When we hear the word cake, everyone imagines something different. For some, it’s something airy with a lot of cream, others, on the contrary, like pastries decorated with fruit, and others will remember the “potato” that everyone knows from a young age.
Without exaggeration, this is a taste from childhood. It didn't require a lot of products, and the results were always amazing. The most interesting thing is that there is no single standard for preparing this delicacy. And each housewife chose as a basis the product that was at hand. Cookies, crackers, crackers, biscuits - everything was used.
But what it was especially appreciated for was its speed and ease of preparation. We have already shared with you recipes that you can whip up and still surprise your guests. These include fluffy charlotte, easy-to-prepare pies with apples, and even simple pancakes. But “potatoes” are beyond competition in this regard. After all, you don’t need to bake it, and this saves a lot of time. Remembering all the advantages of the cake, we decided to collect the most popular options for preparing it in one place. Study, cook, try and choose the one you like.
Potato cake made from cookies with condensed milk without baking, like in childhood
This is one of the simplest cakes that doesn’t even need to be baked in the oven. Simply mix all the ingredients into a sweet mass. The dessert is high in calories and very filling, so you won’t eat much of it. But occasionally you can enjoy it.
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Products:
- 500 g shortbread cookies
- 200 g butter
- 3-4 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 can of condensed milk
1. Break the cookies into pieces, place in a blender bowl and grind until flour. Pour it into a deep bowl and mix with cocoa. Place a couple of tablespoons into a separate plate for decoration.
2. Cut soft butter into pieces and add to chocolate flour. Using your hands, rub the mixture until smooth. Then gradually pour in the condensed milk. You should have a plastic soft dough. It shouldn't be too sticky.
3. Take a small piece and roll it into a potato. Roll it in crumbs on all sides and place on a plate. Form all products in this way.
To make the dough easier to mold, place it in the freezer for a while. It will cool a little and become firmer.
4. To decorate the cakes, mix a little butter with condensed milk. The resulting cream should not spread. Squeeze a few drops onto the potatoes through a piping bag or bag.
Place the finished dessert in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to cool.
From rich vanilla crackers
This cake recipe is very different from others in taste and ingredients. The “potato” turns out more loose and airy.
For this recipe you will need:
- Butter vanilla crackers – 300g;
- Milk – 120ml;
- Butter – 80g;
- Powdered sugar (for final decoration);
- White sugar -120ml;
- Cocoa powder – 0.5 tbsp;
- Liqueur, cognac (for adults) -3-4 tbsp.
Classic recipe for Potato cake according to GOST from sponge cake without condensed milk
To make cakes according to this recipe, you will have to tinker with preparing the sponge cake and buttercream. But the dessert will turn out exactly as it was in Soviet times. It is advisable to buy high quality products so that the products meet the requirements of GOST.
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For the biscuit:
- 240 g sugar
- 240 g flour
- 8 medium eggs
For Charlotte cream:
- 1 tbsp. cognac
- 220 g sugar
- 1 small egg
- 150 g milk
- 250 g butter
- vanilla essence
For sprinkling:
- 10 g cocoa powder
- 30 g powdered sugar
1. Break the whole eggs into a clean and dry blender bowl, without separating the whites from the yolks. Add sugar, beat at high speed into a white fluffy mass that should not spread. Add flour a little at a time, using a spatula to fold it into the egg mixture using a gentle circular motion from the bottom up from the edges to the center.
2. Pour the finished dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment. Spread in an even layer, bake in an oven preheated to 180° for 15-20 minutes. Then cool and carefully remove the paper.
3. Leave the finished biscuit overnight to dry. There is no need to cover it with anything. Using your hands, rub the cake into fine crumbs.
4. Pour milk into a thick-bottomed saucepan and add 200 g of sugar. Place the mixture over medium heat. Stirring constantly, bring it to a boil. Then cook for 1-2 minutes until the grains are completely dissolved.
5. In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg with the remaining sugar with a whisk. Pour in the milk syrup in a thin stream, stirring the egg vigorously. Pour the finished mixture into a saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook until thickened (after boiling for 1-2 minutes), stirring the mixture constantly. Its consistency should resemble not very thick condensed milk. Cool the cream to room temperature.
