Capteca - what is it, what are they? Photo of cake with filling

More and more often in the windows of the confectionery departments you can see a small cake called capcake. This product has gained popularity in the CIS countries not so long ago, so there are those who do not know anything about the kapekeys: what it is, what they are made of. They are interested in what they eat and serve on the table.

Capex: What is it?

First of all, it must be said that this is a dessert, which is a biscuit cake. The biscuit is nicely laid out filling.

Many who are not familiar with the English language, thinking about the capkeys, what it is, do not know whether it is worth making a choice in favor of this product.

If you translate the name, you get a "cup-shaped cake".

The history of the capkeys

Before, no one knew anything about the kapekeys. What is this, how to prepare them, is first encountered in a cookbook, dating from 1828, authored by Eliza Leslie.

The homeland of this dessert is America. There, in the past centuries, they were often baked in cups or forms that did not differ very much in size.

Most often, this dessert is a small cake that is easy to recognize by the cap of the cream.

Varieties

These cakes are the basis for the dough, stuffing, decoration.

The type of biscuit is distinguished:

• Light biscuit;
• Biscuit with cocoa;
• Biscuit with dried fruits or nuts.

Inside the biscuit there can be any sweet or sour-sweet filling:

• Berries or crushed fruit;
• cream;
• glaze;
• whipped cream.

The decoration is most often a cream. But there are different capkakes. The shape, the size of the cup remains, but the top of the cake can be decorated with mastic.

What is included in the

The composition of this product is quite common: it includes flour, salt, sugar, eggs, baking powder or baking soda. Sometimes depending on the recipe add sour cream.

Caps filled with fillings suggest the presence of ingredients that can be added to the dough both before baking and after.

Cream or mastic are laid out on the cooked product.

How to prepare

The variety of biscuit dough allows the product to rise high in the baking process, and practically does not differ in size from the initial volume of the dough.

If the recipe says that the biscuit rises very high, it is best to fill the capkake form with half or a third.

Since the dough for consistency is not very thick, it is best to distribute it in molds with a deep spoon or a small scoop. It is important to choose the correct size of the spoon, so that afterwards all the products are of the same shape.

After cooking the cakes you need to leave them to cool.

If the filling is not added initially, then, after the cakes have cooled, they cut out the core. In the resulting cavity is added jam, condensed milk or other kind of filling.

The top of the cake is decorated according to the theme of the celebration.

How to serve

This kind of cakes is baked in special, made of paper, molds. They come in different colors. In them, the dessert goes on sale.

For those who are going to prepare this delicacy at home, you need to purchase molds in advance. On the table, you can serve a capkake on a platter.

Product Caloric Value

Those who follow their figure, you should know that this kind of dessert is very nutritious. Do not eat it while dieting.

One hundred grams of the product contains approximately 390 kilocalories. Caps with stuffing is even more caloric.

The nutritional value of the product also depends on the type of cream: the protein will be less caloric than the oil.

Capquakes: photo

Dandelions with a lot of cream are the most popular. It can be of different colors. Beautiful caps made of glaze, berries and fruits are also decorated with capkakes. Photos show different versions of the product.

For which holidays are the

Cappucci with cream are an ornament of any festive table.

The first place in the rating of holidays, where this type of baking is irreplaceable, is children's celebrations. A huge advantage is the possibility of preparing capkakes with different flavors.

Dessert was also very popular at modern celebrations of the wedding. Small, tidy cakes are much more convenient than a bulky cake. If necessary, if one of the guests leaves the celebration ahead of time, he can take a treat with himself.

A favorite sweet is capkake and at various kinds of parties. If the celebration is thematic, then most often the cake decorations are made in the same style as all the attributes of the event.

It became fashionable for hen parties to prepare capkakes with leaves inside. They are put in a ready-made cake instead of the filling, top covered with cream. Writing wishes and predictions on the pages.

This kind of delicacy is good to serve both in closed rooms, and on holidays in the fresh air.

Advantages of choosing this delicacy

This dessert has a number of advantages that have enabled it to quickly conquer a huge number of devotees:

• Simplicity of cooking;
• Does not require a lot of time;
• Allows to show imagination in the choice of filling and decoration.

These kind of small cakes are very convenient for a small family, since they exclude the need to buy a big cake. This is especially important when the family members have different wishes about the filling and cream.

The ability to experiment with the type of cream, various fillings allow you to get every time a cake with a new taste. Thanks to this, the cakes are not boring and are a favorite kind of dessert for a large number of people.