Biscuit - favorite dessert
Sponge cake is one of the most common and favorite desserts. It owes its amazing taste not only to the airy dough and delicate cream, but also to such a seemingly insignificant detail as the impregnation for the biscuit, which makes the confectionery product juicy and aromatic. It’s not at all difficult to do, but you need to follow certain rules.
What is biscuit impregnation?
Cake impregnation is a sugar syrup with some kind of flavoring. As a rule, for a sponge cake with butter cream, impregnation is prepared with cognac, white wine, coffee, vanilla, liqueur, cream or chocolate. Fruit cakes are flavored with fruit and berry syrups and tinctures with the addition of food acid. It can be apricot, orange, cherry, lemon, apple, currant aroma.
Ingredients
The impregnation for the biscuit is prepared from sugar, water and flavoring. For 120 grams of water you will need 130 grams of sugar and a tablespoon of rum, cognac, liqueur, syrup, wine, etc.
How to cook
Pour boiled water into a saucepan, add sugar, and put on fire. Stir constantly until it boils. Remove from the stove, cool to a temperature of about 37 degrees. Now you can add any flavoring you like. Here are some options.
Chocolate impregnation
The chocolate impregnation for the biscuit can be prepared according to the following recipe. Place condensed milk (0.5 cans), cocoa powder to taste, and 100 grams of butter in a small saucepan. Pour water into a large saucepan, place on the stove and bring to a boil. Place a small saucepan with the ingredients in it, reduce the heat and simmer, stirring constantly. Do not bring to a boil, so as soon as the butter melts, remove from the stove. Beat the finished syrup with a mixer until fluffy.
How to soak
Cakes should not be soaked immediately after baking. They need to be allowed to sit for about seven hours. The amount of syrup will depend on the type of cakes. If they are dry, you will need a lot of it. But the butter sponge cake is coated only lightly to add smell and taste. You need to saturate the cake evenly, and a spray bottle into which you need to pour syrup will help. Sprinkle all the impregnation over the surface of the cakes and place the biscuits in the refrigerator for 8 hours, which will make the cake even tastier.
