Three-layer cottage cheese cake

1. Stage

First of all, let's make the dough. Sift the flour together with the cocoa and add salt.

2. Stage

Combine the butter with sugar and egg yolk.

3. Stage

Mix well.

4. Stage

Combine the dry mixture with the cream mixture and knead the dough. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

5. Stage

While the dough is cooling, let's make the filling. In the bowl of a blender, combine 1/2 part cottage cheese, sour cream, sugar, orange zest and 1 egg yolk. Grind. Repeat the same with the second part. By the way, you can use any dairy and fermented milk products instead of sour cream - cream, milk, and even kefir!

6. Stage

We got a liquid mass like this.

7. Stage

After 30 minutes, take out our dough. Take a mold, grease it with oil and dust it with flour or semolina. Spread the dough, forming borders of 3-4 cm. Bake for 10-15 minutes in an oven at 200 C.

8. Stage

Take out the mold, pour the filling on top and bake for another 20-25 minutes at 180 C.

9. Stage

Meanwhile, whip the whites to medium peaks. Gradually add the powdered sugar and whip the whites to stiff peaks.

10. Stage

Place the whipped whites on top of the filling.

11. Stage

Bake until golden, 5-10 minutes more.

12. Stage

Cool completely and you can taste it! Bon appetit!