A Patissier's Cake Decorated With Lots of Strawberries
- 4 Eggs
- 120 grams Granulated sugar
- 120 grams Cake flour (Sifted)
- 40 grams Butter (unsalted)
- 400 ml Heavy cream (dairy type)
- 32 grams Granulated sugar
- 1 pack Strawberries
- 40 grams Granulated sugar
- 80 ml Water
- Line the cake pan with parchment paper.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
- Add the eggs and granulated sugar to a bowl and mix.
- Place the bowl over another bowl of hot water and mix with a hand mixer until the mixture is warm to the touch.
- Remove the bowl from the hot water bath and beat on high speed until stiff peaks form.
- When you lift the beater, the batter should form thick ribbons.
- Set the hand mixer to low speed and beat again for 1 more minute.
- Add the cake flour in several batches and mix it in.
- While turning the bowl with your left hand, use a rubber spatula with your right hand to fold in the flour by lifting the batter up from the bottom of the bowl.
- Place the butter over a hot water bath and melt it.
- Add the butter, pouring it over the rubber spatula and then folding it in.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan.
- Pour any batter leftover in the bowl around the sides of the pan, not the middle.
- Bake in a 180 degrees C oven for 30 minutes.
- When you push on the cake with your hand and it springs back, it's done baking.
- (Be careful not to burn yourself).
- Remove from the pan and let cool.
- Add the ingredients for the syrup to a pot.
- Bring to a boil and then let cool.
- Put the double cream and granulated sugar into a bowl and place the bowl over another bowl of ice water.
- Beat until soft peaks form.
- Cut the strawberries in half.
- Cut the cake into two layers and spoon the syrup onto the bottom layer.
- Spread on the whipped cream and top with strawberries.
- Spread whipped cream on top of the strawberries.
- Spoon syrup onto the browned side of the top layer of the sponge cake, flip it over and place it on top of the bottom layer.
- Spread the surface of the cake with whipped cream and decorate the top with strawberries.
eggs, sugar, flour, butter, heavy cream, sugar, pack strawberries, sugar, water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/146835-a-patissiers-cake-decorated-with-lots-of-strawberries (may not work)