That the sponge cake turned out gentle, soft and fragrant, it is necessary to impregnate it surely. Syrup for this purpose should be chosen with special care and to prepare strictly from the recipe.
When choosing impregnation for a biscuit it is necessary to pay attention to what humidity is present at cake layers and what they have color.
Fruit and dairy impregnations
If a biscuit light and not too dry, at the same time there is a wish to allocate it with pronounced taste, it is necessary to use fruit impregnation. For its preparation it is necessary to take the following ingredients: - water – 1 glass;
- sugar – 2 tablespoons; - any fruit syrup – 0.5 glasses.
Pour water in a pan and put on fire. Wait when it begins to boil, and then add there sugar which needs to be stirred. Then begin to uvarivat components. Sugar has to be dissolved completely, and water became twice less. Then add fruit syrup there, stir impregnation, cool and plentifully water a biscuit. For light and dry cake layers, it is necessary to use dairy impregnation. She prepares from such ingredients: - vanilla – 1 g; - water – 3 tablespoons; - a condensed milk – 100 ml. Take water and bring to the boil. Pour out it in a bowl, and then lay out condensed milk there. It is necessary to stir ingredients carefully. It is necessary to receive uniform consistence. Then add necessary amount of vanilla, once again stir impregnation, and then leave it to cool down. When it is ready, water with it a biscuit.
Chocolate and cognac impregnations
Cognac impregnations are ideal for dry and dark cake layers. For this purpose it is necessary to take: - water – 1 glass; - sugar – 50 g; - cognac – 3 tablespoons. Fill sugar in a pan and fill in with water. Put capacity on a plate and bring to the boil. Wait for full dissolution of granulated sugar. Then disconnect a ring and leave syrup to cool down. Then add cognac and carefully mix everything. Impregnation is ready! Water with it plentifully cake layers. If the biscuit turned out soft and it has dark color, then use chocolate impregnation. Take the following products: - what powder – 1 tablespoon; - a condensed milk – 100 g; - a desi – 50 g. Such impregnation is preparing in a special way. It is necessary to take a big pan, to fill it with water and to bring to the boil. Inside one more saucepan in which small cut oil is put previously is located. It needs to be kindled on a water bath, to add there cocoa and condensed milk. Then it is necessary to wait when from these ingredients the homogeneous chocolate paste turns out. It is necessary to impregnate with it a biscuit at once, without waiting for its cooling, then cake will turn out more juicy.