Potato cake with butter. How to make potato cake? Potato cake - chefs recommend

Perhaps today’s recipes for the famous “Potato” are among the most popular since Soviet times. At that time, there were few baked goods sold in stores, so they baked and prepared desserts themselves. And of course, the most affordable of them was this cake.

They cooked it with condensed milk, or just milk, and sometimes even with boiled water. But invariably with cookies or crackers. Instead of butter, margarine was often used, and cocoa was sprinkled, or added directly to the “dough”.

These were all so-called home-cooked options. They were used to prepare cakes for both everyday life and holidays. And the children enjoyed making balls and blocks at the dacha in the summer, and then feasted on them with no less pleasure.

It was a different matter when we bought this dessert in Kulinariya stores or in a movie theater buffet. There, the “potatoes” were real - with a white biscuit inside and a brown crust on the outside. And the taste of such a dessert was different from homemade. It couldn’t have been any other way; he was preparing according to GOST. And this word in those days was simply magical.

In fact, of course, there are many more recipes. But those proposed today are the most basic. They contain, one might say, a classic composition of ingredients and their proportions. And based on this, you can manipulate them as you want. Instead of condensed milk, add milk and sugar, instead of crackers, cookies, or leftover crumbs from cake layers.

Or you can mix them all together.

I really love this recipe for its simplicity and its taste. We all know the recipe when cookie crumbs are mixed with butter and condensed milk.

But when there is no condensed milk, this is not a reason to refuse a tasty treat. It is enough to have only a little milk. Yes, even if it is not there, you can use boiled water.

You can prepare the products in the usual form, that is, in the shape of balls or elongated bars. But today we will make them in the form of cones. In this design, they will take a worthy place even on the holiday table.

We will need:

From this amount of ingredients you will get 17 - 18 cakes.

• cookies – 500 gr
• butter – 200 gr
• milk – 1/3 cup
• cocoa powder – 2 tbsp. spoons
• sugar – 2 tbsp. spoons
• walnuts according to the number of finished cakes

Preparation:

1. For the recipe, you can use cookies, sponge cake, or crumbs from vanilla crackers. But I like this dessert with cookies. Perhaps this comes from childhood, when I prepared this delicacy together with my father.

That's why today I take regular cookies. It must be ground into very fine crumbs. The smaller it is, the more uniform the “potato” will be as a whole. Also, smaller crumbs will be better saturated with butter and milk, and this will make them even more delicious.

You can grind in a blender. And if you don’t have it, you can crush the cookies with a rolling pin on a cutting board, or grind them in a meat grinder.

2. The butter must be removed from the refrigerator in advance, this will allow it to melt under natural conditions. However, it should not be liquid. Its normal state is when it still holds its shape, but at the same time easily changes it when pressed.

3. Place a saucepan on the stove and pour milk into it. Add sugar and cocoa, stir until the powder dissolves and the mixture begins to boil. Turn off the heat and let it cool slightly. It will be enough to stand for 5-6 minutes.

4. Place the crumbs in a bowl in which it will be convenient to knead the mass. Add butter to it. I keep repeating that it is better to take it with a fat content of 82.5%, this is an excellent tasty and healthy oil, and not trans fat.

In Soviet times, it happened that margarine was also used for these purposes. Although, of course, we tried to purchase any oil, without looking at its percentage. But now is a different time, and there is a choice. Therefore, it is better to do it in the right and useful direction.

5. Mix the crumbs with butter directly with your hands. This will not only be faster, but also more convenient. You can use gloves for this. You should get such a “fat” viscous mass.

6. Pour in the cooled sweet cocoa and milk mixture. And continue stirring until the mass becomes homogeneous, both in consistency and color. Do this with your hands too. At first it will seem that there is not enough liquid, but this is not so. Continue to do your job, and soon the mass will acquire the desired state.

This will be quite easy to determine. If you take a small lump and squeeze it in your palm, it will hold its shape and not crumble. This is what we achieve, because we have to sculpt blanks of a certain shape from it.

If suddenly for some reason the mass turns out to be too loose, then you can add a spoonful of milk. If, on the contrary, it is too liquid, then you need to add more crumbs.

Although if you follow the proportions given in the recipe, such surprises will not happen.

7. Great, our “dough” is ready. Let's start creating the products. You can simply roll the balls, or give them a slightly elongated shape, reminiscent of potatoes.

And we will make the shape we have in mind. To do this, I take a tablespoon and scoop the mixture into it with a large heap. I put a nut in the middle (we still have a cone, so there must be a nut), and form a slightly elongated piece, reminiscent of a forest beauty.

8. Form all the blanks in this way. The fact that we use a spoon is great. Thanks to it, the workpieces will not only have a flat, smooth surface, but also be the same size, which will have its advantage when feeding.

You ask, “Where are the cones?” What we did reminds them very vaguely. Don't worry, everything will be fine. But it's not time yet. To create a complete and complete look, you need to place our products in the freezer for 20 minutes. Yes, yes, not in the refrigerator, but in the freezer.

9. After the time has passed, take it out and, armed with sharp scissors, make small cuts at the very tips. They will look like notches. First, make cuts along the edges of the workpiece, and then move to the middle. When one of the sides is done, the same can be done on the other. Then the cake will look, in general, like a real craft.

But if you wish, you can decorate only the front surface in this way.

If you don’t understand how to do this, then look at the video that follows. You'll see everything there.

10. From this amount of ingredients we got 17 “cones”, the time for cutting took about 10 - 12 minutes. The finished “cones” can be immediately placed on a plate. They are cold and will not stick to each other.

You can put the kettle on and invite your loved ones for a treat. The cakes are not only delicious, but also beautiful. Try it, you will definitely like it!

Video on how to cook Potatoes at home

And here is the promised video. It was created specifically for this article. It didn’t turn out to be long, just like the process of preparing our today’s delicacies. In it you will see how easy and simple everything is.

You will also see how to decorate the “bump” itself, that is, how to make notches.

Agree, it turns out very original, and not as usual. And since it’s unusual, it means it seems like something new. Our cones flew off the table in 10 - 15 minutes. With hot delicious tea. Beauty and deliciousness!!!

