Properties of potato cake
Nutritional value and composition | Vitamins | Minerals
How much does a potato cake cost (average price for 1 pack)?
Moscow and Moscow region.
100 rub.
We think it’s no secret that every nation living on planet Earth differs from others not only in language or appearance, but also in its distinctive culture, culinary traditions and preferences. However, most people around the world will not mind enjoying the sweet and delicious confectionery called cakes. In addition, each nation will have several exclusive recipes for popularly loved confectionery and sweet treats.
Cakes were not initially identified as a separate type of confectionery product. It was believed that cakes were just a small cake. However, over time, humanity has appreciated the new type of confectionery products that were invented by culinary masters back in the Middle Ages. Currently, in the world culinary tradition there are a sufficient number of types of cakes. We want to talk about one of these types today.
Potato cake is one of the ten most popular and widespread confectionery products in our latitudes. In addition, potato cake is considered an easily accessible food product that can be prepared at home without much difficulty. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that many domestic housewives can easily prepare potato cake themselves and please their loved ones with a delicious delicacy.
Custard cake: calorie content, composition, safe portions
Custard cake, whose calorie content reaches 460 kilocalories, is one of the most common confectionery products. The classic custard cake is a tube filled with custard (the calorie content of which reaches 220 calories per 100g) and covered with chocolate glaze. Custard cake, the calorie content of which varies depending on the filling and design elements, can also be filled with:
- Curd cream (up to 250 calories depending on additives);
- Butter cream (up to 220 calories per 100g);
- Protein cream (up to 225 calories);
The dough for custard cakes, which are quite high in calories, is based on butter, flour and eggs.
Custard cakes are not a dietary dessert. The confectionery product is based on animal fats. The ingredients in the recipe for custard cakes cannot be replaced, which does not allow them to reduce their calorie content. Regular consumption of such cakes will lead to weight gain.
When choosing a sweet treat, it is important to determine what products are used in the cake. Despite the high calorie content of cakes, some types are sources of vitamins and beneficial elements, while most cakes are only easily digestible carbohydrates, which are instantly converted by the body into fats.
| Bakery products and cereals | Bran bread | Regular bread, bakery products, cereals, pasta | Cookies, confectionery (cakes, pastries) |
| Vegetables, root vegetables, herbs | All types of cabbage, sorrel, fresh herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, sweet peppers, eggplants, carrots, turnips, radishes, mushrooms, onions | Boiled potatoes, corn and legumes (not canned) | Fried potatoes, white rice, or fried vegetables |
| Fruits, berries | Lemon, quince, cranberry | Apples, berries (currants, raspberries, blueberries), cherries, peaches, plums, bananas, watermelon, oranges, figs | |
| Condiments, spices | Pepper, cinnamon, spices, herbs, mustard | Salad seasonings, homemade low-fat mayonnaise | Fatty mayonnaise, ketchup, overcooked |
| Broths | Fish (low-fat), vegetable | Broths with added cereals | Fat broths |
| Dairy | Low-fat cheeses, kefir | Low-fat milk, fermented milk products, feta cheese, natural yoghurts | Butter, sour cream, cream, condensed milk, fatty cheeses |
| Fish and seafood | Lean fish fillet | Medium fat fish, oysters, squid, shrimp, crayfish and mussels | Fatty fish, eel, caviar, canned food in oil, herring, mackerel |
| Meat and products made from it | Chicken, rabbit, veal, turkey, lean beef | Duck, goose, bacon, sausages, fatty meat and canned meat | |
| Fats | Olive, flaxseed, corn or sunflower oil | Salo | |
| Dessert | Fruit salads | Fruit jelly without sugar | Ice cream, puddings |
| Bakery | Confectionery products prepared with unsaturated fats and sweeteners | Cakes, pies, biscuits | |
| Sweets | Only with sweeteners | Chocolate, sweets, especially with nuts, honey | |
| Nuts | Hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts and pine nuts, chestnuts, pistachios, sunflower seeds | Coconut, peanuts | |
| Beverages | Unsweetened tea and coffee without cream, mineral water, drinks with sweeteners | Alcohol |
Composition of potato cake
It is noteworthy that in the food industry, potato cake is called rusk cake, i.e. a confectionery product made from crushed bread. The official name of the confectionery product accurately reflects the composition of the potato cake. As a rule, crackers are used to make potato cakes, which are made from different types of bread. Often it is confectionery or ready-made crackers that are included in the potato cake.
