What will help pass the long winter evenings and make them warmer and more pleasant? Of course, tea drinking in good company, with such a cake as "Winter Cherry". Delicious cake, delicate cream, sweet tube cakes complement the notes of cherry filling.
Put the cherries in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar and leave for 1 hour to let the juice flow. Drain in a colander and let drain well. (You don't need juice in this recipe)! Instead of fresh or frozen, you can use canned. Cherries need to be thrown into a colander and let the syrup drain.
Combine sour cream with baking powder and vanilla sugar and mix well. Beat softened butter until fluffy with a pinch of salt, without stopping beating, add sugar in a thin stream, add sour cream and mix. Add the sifted flour and knead into a soft dough. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 40-60 minutes.
After the time has elapsed, release the dough from the cling film, knead a little and divide into 15 equal parts. Roll out each piece with a rolling pin into a rectangular strip 20 by 7 cm. Put the cherries close to each other on each strip and pinch the edges well.
Put the resulting "logs" seam down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. It is desirable that all "logs" turn out to be the same size. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 200 degrees. Take the logs out of the oven and cool.
Prepare sour cream. Beat chilled sour cream with sugar for 15-20 minutes at maximum mixer speed, until thickened and increased in volume. Put 5 "logs" on a dish and grease with cream, put 4 "logs" on top and grease with cream again. Next - 3 "logs" + cream, 2 "logs" + cream, and finally 1 "log" and cream.
Cover the entire cake with the remaining cream. Decorate as you wish. Put in the refrigerator and let it brew for at least 12 hours.
Serve in portions with coffee or tea. This cake, with its beauty and taste, will surely pay off your efforts. Enjoy your meal!