Pancake Cake with Sour Cream: A Step-by-Step Recipe with Photos

If you don't have time to start the lengthy process of preparing dessert, a delicious and quick pancake cake with sour cream will save the day. This simple step-by-step recipe will help you prepare this treat in just 30 minutes. While you're greeting your guests and chatting, the dessert will already be chilling in the refrigerator and ready to serve.

Pancake Cake with Sour Cream - A Simple Step-by-Step Recipe

Nutritional value per serving

244 kcal

Proteins: 5 g
Fats: 15 g
Carbohydrates: 21 g

*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients

Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Time in the kitchen: 30 min
Complexity:

A simple recipe.
Number of servings: 8

This super-easy-to-make pancake cake with sour cream will become your favorite dessert, as it's quick and easy to make using ingredients you already have in your refrigerator.

Vanilla cake made from airy pancakes and sour cream, decorated with fresh fruit, is also often called a "French dessert" for its exquisite appearance and very delicate taste.

To make a pancake cake at home we will need:

pan for baking pancakes;
deep container for kneading dough and whipping cream;
mixer or whisk;
sieve for sifting flour;
spatula or spoon for spreading pancakes.

A simple recipe for making pancake cake with sour cream

A simple pancake cake recipe with sour cream, step by step

Ingredients

Servings

Ingredients for pancakes:

Milk

500 ml
Egg C1

2 pcs
Butter (melted)

2 tbsp
Sugar

2 tbsp
Flour

200 G
Cornstarch

1 tbsp
Vanilla sugar

10 G
Salt

1 pinch

Ingredients for sour cream:

Sour cream 20%

800 ml
Thickener for sour cream

16 G
Vanilla sugar

10 G
Powdered sugar

to taste
Fruits and berries for filling and decoration

as desired

Preparation

Step 1

Step 1. Prepare the cream.

Since our pancake cake will be made with sour cream, we'll start with that. While we're making the pancakes, the cream will have time to thicken to the desired consistency after sitting in the refrigerator.

Pour 800 grams of chilled sour cream into a deep bowl and beat with a mixer at low speed for 1 minute. While continuing to beat, add the sour cream thickener, vanilla sugar, and then the powdered sugar and beat for another 1-2 minutes.

Cover the resulting cream with cling film and put it in the refrigerator while preparing the pancakes.

Step 2

Step 2. Prepare classic pancakes with milk.

Pour 0.5 liters of milk into a deep container and add:

2 eggs;
2 tablespoons of sugar;
a pinch of salt;
8-10 grams of vanilla sugar.

Step 3

Beat everything until smooth.

Step 4

In a separate container, sift 200 g of flour and mix with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.

If you don't have starch, you can simply add 1 tablespoon more flour, but the starch will make the pancakes more tender and airy.

Step 5

Carefully pour half of the milk mixture into the flour and mix with a mixer until smooth.

Step 6

Add the second half of the milk mixture to the dough and beat again until smooth.

Step 7

Add 2 tablespoons of melted butter to the dough and mix thoroughly again.

Step 8

Fry the pancakes in a frying pan, pouring the batter in a thin layer and carefully turning them over with a spatula.

Step 9

Each pancake must be baked on both sides until golden brown, as shown in the photo.

Stack the pancakes and let cool slightly.

Step 10

Step 3. Assembling the pancake cake.

Place the first pancake in a bowl of a suitable diameter and spread it with sour cream.

If the edges of the pancakes are uneven or very dry, they can be trimmed using a plate of a suitable size as a template.

Step 11

Repeat the procedure the required number of times, forming a cake from pancakes, spreading each layer with whipped sour cream.

If desired, you can also make layers with melted chocolate, boiled condensed milk, your favorite jam, bananas, or simply add various berries or sliced fruit on top of the cream between the pancakes.

Step 12

Decorate the cake with strawberries, cherries, plums or any other fruits and berries you have.

If desired, you can coat the edges of the pancakes with cottage cheese mixed with a little sour cream. This edge will add a special piquant flavor to your cake.

This unusual cake, made with your own hands, needs to be kept in the refrigerator for 1 hour, and then it can be served to guests.

The recipe can be simplified as much as possible if you buy ready-made pancakes at your local grocery store in advance.

Experienced housewives have already come up with many variations of this cake:

basic recipe - only pancakes and sour cream;
curd - a little cottage cheese is added to the sour cream;
with crushed nuts and honey;
pancake cake with condensed milk and sour cream;
The most favorite option among children is with banana and chocolate;
spicy – with chocolate and cherry;
chocolate pancake cake with sour cream (in this case, cocoa can be added both to the cream and to the pancake batter);
with fresh or canned fruits.

Another interesting idea is a pancake cake called "Bird's Milk." Instead of cream, a thick layer of sour cream and cottage cheese cream with added fruit and gelatin is placed between the pancakes. It turns out delicious and beautiful.