Do you remember that aroma from your childhood? The fluffy, golden pie that melted in your mouth as you listened to your grandmother's stories of the past.
It was called “Mouse Cake” - a strange name for manna cake that came from one Soviet republic.
Why "Myshkin"? Maybe because it disappeared from the table faster than the nimble little animal. Or because the recipe was hidden for decades, like a relic.
But the secret of the taste is not in the name, but in the ingenious simplicity: the pie requires cheap products that every housewife has, and 10 minutes of preparation.
Imagine: semolina, milk, eggs, a pinch of vanillin - ordinary ingredients hidden in the kitchen.
And then the magic: pour a glass of cereal with two glasses of warm milk or kefir, leave for an hour, and then mix with two beaten eggs, a glass of sugar and 100 g of melted margarine.
Pour in a glass of flour (if desired, you can replace it with a second glass of semolina).
Don't forget a teaspoon of baking powder (soda), a packet of vanillin and a pinch of salt.
The dough will turn out like a cloud, into which you can add apples, bananas or raisins - but even without them you will get a masterpiece.
Oven preheated to 180°C? Send the form for 35 minutes…
And here it is - the pie that made neighbors knock on the door and children rush to touch it with their fingers to lick the powdered sugar stuck to the edges.
Try it and you will understand why people in the USSR loved this cake but were embarrassed to admit it.