In addition to crackers, the potato cake contains granulated sugar, butter, cocoa powder, vanilla, and an alcoholic component. As a rule, sweet and low-alcohol liqueurs are used to make potato cake. It is noteworthy that the potato cake does not need to be heat treated and baked in the oven until fully cooked. This is the main feature of the confectionery product, for the preparation of which you just need to grind the crackers, mix the resulting mass with sugar, egg and butter.
Often, cocoa powder or boiled condensed milk, nuts, sunflower seeds, and vanilla are added to potato cakes. The resulting mass is thoroughly mixed, then given a distinctive round or slightly elongated shape, which distinguishes the potato cake from other confectionery products, and the pieces are placed in the refrigerator to complete preparation. After some time, the potato cake is decorated with cream or confectionery sprinkles and served.
The calorie content of potato cake is at a fairly high level. This is due, first of all, to the chemical composition and set of initial ingredients that are used to prepare the confectionery product. The average calorie content of a potato cake is 310 kcal, which is per 100 grams of confectionery product. In addition to a fairly high level of calorie content, potato cake contains a large amount of sugar, and, consequently, carbohydrates. Therefore, people suffering from obesity or diabetes should avoid uncontrolled consumption of potato cake.
Dietary properties:
What calorie content does Potato cake have, what dietary properties does it have? All this is of interest to those who lead a healthy lifestyle, are interested in traditional methods of treatment, and monitor their health and figure.
The interesting thing is that to prepare such a confectionery product you do not need an oven at all. This is a biscuit-chocolate cake with a round shape and a pronounced cocoa taste. This delicacy is especially loved by children - they really like it if the cake is given a funny shape like a potato or a hedgehog.
To begin with, this dish contains vitamins, minerals, cholesterol, fats of plant and animal origin, proteins and carbohydrates. The dietary properties of a given confectionery product will largely be determined by the ingredients used for its preparation.
Potato cake will benefit those people who suffer from a lack of animal fats, proteins, vitamins, mineral components in their diet, as well as people with low nutrition.
Nuts are 2.5-3 times higher than fruits in terms of the content of potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron. In addition, they contain a lot of protein (16-25%). Oil contains a full spectrum of fat-soluble vitamins, but it is high in fat and cholesterol (this is a factor contributing to the development of atherosclerosis and can aggravate its course). Milk is distinguished by its content of many fat-soluble vitamins, it contains fats, protein (casein) and chemical elements. Cocoa contains minerals and vitamins - PP and vitamins from group B. In terms of the ratio of potassium to sodium (343: 1), cocoa is significantly ahead of many other food products. Cocoa is not very suitable for dietary nutrition due to the presence of oxalic acid (450 mg%), theobromine and caffeine alkaloids (0.1 to 0.4 mg%) and purine bases (up to 1900 mg%).
But do not forget about contraindications. This confectionery product is not recommended for consumption by people suffering from the following diseases - diabetes, atherosclerosis, liver diseases and diseases of the pancreas, stomach and bile ducts.
Chocolate candies "Confectioner Profi" LLC "Slada Dessert "Potato" - review
You can try it, but you shouldn’t expect an unforgettable taste! (photo in old and new packaging + composition)
I have developed a love for desserts or cakes with the “Potato” flavor since childhood, and I think that many people also like this taste. Recently, and even in recent years, I have come across completely different “Potatoes” (dry, dense, loose, with fruit and berry filling, etc.), i.e. At the moment you can find completely different versions of your favorite dessert.