6. Cut soft butter into small pieces. Beat with a mixer into a fluffy mass. Continuing to beat, gradually add the cooled milk cream into it. Finally add cognac and vanilla essence. The mass should be fluffy and thick.
7. Set aside one or two tablespoons of cream for decoration. Combine the butter Charlotte with the biscuit crumbs, mixing the mass thoroughly with your hands. Shape the cakes into an oval shape. Place on a plate.
8. Mix cocoa powder with powdered sugar. Dip the potatoes on all sides in this mixture. Make three deep holes on top with a wooden stick. Fill them with cream so that they resemble potato sprouts.
After 2-3 hours, the cakes can be served with tea. During this time they will be well soaked, soft and tender.
How to cook Potatoes with cookies and cottage cheese
A nutritious dessert for breakfast will be a good start to the day. For convenience, the curd balls can be frozen in the freezer. And put a few pieces in the refrigerator overnight so that they are ready for use in the morning. Prepares very quickly from available products.
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Components:
- 150 g Yubileiny cookies (4 pcs.)
- 300 g cottage cheese 9% fat
- 50 g walnuts
- 3 tsp honey
- 3 tbsp. cocoa powder
1. Place the cookies in a blender bowl and grind into crumbs. Then also finely twist the walnuts.
Before using, it is better to lightly fry them in a frying pan - it will be tastier.
2. In a separate container, grind the cottage cheese with honey and cocoa. If the grains are large, first pass it through a fine sieve. You should get a soft paste.
3. Combine the resulting curd mass with crumbs. This can be done by hand or with a blender.
4. Roll the potatoes into balls or oval shapes. Roll in cocoa powder on all sides and place on a plate at a short distance from each other. Place in the refrigerator for 2 hours to soak.
The top of the cakes can be decorated with pieces of nuts and sprinkled with grated chocolate.
Homemade recipe for Potato cake with Jubilee cookies and condensed milk
If you have a sweet tooth and are not afraid to ruin your figure, this recipe is for you. Cakes based on shortbread cookies and sweet milk are tender and soft, melting in your mouth. And with roasted nuts it will be even tastier.
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Products:
- 200 g regular white condensed milk (half a can)
- 300 g Yubileiny cookies
- 100 g butter
- 5 tbsp. cocoa
- 1 tbsp. cognac
1. In a bowl, combine room temperature butter, condensed milk and cocoa powder sifted through a sieve. Mix with a whisk until smooth and soft. At the end, pour in a little cognac.
2. Break the cookies into pieces and place in a blender bowl. Grind into fine crumbs.
3. Thoroughly mix the oil mixture with the resulting crumbs. You should get a soft plastic mass.
4. Using your hands, mold it into products that are shaped like potatoes. Place them on a plate and sprinkle cocoa or grated dark chocolate on top.
If desired, the dessert can be decorated with thick cream, squeezed through a pastry bag with a nozzle.
Before serving, place the cakes in the refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes.
With boiled condensed milk
A taste that is familiar to every child is “Potato” cake with condensed milk.
For this labor-intensive but delicious recipe you will need:
- Biscuit cookies – 400g;
- Boiled condensed milk – 1 can;
- Vanilla sugar – (6-8g.);
- Butter – 50g;
- Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp;
- Dried fruits (raisins, nuts, dried apricots).
Cooking process:
- It is better to break the nuts (if any) by hand so that they are not too small. Raisins (if any) must be left in boiled water for 5-7 minutes. Then drain the water.
- We put store-bought liver through a meat grinder. Add sugar and prepared dried fruits to it.
- For the cream, you need to mix condensed milk and butter (slightly melted).
- Combine cream and dry mixture. Mix very thoroughly.
- We form small balls and send them to cool in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
The taste of the Potato cake very much depends on the type and quality of the cookies or crackers from which it is made. The best option would be a homemade biscuit.
How to make Potatoes from breadcrumbs with cocoa and butter
The taste of this dessert combines coffee, almonds and shortbread. Mini-cakes will appeal to everyone who loves chocolate cakes and candies. Potatoes are very filling - one piece will be enough to satisfy your sweet tooth for a long time.