So be sure to try it. I think you will like the recipe!

I also invite you to subscribe to my channel on You Tube. I will be very glad to see you. Although it is still quite young, it already has interesting recipes. And their number is growing quite quickly.

Cake made from cookies and condensed milk in 5 minutes

The simplest recipe for making “Potatoes” involves combining cookies and butter with condensed milk into one. As a rule, this is one of those recipes that children master in their culinary endeavors. They are happy to mix the necessary components and mold them into balls and oval blanks.

This cake is also a favorite dessert in the country. After all, in this case, you don’t need to bake anything, and it only takes 5 minutes to prepare delicious treats for tea.

We will need:

• cookies – 650 gr
• butter – 180 gr
• condensed milk – 300 ml
• cocoa – 5 teaspoons
• nuts for decoration

Preparation:

1. First of all, we need to grind the cookies into fine crumbs. The smaller it turns out, the tastier the products will be. They will not taste like something disjointed. The crumbs will be soaked in the cream of condensed milk and butter, and we will have a real full-fledged dessert.

Almost any cookie can be used. Since early childhood, we have been preparing this delicacy from ordinary square cookies sold by weight in the store. And they always believed that the tastier it is, the tastier the cakes will be.

This may actually be true, but as I grew up, I learned that they are no less tasty from simple crackers. It couldn’t be otherwise. After all, we have both condensed milk and butter as cream.

The most convenient way to grind the base for our delicacies is in a blender. You can put them all in it at once. Previously, they could only dream of such a wonderful technique, and they would push cookies on a board with an ordinary rolling pin, or twist them in a meat grinder.

2. In a separate bowl, mix condensed milk and slightly melted butter. Therefore, it must be removed from the refrigerator 30–40 minutes before cooking.

I do not recommend using a microwave or water bath to soften it. In this case, it is better to use the first proposed method.

The easiest way to mix the mixture is with a mixer. In this case, it is much easier to obtain the desired consistency. And it should turn out to be quite dense, about the same as softened butter itself.

3. Pour cocoa into the resulting mixture. To avoid lumps from it, it is better to sift it through a sieve.

And then mix again until smooth and a new color is obtained, equally uniform.

4. Pour crumbs into the finished mixture and mix.

If desired, you can add 1 teaspoon of cognac to the mixture as a flavoring. But it is worth remembering that the products will not be baked here, and the alcohol will not evaporate. It will remain within them. Therefore, decide for yourself whether to add or not.

You can also add chopped nuts or raisins. There are countless limits to imagination in this case.

The result should be an even, homogeneous mass, which, when combined into a lump, does not fall apart, but holds very firmly.

5. Form the blanks in the form of bars, or you can make them in the form of balls. The main thing is that they all turn out to be the same size. Although someone may want to have them in different shapes.

6. You can leave our cakes the way they turned out. And you can decorate them further. For decoration, you can use any nuts, either in whole form, in halves, or in crushed parts.

7. Place the finished products in the refrigerator for about an hour and let them cool.

Then serve and invite your loved ones for tea!

Classic recipe for “Potatoes” according to GOST USSR

The basis of these cakes is biscuit crumbs. Usually, when baking cakes, there is always a lot of scraps left over. So, it was from them that they made crumbs, which were subsequently used to prepare delicious desserts, in particular the one we are preparing today.

Today we will prepare sponge cake and cream ourselves.

For the biscuit we need:

• flour – 200 gr
• eggs – 6 pcs.
• sugar – 150 gr
• salt a pinch

It happens that part of the flour is replaced with starch. But if, say, we added a spoonful of starch, then less flour should be added by this amount.

For sprinkling:

• cocoa powder – 10 g
• powdered sugar – 30 g

Biscuit for making crumbs

There are many ways to make sponge cake. We will use one of its simplest options.

It should be said that you need to bake it in advance. You can bake it in the evening, and in the morning or afternoon you can start preparing the crumbs.

So, let's begin.

1. Separate the whites from the yolks.

Pour a pinch of salt into the whites and beat them at medium speed until fluffy. Then add half the prepared sugar and continue beating until stable peaks form.

You can check whether the mass is ready by simply tilting it; it should not drain or move.

In order for the whites to whip together well, you should make sure that not a drop of yolk gets into them. It is also necessary that the eggs are fresh.

2. Now let's move on to the yolks.

Pour the remaining sugar into them and beat until fluffy. The mixture should also change in color, becoming lighter.

3. Place the whites into the yolks and then gently mix using a spatula, moving from top to bottom, from the edges to the center. Use a wooden or silicone spatula for this. It is not recommended to use a metal spoon here.

4. Add pre-sifted flour and baking powder into the mixture. It is better to sift these ingredients twice to make the biscuit more porous and airy. Add all this also gradually, constantly stirring with a wooden or silicone spoon or spatula in the same movements from top to bottom, from the edges to the center.

Mix until all the flour is incorporated and the mixture becomes homogeneous.

5. Place the oven on preheat. We will need a temperature of 180 degrees.

6. Meanwhile, cover a baking tray with baking paper and pour the resulting mass onto it, leveling it over the entire area with the same spatula that was used to mix. It’s good if the layer is at least 2 cm thick.

It is important for us that the sponge cake dries quickly, so there is no need to bake it in a springform pan, tall and fluffy. On the baking sheet it will not be high, and you can start working with it quickly.

7. Place the baking sheet with the dough in the preheated oven and bake it for 20 minutes. This time is approximate and depends on the characteristics of the oven. Some may need only 15 minutes to bake, while others may need 25.

The finished biscuit should brown, but only slightly. If you pierce it with a toothpick, there should be no batter left on it. And also, if you press on it with your finger, the surface should quickly recover.

It is not recommended to open the oven for 10 - 15 minutes, otherwise the dough will fall and the biscuit will not bake well inside.

6. Take out the finished baked goods and let them rest for 15 minutes. Then cover with another piece of parchment paper, cover the top with a large cutting board and turn the cake over. Remove the parchment paper on which it was baked and let it cool completely and set. This will require at least 10 - 12 hours.

