Smurf Cake (Ombre Cake)
- FOR THE CAKE:
- 4-7/8 ounces, weight Egg Whites
- 8-1/2 ounces, fluid Milk
- 1-1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- 6 ounces, weight Soft Butter
- 10-5/8 ounces, weight Granulated Sugar
- 10-5/8 ounces, weight Plain Flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Blue Food Coloring
- FOR THE CREAM FROSTING:
- 1/2 cups Double Cream
- 17-5/8 ounces, weight Mascarpone
- 4 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar
- 8 whole Rafaello Candies
- For the cake:
- 1. Preheat the oven to 175u0b0C.
- 2. In a medium bowl, whisk together egg whites, milk and vanilla extract. Set aside.
- 3. In another bowl mix butter with sugar. Combine with flour, baking powder and salt.
- 4. Combine the flour mixture and the egg white mixture and mix until dough comes together in a mass.
- 5. Divide the batter into three bowls. In the first bowl add a tiny drop of coloring. In the second bowl add more coloring and in the third, add even more. That way you have 3 different shades of blue.
- 6. Pour the darkest batter into a greased 8-inch cake pan. If you have three 8-inch pans put the other bowls of batter into pans as well; otherwise you can use the same pan and bake 3 different times. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven.
- 7. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then place cake onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Repeat twice with the rest of the bowls of batter (use the same greased pan).
- For the cream frosting:
- 1. In a medium bowl whip double cream to stiff peaks then combine it with the mascarpone and powdered sugar.
- 2. Add additional cream if the frosting is too thick
- 3. Add more sugar if you feel the need.
- To assemble:
- 1. Divide cream into 4 parts.
- 2. Put your first cake layer on the cake platter and spread 1/4 of the cream evenly across the top.
- 3. Put the second cake layer on top and repeat with another layer of frosting.
- 4. Put the final cake layer on top, top-down.
- 5. Frost the cake with the rest of the cream.
- 6. Decorate with Rafaello candies
- Bon Appetit!
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/smurf-cake-ombre-cake/ (may not work)