I like to combine sweets like this with a cup of unsweetened tea or coffee/chicory (your choice).
A pack contains 250 grams of sweets, they are packaged in transparent packaging, through which the individual wrapper is visible. The production date is also indicated on the packaging. If. You are interested in the number of units, then there are exactly 20 candies, each of which weighs on average 12-13 grams.
This is what an individual wrapper looks like, which is not at all difficult to open along the welding seams. The composition is not indicated on the candy wrapper, but there is information about the manufacturer and a description of the candy. The composition is placed on the packaging bag or box, if you take it by weight.
The candy may not seem the most appetizing visually, because... the body simply gives away that it is made of confectionery icing and not chocolate. However, if you read the ingredients before purchasing, this will not be news to you. Sometimes it happens that the confectionery glaze tastes just fine. In this case, it’s really not bad (for some reason I expected it to be even worse).
Inside, it turned out that the case is not so “thick” and begins to slowly melt in your hands. It doesn’t taste very much like “plasticine”, but it doesn’t taste like “full” chocolate either. In combination with the filling, the glaze generally remains a secondary matter. There is a lot of filling, and it is not liquid, but also not juicy, as in the cakes of the same name. You can clearly feel the crumbs of sugar cookies (why exactly sugar cookies? Firstly, this is stated by the manufacturer, and secondly, you can feel the inherent softness of this type of cookie). The total mass of the filling is also made on the basis of cookies and cocoa powder with “condensed milk”.
In fact, there is nothing complicated in the composition and you can prepare such a dessert at home, if you wish. Regarding the cost: the product in principle cannot be, or rather should not be, expensive, since there is no chocolate here, the condensed milk is also made from vegetable fats, not cow's milk, and not everyone knows the manufacturer (I know him from other candies from Fix Price", in particular, I like to take their fruit caramel "Movie").
The candies, in my opinion, are not at all cloying, but at the same time sweet and really somewhat similar to “Kartoshka”. Objectively, their rating is 3.5. Of course, there are tastier “Potatoes” in the form of candies, but for comparison, you can try it at least once.
Updated 07/14/2017 Once again I took these candies (the cost is already 50 rubles). The packaging has changed a little in appearance, but there is also a transparent window. The weight of the pack remains the same - 250 grams/same manufacturer. Recently I began to notice the presence of a slight chemical aftertaste, which did not make me very happy. I'll take it again after some time to make sure of this. For now, I still recommend trying it out!
My other reviews of products from this manufacturer:
Chocolate Cake Sweet Potatoes without Condensed Milk
The housewives' imagination is limitless. How can they decorate this sweet chocolate dessert now? Although its foundation remains unshakable. The same crumbs, syrup or cream for binding the mass, cocoa powder.
This beautiful potato cake is called Mulatto. It is based on chocolate biscuit crumbs based on cocoa powder. The products are dipped in melted chocolate on top, decorated with nuts and white chocolate petals.
Ingredients:
- 500 g chocolate biscuit;
- 150 g butter;
- 150 g berry syrup;
- 200 g chocolate;
- nuts for decoration.
How we will proceed:
Pour melted butter and berry syrup into chocolate biscuit crumbs. Knead the plastic dough.
We roll products (potatoes) from it in the form of cylinders and balls.
Place the preparations in the refrigerator for an hour to an hour and a half.
Meanwhile, add a tablespoon of butter and a tablespoon of milk to the chocolate. Melt it in a water bath. We take the pieces out of the refrigerator and cover (water) them with chocolate.
Decorate with nuts and white chocolate petals. We apply patterns with pink chocolate.
It's easy to get. Just melt the white petals and add berry syrup.
Place the pink dessert in a regular plastic bag. Place the mass in the corner of the bag. We twist the ends tightly so that the mass does not move inside. Cut off the tip of the corner with scissors and squeeze the mixture onto the pastry.
This is how beautiful it turned out.