Or is there a way to dry the biscuit faster. To do this, you need to break it into smaller pieces and dry them in the oven for an hour at a temperature of 100 degrees.

Buttercream with milk and eggs (Charlotte cream)

Before we start preparing the cakes, we need to cook the cream.

We will need:

• butter – 200 g (softened)
• egg – 2 pcs
• sugar – 4 tbsp. spoons (if you like it sweeter, then with a slide)
• milk – 4 tbsp. spoons
• vanilla – 1/4 teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Pour all the milk into a saucepan. As soon as it becomes warm, add sugar. Bring to a boil while stirring and wait until it is completely dissolved.

2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. You can do this with a mixer at low speed, or you can use a regular whisk.

3. Continuing to whisk continuously, pour in the sweet milk in a thin stream.

4. Then pour the resulting mixture back into the saucepan and place on low heat. Warm it up, stirring constantly, but do not bring it to a boil. Remove from heat and pour into a clean bowl.

Stir occasionally to prevent a rough film from forming on top and to allow the mixture to quickly cool to room temperature.

5. Meanwhile, beat the cut into pieces and softened butter (at about 20 - 21 degrees) together with vanilla. It is better to use a mixer for this. But if you don’t have one, a whisk will also work, or, as a last resort, a wooden spatula.

6. When the mass becomes homogeneous, without stopping whisking, pour the milk mixture into it, which by then should have cooled to the desired state.

Continue beating until fluffy.

You can additionally add 1 teaspoon of cognac, rum or liqueur to this cream. But this is optional.

We prepared this cream with regular milk using eggs, or you can make it without them and use condensed milk. And in this case there is no need to cook such cream.

Making Potato cakes

And so, we have the biscuit ready and the cream ready. Now all that remains is to combine all this and prepare our dessert, which we previously only ate at “Kulinaria” or bought in pastry shops.

1. Break the biscuit into crumbs. Since it is quite soft, you do not need to use a blender to prepare it. Just break the pieces of biscuit, they will easily take the shape we need.

2. Add some of the cream to them and mix, kneading the mass with your hands. Then add more as needed. Perhaps there will be some cream left. Therefore, do not overdo it with its addition.

In any case, you need to leave a little cream, about 2 tbsp. spoons. We will decorate our delicacies with it.

As a result, you should get a soft plastic mass, which, if gathered into a ball and squeezed, will hold its shape perfectly.

3. From such a substance it is already possible to form blanks of the desired shape and size. They can be round or oblong, reminiscent of a familiar vegetable.

4. When they were all formed, all that was left was to sprinkle them with sprinkles. To do this, mix cocoa and powdered sugar and first roll our products in the mixture, and then sprinkle on top.

5. Place all the products on a plate and make two or three small holes on top. You can use a Chinese stick for this.

6. Place the reserved cream in a pastry bag and plant “sprouts” in the holes, as if small sprouts had grown from potatoes.

That's basically all. Our cakes are completely ready and good. If you cut one of them, the cut shows that inside the dessert has light pulp, which is surrounded by a thin brown “skin”, just like a real vegetable.

Such a recipe! Of course, not as simple as the previous ones, but real according to GOST, according to the USSR recipe.

Making a cake from vanilla crackers and condensed milk

You can also make your favorite cakes from crackers. You can buy them ready-made, or you can use a dried loaf. If we consider it as one of the main ingredients, it is better to cut it into 1 cm pieces and lightly bake in the oven.

If you use a store-bought product, it is best to buy vanilla. And today I will make a cake from crackers with raisins. It’s just that they were already purchased from me and are a little stale.

We will need (for 10 cakes):

• vanilla or raisin crackers – 350 g
• condensed milk – 150 ml
• milk - 2 tbsp. spoons
• butter – 75 g
• sugar – 2 tbsp. spoons
• nuts – 1/2 cup
• cognac or vodka – 1 teaspoon
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife
• cocoa - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons

Preparation:

1. Grind the crackers in a blender bowl. If you don’t have a blender, you can use a meat grinder with a fine grid. No one had a blender before, so it was always used for these purposes.

Pour the crumbs into a bowl. Make sure that there are no large pieces of crackers left. In general, the finer you can grind them, the tastier the finished products will be. When even the smallest crumb is saturated with milk and butter, the taste will be simply magnificent.

2. You can immediately grind the nuts in a blender. You can make them in any size - the same as ground crackers, or make them larger. Today I use regular walnuts. In general, you can use any. Or put raisins or dried cranberries instead. Or don’t add anything like that at all. In any case, it will turn out delicious.

Don’t forget to sort through the nuts so that there are no partitions or shells in the finished product.

3. In a separate bowl, beat the melted butter with a mixer. To do this, you need to take it out of the refrigerator in advance, and let it sit in the kitchen for at least 30 minutes, preferably more.

But it shouldn't spread out at all. The normal state of the oil is when it still holds its shape, but when pressed it easily gives way.

4. Pour condensed milk into it and continue stirring. The mass immediately becomes more pliable and tender, pleasing to the eye.

If you don’t have a mixer, then all this can be done with a whisk. True, it will take a little more time than when churning with a mixer, but we are not afraid of such minor difficulties!!!

5. When the mass becomes homogeneous, add milk to it, pouring in a little at a time. To make the mass less thick, I needed two tablespoons.

6. You can skip the next step, it is not mandatory. But knowing how tasty and aromatic it would be, I decided not to skip it and added cognac. Just one small teaspoon.

But what an immediate aroma! That's why I'm adding it. Not for the sake of alcohol, but for the sake of this magical enchanting smell.

There are recipes where vodka, liqueur and rum are added. But this is at the discretion of everyone. And of course – don’t get carried away!

We’ll also add a little vanilla, even if your crackers are vanilla. Just a little fresh smell won’t hurt, and even vice versa – it will add appetizingness.

If you want to decorate the cakes with cream later, leave two teaspoons of it. Place in the refrigerator for the time being so that the butter does not melt even more.

7. And so, we have a delicious aromatic cream ready, it’s time to mix it with crumbs. Pour the crumbs into the cream, or vice versa, put the cream into the crumbs, where it will be more convenient to mix. Don't forget to add the ground nuts.

