Selenium 109.2 mcg
- Caffeine 204.1 mg
