What cakes to cook for the New Year 2025: delicious and beautiful

New Year 2025 is a great reason to cook something delicious and festive and surprise your guests. Festive table You can’t do without not only salads and canapés, but also a sweet dessert – cake.

Every housewife will be able to prepare an exquisite culinary masterpiece, since there are many cake recipes and you can choose an option that suits your personal preferences and financial capabilities. Many housewives prefer classic, long-known and proven cake recipes.


A delicious, tender and filling version of the New Year's cake 2025.

To prepare the cakes you will need the following ingredients:

  • 15 g cocoa powder;
  • 10 g baking powder;
  • 0.5 l sour cream (you can use a product with a fat content of 15-20%);
  • 0.4 kg flour;
  • 0.45 kg of granulated sugar;
  • 50 g butter;
  • salt (pinch).

To prepare the cream you will need:

  • 150 g powdered sugar;
  • 0.5 l sour cream;
  • vanillin;
  • sour cream thickener.

Preparation steps:

  1. First, prepare the cakes - the base. To do this, mix sugar and sour cream (the ingredients for the cakes).
  2. Add melted butter to the resulting mixture. Beat all ingredients until smooth.
  3. Sift the flour, add other dry ingredients (salt and baking powder). Mix thoroughly.
  4. Combine the two prepared masses and stir until all dry ingredients are completely dissolved (especially flour).
  5. Separate the dough - form two parts. Create a chocolate shade for one of them by adding cocoa powder.
  6. Place into two baking pans, distributing evenly.
  7. As soon as the oven heats up to 180°, put the dough in. Baking time is 30-35 minutes.
  8. While baking, start preparing the cream. To do this, combine the ingredients: mix the sour cream with the thickener, add vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat everything with a mixer.
  9. After baking, let the cakes cool. Cut each (both white and chocolate) into 2 parts. Start assembling the cake: lay out the white and chocolate cakes alternately, spreading each one evenly with the cream mass.

Fruits, chocolate or New Year's themed figurines are perfect as decorations for the 2025 cake. To ensure the taste is delicate and rich, let the cake sit for at least 6 hours before serving.

 

Pancho Cake


The photo of this cake for the New Year 2025 attracts and stimulates to prepare. The dessert is delicious and simple. It is not difficult to prepare, since the products used are almost always available at home.

The following components are used for the base:

  • 3-4 chicken eggs (depending on size);
  • a pinch of salt;
  • 160 g sugar;
  • vanillin;
  • 270 g flour;
  • 270 g sour cream (fat content – 20%);
  • 35 g cocoa powder;
  • 12 g baking powder.

You also need to prepare the cream and filling separately.

Preparation steps:

  1. First bake the cakes. To do this, break the eggs, add vanilla and salt, beat everything until a homogeneous fluffy consistency with foam is obtained. Add sour cream to the egg mixture, mix again.
  2. Combine sifted flour with baking powder and cocoa powder, mix and transfer the mixture to the egg-sour cream mixture. Using a mixer, beat everything at low speed.
  3. For baking, it is better to use a form with a diameter of about 20 cm. Line the form with parchment and pour the mixture into it.
  4. Once the oven has preheated to 170°, you can bake. The crust will be ready in 35 minutes. They should cool well before assembling.
  5. After cooling, cut the cake lengthwise into two parts. Cut one into cubes, it is better if the sides of the pieces do not exceed 2-3 cm.
  6. Line a container (preferably a bowl) with cling film and lightly grease with butter or vegetable oil.
  7. Grease the bottom of the container with cream (make it by combining 700-800 g of sour cream and 200 g of sugar, you can add a pinch of vanillin). Process the pieces of the cake with the sour cream mixture and lay them on the bottom. At the same time, lay out the nut and fruit mixture. It can be only cherries or you can add pineapples. Squeeze the fruit (about 400-500 g) so that there is not a lot of juice. If desired, add walnuts, cut into large pieces.
  8. If there is cream left after laying out the pieces of cake, it is better to pour it over the laid mass. Cover everything with a whole cake.

Cover the blanks with film and place in the refrigerator for at least 3-4 hours. After that, remove the film and place the dessert on a plate. The decor made in the form of thin lines of melted dark chocolate looks beautiful. The cake for the New Year 2025 can also be decorated with a dragon figurine.

