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This chocolate spartak cake is probably the most requested video tutorial on my blog. It also happens to be my favorite cake – and my son’s favorite! I learned from the best; Mama :). Actually Mom’s classic version is vanilla. A couple tiny tweaks and it became chocolate.
This is a soft 7-layer cake (it’s known to some as napoleon cake) and it’s always a favorite at parties; definitely a holiday worthy dessert! I hope you enjoy watching this video as much as I enjoyed making it. I also hope you feel inspired to make it yourself.
Watch How To Make Chocolate Spartak Cake:
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Hello- I’ve made this cake in the past and it was amazing!! My first time didn’t turn out- the dough was soooo sticky and I was thinking I probably mixed too hard when adding the flour (it looked like in the video that you more folded in the flour mixture rather than mixed) so I tried that and it came out perfect!
So this time I was like oh I know what I’m doing. But the dough came out super sticky again! I literally cannot roll it- no matter the amount of flour I coat it in.. the only thing I can think of that I did wrong is that I doubled the recipe, but didn’t keep the wet ingredients over the steam bath more than 10 mins- do you think maybe that’s what caused this? (And yes I mixed the flour mixture in right away) I’m so sad- I love this cake and really wanted it for easter :((( do you have any tips for if this happens in the future? What I can do with the dough? I hope it doesn’t happen again though!
Hi Ulyana, when I double the recipe, I keep it over the steam twice as long since it takes quite a bit longer for it to reach the proper temperature over steam. I hope that helps for the future and happy Easter!! 🙂
Hi Natasha,
Years ago (about 30)I was a Chef in my families restaurant (trained by Mama and Nona) being of Italian descent that’s what we focused on with some American staples for breakfast and lunch. Since retiring from my job as I started cooking more and I really wanted to try my hand at other types of foods and You have been a Godsend of knowledge. Food has certainly changed massively in that time and I felt like a fish out of water now with your help I am finding it wonderfully exciting with each new recipe I conquer. Thank You so much for your instructions they are clear and and well written I have yet to have a failure when pick anything from your Blog to tackle
You’re welcome Sandra! I’m glad to hear how helpful the recipes are for you. Thanks for following and sharing your thoughtful review!
Hi Natasha,
Is it okay to use Puff pastry sheet for this kind of cake.
Appreciate your reply.
-mai
Hi Mai, I have never tried this particular cake with puff pastry so I’m just not sure how or if it would work.
Hi Natasha….can I skip egg in this recipe?
Hi Chhavi, I have never tried omitting the egg but I do think it is important for the dough to form and bake properly.
Natasha, Thank you so much for your delicious recipes! I honestly do not know how my cooking skills would be if I did not use your recipes all the time. You do not get enough credit for how much you have helped young married ladies 🙂 My friends/family always discuss your delicious recipes and how awesome you are in our get togethers. Thank you for a perfect no fail spartak cake that everyone always compliments me on! God bless you!
Irina, thank you for such a sweet review and compliments 😬. I’m so glad to hear that our site is a blessing to you and your family.
Dear Natasha! Thank you so much for your recepies, I have you channel in my bookmarks in the browser!!! I really want to cook this cake for my husbands birthday, but I live in Sweden and need all measurements in grams or milliliters? Can you message that to me, because I really do not want to screw up with converting cups to grams and so on? Thank you again!!!
Hi Mariya, unfortunately without re-making this cake and weighing all of the ingredients, I can’t give you those exact amounts. I would recommend checking conversion resources online. Sorry, I know that’s not super helpful.
thanks! I will try to do that(
Hi Natasha. I am in the process of making this fabulous cake ( made korzhi tonight). I was wondering if I add more cream cheese (double) to the frosting, will it ruin it? (i tried your mom’s classic spartak, and wished the krem had a little more kislinka to it…
Thank you for your wonderful blog. i look forward to each new recipe you post.
Hi Katya, I would probably start by using 1 1/2 times the amount of cream cheese (1 1/2 packages or 12 oz) to be on the safe side. Thank you for your sweet and encouraging comment 🙂
Natasha do you have a recipe of crepes (nalisniki)?
Yes, I have several :). You can see them here: https://natashaskitchen.com/?s=nalesniki. The most popular ones are these: https://natashaskitchen.com/2009/12/27/nalesniki-with-cheese-and-raisins/
What brand unsweetened cocoa powder did you use?
I use either Hershey’s or this Saco one: http://amzn.to/1KJJjDq. I love the dutch process cocoa or dark but any cocoa will work really. 🙂
Cake was so good! I messed up dough preparation and had a hard time rolling out layers but it was entirely my fault. Frosting was delicious. I made half of the frosting recipe and did not frost the sides. It still looked very pretty and was gone in a day!
I’m so glad it worked out. Thanks Dasha 🙂
how much milk did u add?
Hi Alina! 1/3 cup warm milk. Here is the full print-friendly recipe with all of the detailed measurements and instructions 🙂
I want to marry you Natasha!
Hold the phone! lol. My husband already has that covered.
Hi, Natasha! What baking flour do you use? Which store do you buy?
Hi Olga, we have enjoyed the organic all-purpose flour at Costco. King Arthur is another brand that we think is very good.
Absolutely LOVE how your smile after you finish each sentence. 🙂 Thank you
Thank you Vera for the sweet comment :D.
This cake was a lot of work and on initial taste test I was slightly disappointed. We had it for a birthday dinner about 20 hrs after making. However, the next day it was fabulous! I would highly recommend waiting at least 30+ hrs and then it’s worth the effort!
It’s definitely important to let it sit overnight for the cream to soften the layers. Sometimes it will set faster if you leave it at room temp for awhile before refrigerating.
Natasha thank you for this receipe, this cake is my family favorit. It’s so yammy.
I’m so happy to hear that. It’s our family favorite too 🙂
I DID IT!!!!!!! I have been thinking about this cake since you posted it. You may wonder why it took me so long?:) I hated doing very thin layered cake since I was a teenager. But I decided that I have to overcome my dislikes and …oh my, it turned out so very DELICIOUS!!! It worth our time and efforts. YUMMY!!! (P.S Dont count calories:))
Awesome!!! I’m totally excited with you :). Ha ha, definitely don’t count calories ;).
Made this cake for my husband’s Birthday, tasted great!
Counted calories in frosting alone 4,770 , whole tort all together about 6,000 calories…ouch
That’s why I don’t add nutrition facts for desserts – it would ruin dessert for me :). Everything in moderation :). Happy Birthday to your husband!
I want to start with saying that at first I was a little hesitant to make this cake, but after watching this video tutorial, you made me feel like I could do it. 🙂 So when I started to roll out my dough, it wasn’t so pretty and I was thinking ” uh-oh, this is not going to work”, but I kept at it and each cookie came out better than the previous one. I also only had 10″ round, which was too big, so I used an 8″ plate instead. At the end I still had 7 layers and it looks great! Can’t wait to try it tomorrow at the event I’m taking it to 🙂
Big thanks to your mom for this recipe, and thank you Natasha for describing the process so well!
I’m so happy you kept at it! 🙂 I hope you and all of your event guests absolutely love it!
Natasha that cake looks delicious! i definately want to try it!!! but I just wanted to tell you that you look so beautiful when pregnant!! Wow!! so never be afraid to gain a couple pounds! 🙂 you look gorgeous like that!! 🙂
Inna you’re so sweet 🙂 Thank you so much! 🙂
Made this today Delicious! It was super tall I had 9 layers. Loved it!
Wow! You got 9 layers?! Way to go! 🙂