The Monastic Izba cake with cherries, which owes its name to its resemblance to a log house, is a delicious dessert. And although the cooking process cannot be called quick and simple, the result in the form of the freshest delicacies with excellent taste will exceed all expectations and will cause universal praise for the culinary skills of the hostess.

Classic cake "Monastery izba" with cherries

A cake with a delicate and refined taste will appeal to even a fastidious gourmet.

For cooking you need:

  • 700 g flour;
  • a pack of butter weighing 250 g;
  • 850 ml of sour cream;
  • 150 g of sugar;
  • vinegar slaked soda;
  • ½ kg canned cherries.

Cooking method:

  1. Flour is poured into a deep container through a sieve.
  2. A slide is made in the slide for melted butter.
  3. Then add 250 ml of sour cream, ⅓ of the declared amount of sugar and soda.
  4. A rather tight dough is kneaded, from which, after an hour's cooling, 17 identical parts are prepared.
  5. Plates are rolled out from the blanks into which cherries previously thrown onto a colander are stacked along the entire length.
  6. Rolls are formed, which are sent to the oven for baking.
  7. Cream is whipped from the remaining sour cream and sugar with a blender.
  8. The cooled "logs" are laid out in the form of a log house, covered with cream in the process.
  9. The finished “Hut” is placed in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Chocolate dessert

To impress household members with their culinary talents, it is worth preparing a homemade cake using:

  • 800 g of flour;
  • a pack of butter weighing 250 g;
  • 850 ml of sour cream;
  • 250 g of sugar;
  • a baking powder bag;
  • 1 kg of cherries;
  • almost a whole bar of chocolate.

Working process:

  1. From melted butter, 250 ml of sour cream and a fifth of sugar, a homogeneous mass is prepared, into which flour with a baking powder is poured through a sieve.
  2. After kneading and being in the refrigerator for about half an hour, the elastic flour layer is divided into 15 balls, which are rolled in the form of elongated rectangles.
  3. Cherries are laid out in a row in the center of the geometric figures from the dough, after which the "bars" of the future "Hut" roll down. Workpieces are baked at 180 ° C in the oven for about 20 minutes.
  4. The cooled rolls are laid out in descending layers. The first is formed by 5 pieces, the last - one "log" to create a shape of the hut.
  5. A layer is a cream of whipped sour cream and sugar.
  6. Chocolate is melted and applied over the cream as a decoration.
  7. Before serving, the dessert is soaked in the refrigerator.

With sour cream

Another delicious variation in the preparation of a dessert with cherry with sour cream.

Required:

  • 400 g flour;
  • 120 ml of kefir;
  • 400 g of cherries;
  • 120 g butter;
  • 150 g of sugar;
  • 300 ml sour cream;
  • a bag of vanillin.

The sequence of actions:

  1. Uniform dough is mixed from butter chips, sifted flour, kefir and a third of sugar.
  2. The flour mass wrapped in a food film with an elastic structure is sent for 1 hour to the cold.
  3. Thin and rather long rectangles are prepared from the dough, in the center of which cherries are laid out in a row.
  4. Roll-up tubes that are sent on a baking sheet to the oven for browning.
  5. When the products have cooled, a “log house” is formed from them, liberally lubricated with sour cream. The latter is whipped with a mixer from the remaining sour cream, vanillin and granulated sugar.

With frozen cherries

“Monastic hut” is a dessert loved by many, not only for the delicate taste of pieces melting in the mouth, but also for a rather low calorie content, in comparison with other similar delicacies.

To create a cake you need:

  • 400 g flour;
  • a pack of butter weighing 250 g;
  • 1 liter of sour cream;
  • 450 g of sugar;
  • ½ bag of baking powder;
  • 400 g of frozen cherries.

The main stages of preparation:

  1. Defrosted cherry at night, placed in a colander.
  2. The softened butter is whipped, after which 200 g of sugar is added to the container.
  3. After introducing into the composition with constant stirring 200 ml of sour cream, flour and baking powder are poured into a homogeneous mass.
  4. The kneaded dough after removing their refrigerator, where it "rested" for 2 hours, is divided into 15 balls, each of which is rolled into a rectangular plate.
  5. Over the entire length, the rectangles are covered in the central part with cherries, after which they are folded in the form of rolls and baked in the oven for about 20 minutes.
  6. When the base of the cake has cooled, a “blockhouse” is formed from it, which is smeared with air cream. The latter is prepared from the remaining sour cream and sugar, whipped with a mixer.

Condensed milk treat

To make the sweet “structure” more durable, you can use boiled condensed milk. A standard size Izba will require 400 g of fragrant glue.

Also required:

  • 400 g flour;
  • 200 g margarine;
  • the same amount of butter;
  • 250 ml sour cream;
  • cherry.

To make a cake:

  1. Flour is sifted onto the countertop, into which chopped margarine and sour cream interfere.
  2. The resulting ball of dough is placed for 60 minutes in the cold, and after this time is divided into parts.
  3. All pieces of dough are rolled out in the form of rectangles, on which cherries are laid out in such a way as to prepare "logs".
  4. Products are baked in the oven for 15 minutes at 200 ° C.
  5. The cream is prepared by whipping butter and condensed milk.
  6. "Logs" are stacked on a dish with a slide that holds well and is covered with a creamy mass.
  7. The cake is sent to soak in the refrigerator.

From shortcrust pastry

It is impossible to convey in words the pleasure received when tasting such an airy and aromatic dessert as the “Monastery hut”.

To translate the recipe into life you should have at hand:

  • 200 g margarine;
  • 200 g butter;
  • 500 g flour;
  • 1.2 l sour cream;
  • 250 g of sugar;
  • ½ bag of baking powder;
  • 800 g canned cherries.

Way of execution:

  1. 1 liter of sour cream is whipped from ¾ of the declared amount of sugar converted into powder to an airy consistency.
  2. Then, the softened oil intervenes with the mixer in a creamy mass.
  3. From the remaining sour cream, margarine, ¼ sugar, flour and baking powder knead shortbread dough, which is cooled in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
  4. 15 balls are rolled from an elastic layer under a rectangular base for tubes.
  5. Cherries are laid out in the center of the geometric shapes along the entire length, after which the already twisted rolls are baked in the oven.
  6. When the “logs” have cooled, a hill is formed from them in the form of a hut, which is abundantly flavored with previously prepared sour cream.

"Monastic hut" from Alla Kovalchuk

According to Alla Kovalchuk, a cherry dessert can be created in no more than 1 hour.

It is easy to verify this by preparing only:

  • 500 g butter;
  • 500 g flour;
  • 850 ml of sour cream;
  • 200 g of powdered sugar;
  • 30 ml of lemon juice;
  • ½ kg canned cherries.

Basic cooking steps:

  1. 200 g of butter are ground with flour, after which 250 ml of sour cream and a little sugar are added.
  2. For half an hour the dough is sent to the cold, and then divided into equal parts, which are rolled out in the form of rectangles 25 cm long.
  3. Cherries without liquid are laid out in a row on the dough, after which the “logs” already rolled up in a tube are sent to the baking sheet at 180 ° C until golden brown.To make the cream lush, when preparing into a whipped mass of sour cream, powdered sugar and butter, lemon juice is added.
  4. The cooled “logs” are laid out on a dish in a decreasing manner as already described.
  5. Each layer, including the top, is covered with a thick layer of cream.
  6. Impregnation continues in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours.

"Monastic hut" - an exquisite delicacy, which once appeared on the festive table, will be the highlight of each celebration.

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