Count's ruins


"Count's ruins" are similar in shape and taste to "Pancho". There are several versions of the cake, but the classic version is most often prepared.

To prepare the cakes for "Count's Ruins", use the following ingredients:

  • 2 cups wheat flour;
  • 1 glass of granulated sugar and sour cream;
  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • 1 tsp. soda;
  • 20 g cocoa.

Separately, you need to prepare the sour cream and glaze.

Cooking instructions:

  1. In a deep bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Beat for about 4 minutes until you get a white mass that has increased in volume.
  2. Pour sour cream into the egg mixture, combine the ingredients with a mixer at low speed. The mixture should be of uniform consistency.
  3. Add baking powder and flour (pre-sift it) to the sour cream and egg mixture, mix everything. Keep in mind that it should be of medium consistency (not too runny or thick).
  4. Place the dough in two containers (the weight should be the same). Combine one part with 1 tbsp of any flour, the second with 20 g of cocoa.
  5. Prepare baking forms, put parchment on the bottom. It is desirable that the form for baking chocolate cake is slightly smaller than for white. Grease the parchment and the walls of the form with a little oil.
  6. Place for baking after the oven has been preheated to 180°. Baking time: 35 minutes.
  7. After removing the cakes from the oven, place them to cool.
  8. During the baking period, you can prepare the cream and glaze. To prepare the cream, combine 300 g of sour cream and 1 cup of sugar. Mix everything (preferably with a mixer) until the sugar dissolves. To prepare the glaze, combine the ingredients: 3 tablespoons of cocoa and sugar, 6 tablespoons of milk. Place the container on low heat, stirring constantly (about 5-6 minutes). Add 50 g of butter to the hot mixture, removed from the stove. After it dissolves in the glaze, leave to cool.
  9. Chop the chocolate cake into small pieces. Roll them in sour cream and place them on the white cake in a mound.

After laying out the cake, you can pour the rest of the sour cream over it and decorate it with thin streams of glaze.

Kyiv cake for the New Year's table


A tender and tasty delicacy has conquered millions. It turns out tasty and tender, and it is possible to prepare it at home.

To prepare the cakes, use the following ingredients:

  • 50 g wheat flour;
  • 45 g sugar (add to nuts);
  • 170 g nuts;
  • 7 egg whites (you should get about 245 g of this product);
  • 0.2 kg sugar (for cakes);
  • vanillin;
  • salt on the tip of a knife.

Stages of baking cakes:

  1. Lightly dry the nuts in a frying pan, grind them to medium size, combine with 45 g of sugar and 50 g of wheat flour.
  2. Combine the whites with salt and beat until smooth, until foam forms. It is important to use fermented whites (they should be at room temperature for at least 24 hours).
  3. Gradually add sugar to the egg mixture, whisking the mixture. To make the mixture stable, add 1-2 teaspoons of lemon juice. You should get a stable mass. Whip at low speed, gradually increasing. On average, you need to whisk for about 9 minutes.
  4. Add the nut mixture to the prepared protein mixture and mix everything thoroughly but carefully.
  5. Bake the mixture in the form of two circles (optimal diameter 20-22 cm). The height of the laid out layer is about 2 cm. Preheat the oven to 120° and dry the cakes for 120 minutes.
  6. It is not advisable to open the oven door for the first 90 minutes of baking. After baking, leave the oven slightly open to cool the protein-nut cakes. In order to feel their crispiness and dryness, they should stand like this for at least 20-22 hours.
  7. Before assembling the cake, prepare the cream. For it, mix 7 egg yolks with 170 g of sugar (it is advisable to add vanilla), pour in 180 ml of milk. Put the homogeneous mass on low heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. When bubbles appear on the mass, remove the pan with the cream from the heat and stir for another 1-2 minutes.
  8. Cool the cream, add well-whipped butter (260 g). After mixing, you should get a homogeneous mass. Divide the resulting cream into two parts. Put 1-2 spoons of cocoa in one of them, mix.

All that remains is to assemble the cake. Place the layers one by one on a plate, generously spreading them with the prepared cream (the bottom layer with white cream, the top layer with chocolate). The dessert is often diluted with a thin sponge cake layer.

As cake decorations for new year 2025 You can make gingerbread or sweet figurines of the Snake, the symbol of the year, and use fruits as decoration. A thematic winter addition in the form of a clock, snowflakes, a Christmas tree, and other festive elements will always be relevant.