Bird's Milk Cake Recipe (Ptichye Moloko)
This is one DELICIOUS Bird's Milk (ptichye moloko) CAKE! A whipped sour cream filling turns into a delicate mousse, creating a Jell-O like cake known as the Bird's Milk Cake.
Equipment
- 2 springform pans
- 1 9-inch cake pan, (to bake sponge cake)
Ingredients
Cake:
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2/3 cup Cool Whip, (divided)
- 1/2 cup boiling milk, (or water dissolved with 4 TBSP sugar)
Sour Cream Mousse:
- 2 lbs Sour Cream, Daisy Brand
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 15 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 packets Knox Gelatine
- 1 stick butter, unsalted
Ganache:
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- TO MAKE CAKE: Beat eggs and sugar until pale and thick (10 minutes.) Whisk in flour moving in one direction and pour into a greased and floured 9-inch cake pan. Bake in a 350° oven until done. Cool cake; then, slice in half and transfer layers to two 9" springform pans. Evenly soak layers with the milk and sugar mixture. Spread a 1/3 cup of cool whip onto each cake layer. Set aside. (Layers will be thin.)
- TO MAKE SOUR CREAM MOUSSE: Beat the sour cream and sugar for 15 minutes. Add condensed milk and beat five more minutes. In a small saucepan whisk the Gelatine and milk until mixture comes to a boil. Add the butter and melt thoroughly, whisking non-stop. Remove from heat and slowly beat into the sour cream mixture beating two more minutes (mixture will get runny.) Evenly Divide the mousse into the two prepared springform pans and refrigerate until firm (3-4 hours.)
- TO MAKE GANACHE: Microwave cream until boiling. Pour over chocolate chips and allow to sit a few minutes. Whisk until ganache comes together and cool. Evenly pour onto the two cakes and refrigerate until set.
Notes
Servings: this recipe makes 2 cakes, each cake serving about 16 slices.
- You can skip the Cool Whip, the sourcream marshmallow filling will still adhere to the cake layers.
Nutrition Facts
Bird's Milk Cake Recipe (Ptichye Moloko)
Serving Size
1 slice
Amount per Serving
Calories
225
% Daily Value*
Fat
12
g
18
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Trans Fat
0.01
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
3
g
Cholesterol
46
mg
15
%
Sodium
39
mg
2
%
Potassium
145
mg
4
%
Carbohydrates
26
g
9
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
24
g
27
%
Protein
3
g
6
%
Vitamin A
362
IU
7
%
Vitamin C
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
89
mg
9
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