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Compound:
- 150 g sugar
- 3 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 0.5 tbsp instant coffee (powder)
- 250 ml milk
- 100 g shortbread cookies
- 200 g sweet crumbly crackers
- 100 g almonds
- 150 g sugar
- 100 g butter
1. Mix milk, sugar, instant coffee and cocoa in a saucepan. Place the mixture over medium heat. Stir until the sugar grains are completely melted. Cool completely to room temperature.
2. In the bowl of a blender, alternately grind the cookies, crackers and almond grains into crumbs. Pour it into a separate container.
3. Cream the butter in a bowl and pour in the chocolate syrup. Using a blender, thoroughly mix the ingredients until smooth.
4. Combine the crumbs with the butter mixture. Mix until you get a thick, plastic dough. Add some more crushed biscuits if necessary. Place the finished mixture in the freezer for 20-30 minutes - it will be more convenient to work with.
5. Roll the chilled dough into a thick sausage. Then cut it into several equal parts. Shape each piece into an oval shape and roll in cocoa powder.
Decorate with nuts, sesame seeds, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Since the cake does not need to be baked, it is completely ready to eat.
With chocolate icing
If the classic recipe of breadcrumbs no longer brings great joy to your loved ones, then you can surprise them with an unusually tasty and complex recipe for “potatoes” with chocolate glaze.
For this you will need:
- Dark chocolate -200g;
- Dry cream -80g;
- Liquid cream (fat) – 4 tbsp;
- Sugar powder -100g;
- Egg – 6 pcs.;
- Wheat flour (premium grade) -290 gr..
Cooking process:
- First you need to prepare a biscuit. Separate the yolks from the whites of the eggs. Beat the yolk with half the sugar until bubbles appear and the mass lightens.
- Beat the whites with a whisk by hand (longer) or using a mixer until elastic peaks form.
- Next, add sugar to the whites and continue beating until the mixture becomes smooth and shiny.
- Carefully pour the whites into the yolk. Mix with a silicone spatula from bottom to top. As if mixing the yolk into the white.
- Sift the flour through a sieve and add to the mixture.
- Place the resulting dough in a mold previously sprinkled with flour and greased with melted butter.
- Bake the cake at 220 degrees for about 17 minutes.
- Now grind the resulting cake to crumbs. A blender works well for this.
- All that's left is the cream. Mix sugar and cream in a saucepan. Heat until the sugar dissolves. Beat the butter with a mixer and add the mixture heated in the pan to it. Beat well again.
- Add the cream to the biscuit crumbs and mix. We make cakes from sweet minced meat.
- Making the glaze. Heat the cream on the stove, but do not bring it to a boil. Then add the chocolate and stir until it dissolves. Let the glaze cool a little so that it becomes thicker. Pour glaze over potatoes.
These “potatoes” will be even tastier if you eat them with milk.
Cookie potato cake without butter with milk
Since the cookies already contain fat, butter is not added. The dough turns out crumbly and plastic. It is also easy to make cakes from it, and they are not so greasy.
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Ingredients (10 pieces, 50-60 g):
- 100 g chocolate (20 g for decoration, 80 for dough)
- 350 g shortbread cookies
- 20 g nuts
- 100 g milk
1. Break a chocolate bar into pieces, pour milk over it. Melt in the microwave - heat twice for 30 seconds until completely melted. Mix it with milk and cool slightly.
2. Place the cookies on the board and crush them into crumbs with a rolling pin. Place in a separate bowl.
3. Pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl with the crumbs, mix thoroughly with a spatula. The dough should be crumbly, but still press well in your hands.
4. Scoop up a little mass with a spoon and place it on your palm. Use your hands to form an oval shape similar to a potato. Place the finished products on a plate.
5. Grate 20 g of chocolate. Then melt in the microwave for 30 seconds. Add 1 teaspoon of milk to make the mixture less thick. Using a brush, coat the tops of the brownies with chocolate mixture.
Chop the nuts finely with a knife or grind in a blender. Press the wet side of the potatoes against the nuts so they stick.
Chill the dessert in the refrigerator before serving.