8. Mix the mixture with your hands; you won’t be able to mix it thoroughly with a spoon. We should get a homogeneous mass resembling dough. And in it, as mentioned above, every crumb should be literally filled with sweet aromatic cream.

You can wear gloves for mixing and further shaping the dough.

9. When the “dough” becomes as it should be, we will begin to form our cakes.

There are several ways to do this. You can first make a “sausage”, then cut it into equal pieces and roll the pieces into the desired shape. Or just take the viscous mass with your hands and shape it.

I follow the already tried and tested path and gain weight with a spoon. I form a high hill on it. And only then I transfer the workpiece into my hands and roll out identical elongated sticks, reminiscent of potatoes. Or you can roll it into balls if you want.

Place the formed products on a plate.

10. And now we have two options. The first is to immediately roll them in cocoa powder. But in this case, they will take quite a lot of it. And this is a minus. And the second minus is that the butter will be absorbed into the cocoa and the cakes will look greasy. I showed in the photo how.

But if you first put them in the refrigerator for a short time (20-30 minutes), then when we take them out and start rolling them in cocoa, we will see a completely different picture. And I like her better.

By the way, the cocoa must be sifted through a fine sieve so that the cakes do not accumulate unnecessary brown lumps.

11. Place the finished products on a plate and sprinkle them on top again with a small amount of cocoa powder to eliminate any unevenness in the coating.

Cocoa can be mixed with powdered sugar in a ratio of 1 to 3, that is, if you take a tablespoon of cocoa, then three tablespoons of powdered sugar.

12. You can leave it in this form. But we left the cream and will decorate with it. You can use a pastry bag for this. Or you can place the cream in a regular tight bag, and cut off a small corner and decorate directly from it.

And so that the cream goes to the right place, we will pierce this place with something sharp, for example a Chinese stick.

If such a decoration is considered complex, then you can simply put half a nut on top.

You can also make another cream: for the cakes that we made, you will need 0.5 tbsp. spoons of butter and 1 tbsp. spoon of powder. Mix the components using a mixer and apply in the form of “sprouts”.

That's all, I guess. As you can see, we have a real “potato” - light on the inside and dark on the outside.

I’ll tell you right away, it turned out very tasty. We ate it right after tea. And they also complained that they didn’t do enough. And much more! The cakes are extremely high in calories. Too much is harmful!

And little by little, sometimes you can pamper yourself. So pamper yourself and your loved ones.

Friends, how do you like the recipes? Did you like the video? I hope that everything is accessible and understandable. And I hope that you understand the general cooking scheme.

• the basis of the cake is a sponge cake, or cookies, or crackers (what you can use to make crumbs)
• All cooking methods must contain butter (it is better to have 82.5% fat content)
• milk can be used both condensed and fresh
• cocoa powder is placed both in the “dough” itself and simply sprinkled on top
• You can add nuts, raisins, dried cherries or cranberries as a filler.
• vanillin, cognac, rum, liqueur are added as flavoring agents

These are the main points. And in accordance with them, you can create recipes yourself. There is nothing difficult about it.

And be sure to cook Potato, it is really very tasty.

Bon appetit!

Today I will present you recipes for the popular Potato cake.

What is it and how to prepare it at home.

According to culinary historians, the Potato cake at the beginning of the 20th century was simply a way to recycle old pastries and sponge cakes.

In Soviet times, Potatoes were made from scraps from making cakes with the addition of nuts, raisins, butter cream, and condensed milk.

And it got its name from its similarity to this root vegetable, as it was rolled in cocoa powder and turned brown.

Potato cake is not just a product without waste in cooking, but has long won the love of the people and has turned into an independent and very tasty dessert

Potato cake recipe according to GOST

Ingredients:

For the biscuit:

• 3 eggs
• 90 gr. Sahara
• 75 gr. flour
• 15 gr. starch

For cream:

• 125 gr. butter
• 65 gr. powdered sugar
• 50 gr. condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons cognac or rum
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Preparation:

Separate the yolks from the whites of eggs

Add 2/3 sugar to the yolks

Blend with a blender until a white creamy mass forms.

Beat the egg whites in a blender until fluffy foam forms.

Add the rest of the sugar in small portions and continue beating until stiff peaks form.

Add the beaten yolks to the whites in two steps.

At minimum speed, gently mix with a blender for a few seconds.

Add starch to flour, mix thoroughly

Gradually sift the flour into the whipped mixture through a sieve.

Gently mix with a spatula from top to bottom.

Place the finished dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Level the surface of the baking sheet

Place in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 12 minutes.

Remove the paper from the biscuit and leave it at room temperature for 12 hours to dry.

Break into pieces and grate on a fine grater

Add powdered sugar to softened butter

Beat with a blender until the mixture becomes white and fluffy.

Continuing to beat, add condensed milk in small portions.

Place a teaspoon of cream in a cornet

Add the whipped mixture to the biscuit crumbs

Add cognac

Mix everything thoroughly

From the resulting mass we form potato-shaped cakes with our hands.

Mix cocoa with powdered sugar and sift

Roll the cakes in the resulting mixture, let stand for a few minutes and roll again

Make small indentations in each cake

Squeeze the cream from the cornet into the recesses in the form of sprouts and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours

Potato cake made from cookies and condensed milk

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Grind cookies in a blender

Add cocoa, stir

Add condensed milk to the softened butter, stir until smooth.

Add to cookies

Pour in milk

Mix everything thoroughly until smooth

Forming potato-shaped cakes

Roll the cakes in biscuit crumbs

Decorate with melted white chocolate

Vanilla cracker cake recipe

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Add milk to sugar

Place on the fire and bring to a boil, stirring

Add butter and melt in milk

Grind crackers in a meat grinder

Add vanillin at the tip of a knife

Add cocoa

Mix everything thoroughly

Add cognac

Gradually add milk and butter

Mix thoroughly

Form the cakes with your hands and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Place the cakes on a baking tray lined with baking paper

Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 15 minutes.

Mix cocoa with powdered sugar

Sprinkle the still hot cakes with the cocoa mixture through a sieve.

