Considering all kinds of goodies green shamrock-shaped, which is usually the Irish prepare for this day, my eyes involuntarily caught the image of the rainbow, which meets at least leaf clover. "And then the rainbow? "- I thought. It turned out, the Irish have a belief that mythical gnome shoemakers (they leprechauns) either buried, or guard at the foot of a rainbow pot of gold. If you suddenly found himself without a leprechaun gold, his need to catch, and then he will perform any three wishes. If anything, ask his shoes! Still, it is primarily the shoemaker.
There is an edible way to catch a leprechaun - a real cupcake trap. Its worth a try to make at least then, to learn how to bake a real rainbow cake with than usual difficulties arise.
To test fit the usual mix for cupcakes, which are sold in stores, for that matter, and in general any recipe cake. In classic cupcake includes:
- 250 g flour
- Sugar 150 g
- Butter 125 g
- 1 tbsp. Spoon sour cream
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- Dry food colorings
Number of ingredients, of course, depends on the chosen form for baking. We have it designed for impressive 4 servings.
Rub the softened butter with the sugar until white, then add sour cream and vinegar, slaked soda, stir well. In the resulting mixture was gradually literally spoon, add the flour. The dough is ready. Now proceed to the most complex - staining.
Important! To get a real rainbow, not just a colorful mixture, you need to divide the dough into 7 unequal portions. Every often colored by its color. We have to test more to less: white (ie dough without dyes), red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
In form it is more convenient not to scrape the dough from the bowl and squeeze out cooking bag, a syringe or a conventional plastic bag. So figure is obtained accurately.
First, fill the form of white batter, then red, orange, etc.
At the end of the purple layer extrude again a small strip of white dough to cut the cake to get a real arc.
When the rainbow is finished, put the form in a preheated 180-220 degree oven for half an hour. Willingness to check the cake with a toothpick. If she stayed dry after you stabbed the dough, then the cake is ready.
Once the cake has cooled, cut it with a thin layer of the top, where the paint ugly mixed. Then flip it cut down on the dish.
Now turn creamy herb that will mask the rainbow from the leprechaun. For him, you will need:
- Butter 200 g
- 4 tbsp. spoons of sugar (you can even vanilla sugar)
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons milk
- 2 eggs
- green food coloring
Mix in a saucepan with sugar and milk, without ceasing to interfere, bring mixture to a boil. Separately, whisk whisk eggs, and then driven into the eggs with the sugar of milk saucepan. Pour hot milk in a thin stream is necessary. The resulting mixture was put on fire. Not to boil the arguments and remove from heat when the syrup is well warmed up. Now it should be allowed to cool to room temperature. Meanwhile oil at room temperature (it is already going to be like thick cream) whipped into a lush white mass. In her drive large portions chilled milk syrup until it becomes thick cream. Finally, add a green dye. Thereafter, additional cream better hold in the refrigerator.
First coated with a cream cake with a spoon.
Put the remaining cream in a pastry syringe with a carved head, and squeezing in small portions at a cupcake, simulating grass.
The very trap and stairs for a leprechaun can be done from an ordinary straw.
A trap spread chocolate gold coins.
Making a sign to attract attention.
Now leprechaun will not run away.
Unless proest rainbow through, or you will not eat this rainbow before.
Merry Irish weekend!