Best Russian Ant Hill Cake Recipes

ANTHILL CAKE (AKA MURAVEINIK)

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine flour together with sugar.
• Using a fork, stir in the softened room temperature butter. Add in the sour cream and give the batter a good stir.
• In a small bowl, combine the baking soda and vinegar. Add the mixture to the dough and stir until well combined. Place the dough in the refrigerator for about an hour.
• Put the dough into a meat grinder to form long, thin strips.
• Spread the dough pieces evenly across a baking sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes at 350°F.
• Break the baked cake strips into tiny pieces.
• Combine the softened butter with the dulce de leche until smooth and creamy. Combine the butter and dulce de leche mixture in a bowl.
• Form the cake into the shape of your choice. To look like an anthill, many people create a mount on top of a large plate. Leave it to set in the refrigerator overnight.

RUSSIAN CAKE "MURAVEINIK" (ANTHILL CAKE)

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine together 3 cups of sifted flour with 1 stick of butter until combined and crumbly. Add pinch of salt.
• Beat 1 egg and 1 cup sugar in a small bowl with a whisk until pale yellow and well combined. Add to the flour mixture and stir with paddle attachment or spatula until well combined. Mixture should still be crumbly.
• Pour vinegar over baking soda in a small dish and give it a quick stir. Immediately mix with sour cream and let it sit for 2-5 minutes. Pour sour cream mix into the flour mixture. Add more flour if needed to make sure that dough is not runny. It should be the consistency of cookie dough.
• Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for 1 hour to harden.
• After 1 hour, break the dough into smaller pieces and feed it through the meat grinder using the large hole meat grinder attachment. Put dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Try to separate the strings of dough on the baking sheet.
• Place prepared dough in the middle of the oven and bake for 20 min at 350° F.
• Remove from the oven, and let the cookies cool, then break them into small pieces. Place broken cookies in large mixing bowl and toss in chopped hazelnuts.
• To make the cream, use an electric hand or stand mixer to beat softened butter until fluffy, then beat in condensed milk until smooth. Pour cream over the cookie mixture. Mix everything together well.
• Divide the dough in half. Form each mound by firmly patting down the cake as you mold it. Sprinkle with poppy seeds, cover with plastic wrap and place the cake in the fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight before serving.

RUSSIAN ANTHILL CAKE RECIPE - MURAVEINIK

Steps:

• 1. Make the dough: In a large bowl combine melted butter and sugar. Add sour cream, vanilla extract and stir until combined. sift in flour and baking powder, knead until smooth sough forms. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 1 hour.2. Preheat oven to 350F (175C). line a baking tray with parchment paper.3. Using a box grater, grate the dough in a single and even layer over the parchment paper.4. Bake for 12-13 minutes, until golden. Remove from oven and let cool.5. Meanwhile make the cream: in a large bowl cream the butter, add dulce de leche and beat until incorporated. take cooled biscuit and brake it into small and medium pieces, add to the cream, add crushed walnuts and fold until combined.6. Mound the mixture onto a serving plate. Using your hands, form the mixture into an ant hill. Sprinkle with poppy seeds or chocolate shavings.7. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.More Russian Dessert Recipes You May Like:Medovik - Russian Honey CakeNapoleon CakeDulce De Leche Cake

RUSSIAN ANT HILL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Combine 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of melted butter and sugar in a bowl; stir well. Whisk in sour cream until smooth. Mix flour and baking powder and sift over batter. Knead everything until a smooth, stiff dough forms.
• Using the meat grinder attachment of your kitchen aid, pass handfuls of the dough through the grinder. Spread ground dough pieces bits evenly over the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
• Beat 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of softened butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add dulce de leche and beat until well combined. Add the cooled cake pieces to the caramel mixture and fold in with a spatula until well combined.
• Mound the mixture onto a serving plate. Using buttered hands, form the mixture into an ant hill. Sprinkle with poppy seeds.

ANT HILL CAKE

Steps:

• Place Oreo's in food processor and process to coarse texture.
• Add peppermint patties and process to coarse texture.
• Coat a 10 inches spring form pan with cooking spray, add cookie mixture and press down gently to coat bottom and up 1/2 inches on the sides.
• By spoonfuls, add ice cream.
• Use back of a spoon to smooth ice cream evenly on the top.
• Cover with foil and freeze overnight.
• Place vanilla wafers in food processor and blend until smooth.
• Place in a sealed bag until needed and store at room temperature.
• Remove rim of spring form pan and place cake on serving platter.
• On one side of cake, slowly pour vanilla wafer crumbs to form a mound, or "anthill.".
• Arrange "ants" on cake using one chocolate covered almond for each body and one chocolate covered caramel for each head.
• Pipe on eyes and legs with gel.
• Garnish with candy corn.