Recipe for Potatoes in Coconut and Cocoa with Raisins

Necessary:

• 300 gr. cookies
• 150 gr. butter
• 200 gr. thick condensed milk
• 100 gr. chopped almonds
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
• 50 gr. raisins
• 70 gr. coconut flakes

Preparation:

1. Pour hot water over raisins
2. Grind the cookies in a meat grinder
3. Melt the butter, but not completely
4. Add condensed milk to the oil, mix thoroughly
5. Add cocoa, mix
6. Add vanilla sugar, stir
7. Drain the raisins and pat dry with a paper towel.
8. Add nuts to cookies
9. Pour in the chocolate mixture
10. Mix everything thoroughly
11. Divide the mass into two halves
12. Add raisins to one half
13. Add coconut to the other half
14. Wrap the sausage-shaped mass in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours
15. Remove the film and cut into potato-shaped portions
16. Coconut cakes rolled in coconut flakes
17. Roll raisin cakes in cocoa

Potato cake in 5 minutes

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. Grind biscuit or crackers in a blender
2. Add cocoa
3. Add powdered sugar
4. Add softened butter
5. Chop the nuts not too much
6. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth
7. Pour in milk at room temperature
8. Add vanillin
9. Shape the cakes into balls
10. Roll in biscuit crumbs
11. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes

Potato cake with nuts and banana

Ingredients:

• 500 gr. any cookies
• 1 can of boiled condensed milk
• 100 gr. walnuts
• 1 banana
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Preparation:

1. Grind the cookies with a meat grinder
2. Crush nuts with a rolling pin
3. Peel the banana and mash it with a fork
4. Combine everything, mix thoroughly
5. Form balls with your hands
6. Roll in cocoa

How to make Potato cake with halva

Necessary:

• 250 gr. halva
• 360 gr. cookies
• 225 gr. milk chocolate
• 200 ml cream with fat content from 33%
• 100 ml milk
• 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder

Preparation:

1. Grind cookies and halva in a blender
2. Bring milk and cream to a boil, remove from heat
3. Add chocolate, stir until dissolved
4. Pour into cookies with halva, mix thoroughly
5. Place in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours
6. Fashion potatoes
7. Roll in a mixture of cocoa and powdered sugar
8. Place in the refrigerator for 2 hours

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In Soviet times, there was probably not a single culinary store that did not sell this miracle - Potato cake.

Today we remembered this delicacy familiar from childhood.

We try to cook at home and surprise our loved ones, I especially think the kids will like this yummy dish.

Write, I look forward to your feedback in the comments

This is one of the most popular desserts among those with a sweet tooth. The beauty of it is that it doesn't require baking. They called the cake potato because it is made in the shape of a wonderful, beloved vegetable - potatoes.

There are many different recipes for this delicacy. In the standard version, the recipe includes a base, often a crushed mass of biscuit or cookies, which is mixed in certain proportions with butter, condensed milk and sugar. Cocoa powder and various nuts are also added to the recipe. The process of making a cake is not complicated and does not take much time and effort.

How to cook it

If you are preparing Potato cake for the first time, you need to know the main secrets of its preparation:

• As a base for the cake, you can use any cookies, leftover biscuit, or the most common crackers. The base must be crushed into fine crumbs using a coffee grinder, blender, or masher;
• All ingredients must be at room temperature - only then can you mix them into a homogeneous mass;
• The amount of sugar depends on the cake base. If these are cookies or leftover cake layers, you need less sugar - the product is sweet in itself. If using breadcrumbs, add more sugar;
• Cocoa is an optional ingredient. If you don't like it, you don't have to add it. In this case, the Potato cake will turn out light;
• As an additive you can use raisins, chopped dried apricots, ground nuts, and even crushed marmalade - it all depends on your taste;
• The “Potato” cake turns out to be oily to the touch, so it is usually rolled in the same crushed cookie or biscuit base, but there are no clear rules here. The shell can be anything. Chopped nuts or coconut shavings are also suitable - rely only on your taste. If desired, the cake can be decorated

Classic potato cake recipe

• Cookies - 300-350 grams;
• Butter - 125 grams;
• Condensed milk - 200 grams:
• Cocoa powder - 4 tablespoons;
• Walnuts - 120 grams;
• A pinch of vanilla sugar.

How to make the cake:

1. First of all, grind 300-350 grams of cookies into fine crumbs.
2. We also chop the walnuts a little in a way convenient for you.
3. Combine 200 grams of condensed milk with 4 tablespoons of cocoa, mix thoroughly until smooth.
4. Thoroughly grind 125 grams of softened butter with cookie crumbs. Add nuts and condensed milk to the resulting mass. If desired, add a pinch of vanilla sugar and mix everything thoroughly.
5. From the resulting mass we form cakes, put them in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours and you can delight your loved ones.

In this recipe, we will have to do a little baking of the sponge cake, although you can buy it in the store, thereby reducing the preparation time for the dessert. It's up to you.

To prepare the cakes you will need:

• Wheat flour - 150 gr;
• Chicken eggs - 5-6 pieces;
• Sugar - 160 gr;
• Potato starch - 30 gr.
• Butter - 250 gr;
• Condensed milk - 200 gr;
• Powdered sugar - 80 gr;
• Cocoa powder - 2 tablespoons;
• Cognac or liqueur - 1 tablespoon;
• A pinch of salt;
• Vanillin optional.

How to make the cake:

1. First you need to bake a biscuit. Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Take half the sugar and grind it with egg yolks until whitish.
2. Cool the whites in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes and then beat with a pinch of salt until a stable foam forms.
3. Combine the yolk mixture with the beaten whites, add the sifted flour and starch and knead the biscuit dough.
4. Grease a shallow baking dish with a piece of margarine, place the dough in it, distribute it evenly and place it in an oven preheated to 160 degrees. Bake the crust until done.
5. Let the finished biscuit cool completely and grind the cake into crumbs. You can simply grate the biscuit on a regular grater or grind it with a blender.
6. Next, let's proceed to the actual production of potato cakes.
7. Mix 250 grams of softened butter with the remaining sugar and 200 grams of condensed milk. Set aside some of the resulting cream to decorate the cakes.
8. Pour 1 tablespoon of cognac or liqueur into the buttercream. Mix the cream with biscuit crumbs. From the resulting mass we form small cakes. If you are preparing a cake for children, then you do not need to add alcohol.
9. Mix powdered sugar with cocoa powder in a plate, add vanillin if desired. Dip the cakes in this mixture, decorate with buttercream and place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

To prepare you will need:

• Any cookies - 300-350 g;
• Milk - 0.5 cups;
• Sugar - 0.5 cups;
• Butter - 80 gr;
• Cocoa powder - 3-4 tablespoons.

