Winter wonderland cherry cake

This cake is like a long-awaited New Year's miracle: delicate, light and magical! Moist cake layers with poppy seeds, no-bake cherry cheesecake, cherry sauce with pleasant sourness, and airy cream cheese frosting...
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Winter wonderland cherry cake

Ingredients

Cake: 16 cm (6 inches) ring
flour
120g
4.20oz
0.48cup
8tbsp
poppy seeds
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp
eggs
106g
3.71oz
0.42cup
7tbsp
leavening agent
6g
0.21oz
0.40tbsp
sugar
115g
4.03oz
0.46cup
7.71tbsp
vegetable oil
45g
1.52fl oz
milk
80g
2.70fl oz
salt
1g
0.04oz
0.07tbsp
Cherry cheesecake without baking: 16 cm (6 inches) ring
cherry puree
80g
2.80oz
0.32cup
5.36tbsp
sugar
35g
1.23oz
2.35tbsp
cream cheese
135g
4.73oz
0.54cup
9tbsp
cream (33% or more)
50g
1.69fl oz
gelatin
4g
0.14oz
0.27tbsp
water
24g
0.84oz
1.61tbsp
Cherry sauce
cherries
150g
5.25oz
0.60cup
10tbsp
sugar
50g
1.75oz
3.35tbsp
corn starch
8g
0.28oz
0.54tbsp
Icing for assembling
cream cheese
400g
14oz
1.60cup
26.80tbsp
cream (33% or more)
80g
2.70fl oz
powdered sugar
90g
3.15oz
0.36cup
6tbsp
Icing for decorating
cream cheese
450g
15.75oz
1.80cup
30.15tbsp
cream (33% or more)
70g
2.37fl oz
powdered sugar
90g
3.15oz
0.36cup
6tbsp
Milk soak
milk
70g
2.37fl oz
sugar
30g
1.05oz
2tbsp

Method

Sponge biscuit 16cm (6.30 inch)

All the ingredients must be at room temperature.

  1. Sift flour with baking powder and salt, mix well with a whisk.
  2. Whisk eggs with a mixer until the sugar has dissolved and white fluffy foam has formed. Add the dry ingredients in two steps. Stir them gently, from the middle to the edge, using a silicone spatula.
  3. Combine the oil and milk. Add about two tablespoons of batter to the milk and oil mixture. Combine. Pour into the dough. Combine once more.
  4. Pour the batter into the prepared ring. Bake for 35-45 minutes at 320°F (160°C), with top/bottom heating, until the inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  5. Cool the cake on a rack, wrap in clingfilm, and place in the fridge for 4-6 hours, better overnight. Cut it into two parts.

No-bake cherry cheesecake 16cm (6.30 inch)

  1. Prepare the gelatin mass: pour water on gelatin powder, stir, and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Combine room temperature cream cheese with sugar using a silicone spatula. Mix until homogeneous, add cream. Combine. Add melted gelatin mixture and mix. Add the cherry puree, stir.
  3. Place the cheesecake in a ring and leave it in the fridge for 3 to 4 hours.

Cherry sauce

  1. Combine the sugar and cornstarch.
  2. Cut the cherries into four pieces, place in a saucepan with a thick bottom over low heat. Gradually add the sugar mixed with cornstarch and bring to a boil, stirring. Boil for 2 minutes.
  3. Remove from stove. Transfer to a flat container. Cover with cling film. Let cool and put in a fridge.

Frosting for assembling

  1. Put the cream cheese, cream, and powdered sugar into a bowl. Start mixing at low speed, then gradually raise it until the consistency of the icing is firm.
  2. Then mix with a silicone spatula to release any extra air bubbles. Transfer to a disposable pastry bag.

Frosting for decorating

  1. Put the cream cheese, cream, and powdered sugar into a bowl and beat on low speed at first. Increase the mixer speed. Whisk until the icing has a firm consistency.
  2. Then mix with a silicone spatula. Transfer to a disposable pastry bag. 

Milk soaking

Combine the ingredients in a saucepan with a thick bottom, bring it to a boil. The soaking must be warm.

Assembling

Follow such an assembling order: cake layer/milk soaking/frosting side/cherry sauce/icing/cherry cheesecake/frosting/frosting side/cherry sauce/milk soaking/cake layer.