Sponge cake "Zebra": homemade recipe

Striped biscuit "Zebra" is a recipe that is extremely popular in many countries. This pastry always looks very impressive, has a delicate taste with a chocolate tinge, and it's much easier to prepare desserts based on this recipe than it might seem.

Biscuit cakes can become the basis for a normal everyday pie for tea, and can turn into a holiday cake. It's all about the design and used additions (creams, impregnations, glaze, ganache). Moreover, on the basis of the recipe suggested in our article, you can prepare and wonderful cupcakes.

Necessary ingredients

First of all we will prepare the products from which our zebra biscuit will be prepared. The recipe with a photo step-by-step will help to make sure that there is nothing difficult to prepare. It is better to remove all components from the refrigerator in advance so that they warm up to room temperature.

We need the following:

• Sour cream - 200 ml;
• Chicken egg - 3 pcs .;
• Flour (sifted) - 2 items;
• Soda - 1 tsp;
• Margarine, butter or spread - 50 g;
• Sugar - 1 item;
• Cocoa - 2-3 tbsp. L.

Do not forget also about grease to lubricate the mold. For this purpose, the oil in the spray is ideal.

Preparation of a biscuit test step by step

It is believed that the preparation of any biscuit test is best suited to kneaders. Is not an exception and a sponge cake "Zebra"

The recipe with photos step-by-step at home will help you if at your disposal there is no such technique. You can use a conventional mixer or even whisk the ingredients by hand, using a whisk.

1. The first thing we need to thoroughly beat the eggs with sugar. This will create a gentle air base for our future biscuit. Steady peaks you will not work, because we use whole eggs, not proteins, but the mass should become fairly uniform and light, and in addition, increase in volume.
2. If the sour cream that you use is not too greasy and sour, you can add soda directly to it. Acids will be enough. Otherwise, pre-extinguish the soda with vinegar or lemon juice.
3. Add to the beaten eggs sour cream, melted butter, flour. Divide the dough into two parts.
4. In one of the parts, add cocoa and mix thoroughly.

Pouring into the mold

Biscuit "Zebra", the recipe of which we propose in this article, each hostess can tailor to your taste. What strips do you like most: very thin, elegant or expressive and clear? Determine with this point in advance, because the result will depend on the subsequent actions.

If you want to get thin strips, pour the dough a little, literally one tablespoon and each time in the same place. Spreading, the layers themselves will fall as it should, as a result of which you will form a pattern with very thin lines. If you prefer big stripes, turn light and dark dough serially.

Regardless of the thickness of the stripes, bake the biscuit in a preheated oven for about 180 minutes. Do not rush to get ready cake! Let it stand in the oven for another half an hour.

Decoration of a biscuit

On what occasion did you decide to make a Zebra biscuit? The recipe with the photo suggested in this article is suitable for different dishes. It can be a regular everyday pie for tea. It can be decorated with powder from cocoa, sugar powder, glaze, berries. A little tip: to put the sprinkle straight, apply it not from the pack, but with a small sieve, spraying on the surface.

Holiday cakes

This recipe is suitable for baking on the occasion of any celebration. Original cakes look, in which the idea of strips is supported by external design. You can use two types of ganache (from white and dark chocolate), as well as colored mastic. If you work with a velvet coating, use a stencil.

Zebra with colored stripes

For a children's holiday, you can prepare a not quite ordinary zebra sponge cake. The recipe, already known to you, is suitable for a colored cake.

Thick creamy dough should be divided not into two, but into three parts, one to leave light, another to tint cocoa, and in the third to add a few drops of confectionery dye. For such a test, you need to choose dyes on a fat-soluble basis.

An unusual recipe: black and white "Zebra"

If you want to prepare a black and white zebra sponge cake, the recipe below is sure to interest you. It is useful, for example, if you are preparing a treat for a themed holiday in the Safari style. Agree, this zebra is not at all beige-brown, namely black and white.

In the light half of the dough, add a few drops of titanium dioxide (this is a safe food color, with which the confectioners get a steady white shade). Getting black is harder. You can not get the ink of cuttlefish in an ordinary store, and the price is quite high. A gel color may come to the rescue , for example "AmeriKolor", which evenly dyed the dough into a saturated shade. Biscuit is baked in the same way as usual, but it looks very impressive and unusual.