How to make the cake:

1. Pour half a glass of milk into a small saucepan and put on fire. Add 0.5 cups of sugar and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until the sugar is completely dissolved.
   Remove the pan from the heat, add 80 grams of butter to the milk and completely dissolve it.
2. Grind the cookies into crumbs in any way convenient for you. You can pass it through a meat grinder or use a rolling pin and crush the cookies wrapped in cling film.
3. In a deep bowl, combine the cookie crumbs with cocoa powder, and then add the milk mixture and mix.
4. From the resulting mass we form cakes and place them in the refrigerator for a short time. You can sprinkle them with cocoa powder first.
5. After a couple of hours, serve the potato cake on the table and enjoy its taste. Bon appetit!

One of the simple recipes for making potato cake is from cookies. Any cookie is suitable for this.

We will need:

• Cookies, 300 grams.
• Condensed milk, 200 grams.
• Butter, 150 grams.
• Ground walnuts, 100 grams.
• Cocoa powder, 4-5 tablespoons.
• Vanillin, half a teaspoon.

Recipe:

1. Crush the cookies into a homogeneous fraction. Soften the butter at room temperature and place in a bowl. Pour condensed milk onto the butter and stir. Important! Do not beat, but rather mix using a fork or whisk.
2. Next, add vanillin, cocoa, nuts and mix. Pour the crushed cookies there and knead until a plastic mass.
3. Form potato-shaped cakes. Roll in cocoa and sugar mixture and place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

The following recipe is based on dessert vanilla crumbs, which can be bought at any store.

We will need:

• Vanilla crackers, 500 grams.
• Cocoa powder, 5-6 tablespoons.
• Milk, 200-250 milliliters.
• Butter, 100 grams.
• Heavy cream, 100 milliliters.
• Sugar, to taste.

Recipe:

1. Beat sugar and cream until foamy. Add butter that has melted at room temperature. Sprinkle a couple of spoons of cocoa. Mix thoroughly until smooth.
2. In another bowl, place crushed crackers, add cocoa, pour in milk and stir until smooth. Let sit for 10-15 minutes. Next, combine the softened crackers and buttercream and knead.
3. Make potato-shaped cakes. Roll in cocoa mixture mixed with sugar (powdered sugar). Let cool for an hour or two.

This recipe uses raisins, which need to be prepared ahead of time. First, rinse under running water, then soak in hot water for 10-15 minutes. This procedure is necessary for the raisins to swell.

We will need:

• Chopped nuts, 200 grams.
• Boiled condensed milk, one can.
• Dark chocolate, 50 grams.
• Raisins, 50 grams.

Recipe:

1. Chop the gingerbread cookies and mix with chopped nuts. Grate the chocolate and add to the finished mixture. Mix everything again.
2. Pour boiled condensed milk into a container with the mixture, add raisins and stir until smooth.
3. Form the cakes and leave to cool.

This recipe takes a little longer to prepare, but it is more consistent with the GOST recipe. To give the cakes a piquant taste, you can add a couple of drops of rum or cognac to the “potatoes”. But keep in mind that such a dessert is contraindicated for children and people driving, due to the presence of alcohol in the recipe.

We will need:

• Chicken eggs, 8 pieces.
• Granulated sugar, 9 tablespoons.
• Flour, 4 tablespoons.
• Potato starch, 1 tablespoon.
• Chopped walnuts, 30 grams.
• Butter, 150 grams.
• Rum/cognac, 15 grams.
• Cocoa powder.
• Powdered sugar.

Prepare potato cake according to the recipe:

1. First of all, you need to make a biscuit. To do this, mix six eggs with six tablespoons of sugar. Place in a water bath and whisk continuously until the temperature of the mixture reaches 50 degrees Celsius.
2. Afterwards, remove from heat and beat with a mixer, cooling to room temperature. Add nuts and mix gently. Add flour and mix until dough forms.
3. Grease a baking dish with oil, lay out the dough and place in the oven. Bake at 200 degrees, 40-45 minutes.
4. Afterwards, leave the finished biscuit in the mold until it cools completely.
5. Preparing the cream. Beat two eggs with sugar (3 tablespoons) in a water bath, up to 50 degrees. Using a mixer, beat the butter, softened at room temperature. Add the egg mixture and stir until smooth.
6. Cooking cakes. After cooling, remove the biscuit from the mold and chop using a blender or meat grinder. Pour the chopped sponge cake into a bowl, pour in butter cream, add alcohol. Knead until a homogeneous dough is obtained.
7. Divide the dough into 12-14 shares, sculpt them into balls or cylinders. Mix cocoa with powdered sugar. Roll semi-finished cakes in this mixture until evenly coated over the entire surface. You can decorate with the remaining buttercream (apply patterns).
8. Place the finished potato cakes in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

vanilla crackers

Ingredients (for 20 pieces):

• Vanilla crackers - 500 g
• Condensed milk - 400 ml
• Cocoa powder - 50 g
• Butter - 200 g
• Dark chocolate 70-80% cocoa - 100 g
• Cognac - 30 ml
• Candied citrus fruits (to taste) - 20 g

Cooking method:

1. First you need to grind the crackers into fine crumbs. This can be done using a meat grinder or mill, the main thing is that there are no unground pieces left.
2. In a separate bowl, mix a can of condensed milk with cocoa powder. You need to take 2 heaped tablespoons of cocoa. Grind until lumps disappear, add butter, cut into pieces and put on low heat (until the butter melts).
3. Next, melt a bar of dark chocolate in a bowl over a water bath. To do this, pour hot water into a saucepan, place a bowl of broken chocolate in the water and put it on the fire so that the water constantly boils.
4. Add half of the chocolate mass to the chocolate butter cream, i.e. 50 grams, and the rest will be used for decoration.
5. At the end, mix two tablespoons of cognac into the chocolate cream (for flavor).
6. Now mix the crumbs and chocolate cream.
7. The result will be chocolate chips. If the “dough” turns out dry, add a little milk to it.
8. To form potatoes, it is better to first form sausages from the dough, cut them into equal pieces and roll them into balls or sticks.
9. You can put some filling inside, preferably something with a bright taste. Alternatively, candied citrus fruits (to taste).
10. For decoration, we cut the same candied citrus fruits into very thin strips.
11. Heat the chocolate remaining from preparing the dough again to a liquid state. Coat the top of each cake with chocolate and place two pieces of chopped candied fruit.
12. Now we wait for the chocolate to harden. The cakes taste best the next day, when they are thoroughly soaked.

Ingredients:

• custard
• 200 ml milk
• 100 g butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 1 egg
• vanillin
• 300 g cookie crumbs
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 50 g nuts (optional!)

Cooking method:

1. Chop the nuts or grind them in a meat grinder, mix with crumbs.
2. Add cocoa.
3. Prepare the custard:
4. Pour sugar, flour and vanillin with a small amount of milk (mix with a whisk so that there are no lumps!)
5. Beat in the egg and mix. Pour the rest of the milk into a saucepan and heat.
6. Pour the egg-milk mixture into the hot milk in a thin stream, stirring constantly, over low heat!
7. The milk mixture thickens quickly! Add the oil and stir until it is completely dissolved. Remove from heat.
8. Gradually add the crumbs into the hot cream.
9. Forming a cake.
10. Roll the finished cake in cocoa or Nesquik drink. Decorate as desired.

Ingredients:

• 500 g biscuit crumbs
• 200 g butter
• 200 g sugar
• 2-4 tbsp. l. cocoa
• 150-200 ml milk
• Vanillin, cinnamon - to taste

Cooking method:

1. Grind the cookies in a food processor.
2. Add cocoa, sugar, vanillin and cinnamon to the cookies and mix.
3. Melt the butter and pour over the cookies.
4. Heat the milk a little and pour it into the cookies.
5. Form the dough into a potato cookie pie and place in the refrigerator for several hours.

Ingredients (for 10 servings):

For the biscuit:

• 3 eggs
• 90 g sugar
• 75 g flour
• 15 g starch

For cream:

• 125 g butter
• 65 g powdered sugar (!)
• 50 g condensed milk
• 1 spoon of Baileys liqueur (cognac or rum can be used)
• Cocoa powder

Cooking method:

Baking a biscuit:

1. We separate the whites from the yolks.
2. Beat the yolks with 2/3 sugar until white cream.
3. Beat the whites until foamy, add the remaining sugar and beat until stiff.
4. Mix the whites with the yolks. Add flour, starch and mix everything carefully.
5. Pour the dough onto a baking sheet and bake at 200 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
6. The finished biscuit must be cooled well, and then crushed into crumbs in a blender.

Preparing the cream:

1. Beat butter with powdered sugar into cream.
   Attention! Powdered sugar should not be replaced with sugar, as the sugar will not dissolve.
2. Add condensed milk little by little and continue whisking.
3. Leave a little cream for decoration.

Making the Potato cake:

1. Place biscuit crumbs in a bowl, top with cream and Baileys and mix everything well.
2. We form the cakes, roll in cocoa powder and decorate with cream on top.
3. Let’s put the cake in the refrigerator and after an hour or two you can already enjoy the wonderful taste of homemade Potatoes. Read more:

Bon appetit!

Ingredients:

• 100 g butter;
• 100 g condensed milk;
• 2 tbsp. l. cognac or rum;
• 2 tbsp. l. cocoa powder;
• 1 glass of milk;
• 400 g shortbread or biscuit cookies.

Cooking method:

1. Grind the cookies in a blender or meat grinder into crumbs.
2. Grind butter with condensed milk, add rum.
3. Mix the crushed cookies with the resulting mass and 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
4. Make potato-shaped cakes and place in the refrigerator for an hour.
5. Sprinkle the finished cakes with the remaining cocoa powder.

Potato cake - chefs recommend

A drop of alcohol gives the potatoes a piquant, unique taste. Add rum, liqueur or cognac to the cake. But! If you are cooking for children, then exclude alcohol-containing ingredients.

If the purchased “potato” sponge cake is dark in color, with the addition of cocoa or chocolate, then the manufacturer was probably trying to disguise the poor quality of the dough. According to GOST, the inside of the “potato” cake should be without coloring.

You can add raisins, candied fruits and any nuts to the dessert dough. The tasty “potatoes” are also decorated with chocolate glaze. Or add food coloring to the buttercream that is left for decoration.

Bon appetit!

Potato cookies are a very simple way to get an unusually tasty treat and at the same time spend a minimum of time and money. In addition, the cake can be prepared in different ways, among which everyone will find one that is more suitable for themselves.

Potatoes made from cookies and condensed milk are the most popular dessert option. It turns out moderately sweet, not dry and there is no need to add sugar.

Ingredients for the dish:

• 100 g butter;
• 0.6 kg of cookies;
• 2 large spoons of cocoa;
• can of condensed milk - about 400 milliliters.

Cooking process:

1. The cookies must be crushed. If you want the pieces to be felt, you can knead it with your hands, but it is better to pass it through a meat grinder or blender.
2. Add cocoa crumbs to the mixture and stir until it is evenly distributed.
3. Then add cold butter, chopped into pieces, pour in condensed milk and knead everything very carefully, preferably with your hands. There should be no lumps of butter.
4. Form oval-shaped cakes from the dough, place on a plate and put in the refrigerator for an hour.

No bake with milk

If you want to treat yourself to something tasty without having to fuss for a long time, then no-bake cookies are the best option.

Required Products:

• 100 g butter;
• 0.35 kg of cookies;
• a glass of sugar;
• two spoons of cocoa;
• 0.25 liters of milk.

Cooking process:

1. Place sugar and cocoa in a small saucepan or any other container suitable for heating, stir, add milk and heat without bringing to a boil.
2. Add the butter and continue heating until all the ingredients have melted.
3. Get the cookies into fine crumbs by grinding them in a blender or using a meat grinder, and add them to the milk mixture.
4. The result should be a fairly thick mass, but at the same time damp.
5. Form into small oval shapes and place in the refrigerator to set for about an hour.

We prepare according to GOST

For dessert you will need:

• 60 g cocoa;
• 80 g flour;
• 130 g butter;
• three eggs;
• spoon of starch;
• three spoons of rum or cognac;
• 50 g condensed milk;
• 0.1 kg sugar;
• 165 g powdered sugar.

1. Mix a little more than half of the total weight of sugar with the yolks and beat.
2. Place the whites in another container and beat what is left of the sugar too. You should get white foam. We combine both egg masses so that we get one and homogeneous consistency.
3. Add starch there, then flour, form a crust and bake at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes.
4. We leave what we get for at least a few hours so that the cake dries out, it’s even better to leave it overnight. After this, we break it with our hands into small pieces of different shapes and make fine crumbs, for example, using a blender.
5. Combine 65 grams of powdered sugar with butter and beat, carefully pour in the condensed milk and literally separate one teaspoon from the resulting mass.
6. Mix what is left with crumbs and pour in a little of the selected alcoholic drink.
7. We make oval shapes, roll them in powdered sugar and cocoa, and use a spoonful of the reserved cream to make sprouts on the cake. Before serving, refrigerate for at least 60 minutes.

How to cook without condensed milk

Required ingredients:

• 120 g sugar;
• four spoons of cocoa;
• a small spoon of powdered sugar;
• half a kilogram of cookies;
• vanillin and cinnamon to your taste;
• 0.1 kg butter;
• 130 milliliters of milk.

Execution sequence:

1. First you need to get the cookie crumbs. To do this, use any method available to you: a blender, a rolling pin, a meat grinder, or even grate on a track.
2. Add cocoa there, mix well so that it is distributed evenly.
3. Place the milk on the stove, heat it, but do not let it boil, then add the sugar and stirring constantly, let it dissolve completely.
4. While the mixture is still hot, add the butter, stir, it should also melt completely.
5. Combine the dry and liquid mixtures, obtain a homogeneous consistency and form small oval pieces from this dough.
6. If desired, you can roll them in cocoa and powder, and then put them in the cold for an hour and a half to harden.

Potato cake with wine

Ingredients for the dish:

• 0.7 kg of cookies;
• one can of condensed milk;
• four tablespoons of dry red wine;
• butter – 0.2 kg;
• five spoons of cocoa.

Execution sequence:

1. Using a blender or meat grinder, we obtain fine crumbs from the cookies.
2. Combine it with cocoa, and then with wine, mix thoroughly.
3. Add butter and condensed milk there and mix the mixture with your hands until smooth.
4. Form oval cakes, place them on a plate and refrigerate for an hour before serving.

Recipe based on cottage cheese

Ingredients for the cake:

• 0.25 kg butter;
• 160 g sugar;
• 250 g cottage cheese;
• 0.15 kg oatmeal;
• 30 g cocoa.

Cooking process:

1. Mix cottage cheese, oatmeal, butter and pass everything through a meat grinder or grind it in a blender.
2. Add sugar and cocoa to obtain a homogeneous mass. If it is slightly runny, add a little more oatmeal.
3. Form the cakes, roll them in cocoa, powder or powdered sugar if desired and cool slightly before serving.

Ingredients for the dish:

• approximately 300 g of condensed milk;
• small package of butter;
• four spoons of cocoa or to your taste;
• any cookies – 0.4 kg.

Cooking process:

1. You need to start preparing the delicacy by chopping the cookies. You can do this in any way that is more convenient for you.
2. Add cocoa to the resulting dry mass and mix.
3. We send the butter there, it must be cold and thoroughly knead it with the crumbs with our hands. Make sure there are no pieces of butter left.
4. Pour in the condensed milk, bring everything until smooth and mold the cakes into the desired shape.
5. We put them in the refrigerator for at least one hour and the dessert is ready.

Cocoa powder – 25 g;
- condensed milk – 1 can;
- butter – 200 g;
- fresh cookies – 800 g.

How to make Potato cake:

Important! To make delicious sweet potatoes, it is important to choose the right ingredients. Cocoa powder must be of high quality, just like condensed milk. You only need to buy cookies that come without adding nuts, filling or coloring. It is better to choose butter with high fat content, rather than sandwich or light butter.

Dessert preparation process

First of all, grind the cookies into crumbs. This can be done using a blender. Set the device to medium speed. In just 5-7 minutes you will get fine crumbs.
In a bowl, mix condensed milk and softened butter. Beat the ingredients with a whisk into a homogeneous mass. Then add cocoa and mix everything. Now take the cookie crumbs and add them to a bowl with condensed milk and butter. Beat the mixture with a whisk.

1. It is necessary that all the ingredients are evenly distributed, and you get a kind of “dough” from which you will make cakes.
2. Use a tablespoon to scoop it out. Form the mixture into small cakes. You can decorate them using a pastry syringe and whipped cream. You can sprinkle them with chopped peanuts.
3. Then put the sweet potatoes in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours. Be sure to cover it with plastic wrap. After all, such a dessert very quickly absorbs various odors. When the cakes have hardened, serve them with tea, coffee or a milkshake.

In the “dough” for the “Potato” cake can be added rum, wine, cognac, candied or dried fruits. You can roll the finished cakes in grated dark, milk or white chocolate; coconut flakes are also perfect for these purposes.

If you have parchment sockets, after shaping the sweet potatoes, place them on them. Cake mold you can choose any one. So, you can make round or oblong potatoes. But be sure to form small cakes, then they will not need to be kept in the refrigerator for a long time.

To do spicy potatoes, you need to add a small amount of ground cinnamon or ginger to it while kneading the “dough”. If you want to prepare a simply aromatic dessert, then you need to use regular vanilla sugar.

Another legendary dessert is Madeleine cookies!