Spring Sweets Sakura Mont Blanc
- 35 grams Egg yolk
- 20 grams Sugar
- 20 ml Unroasted sesame oil (or vegetable oil)
- 25 ml Milk
- 50 grams Cake flour
- 1 Sakura powder (to your liking)
- 90 grams Egg white
- 25 grams Sugar
- 1 tbsp Sakura liqueur
- 12 blossoms Salt preserved sakura
- 200 ml Heavy cream
- 160 grams Sakura an (12 portions of 15 grams each)
- 1 tbsp Sakura liqueur
- 1 dash Red food coloring
- De-salt the salt preserved sakura blossoms for garnishing and then pat dry with a paper towel.
- Divide the sakura an for the cake filling into six portions, roll into balls and flatten into disks.
- (Egg yolk batter) Mix the egg yolks and sugar with an electric whisk.
- When it becomes white, slowly drizzle the unroasted sesame oil while mixing.
- Add the milk and mix.
- Then sift the cake flour and add to bowl.
- Mix with a rubber spatula.
- (Meringue) Add the sugar to the beaten egg whites in 3 parts.
- Whip the mixture thoroughly with each addition to make a meringue with soft peaks.
- Add half of the meringue to the egg yolk batter along with the liqueur and mix.
- Then add the remaining half of the meringue and gently mix.
- Grease the mold with oil (not included) and fill each molds halfway with the batter.
- Place the sakura an on top.
- Pour batter over the top to make a lid over the sakura an.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 170C for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Check doneness by inserting a bamboo skewer through the middle.
- Turn the mold upside down and leave to cool.
- Let the collected condensation evaporate.
- Remove from the mold.
- (Sakura cream) Whip the heavy cream, sakura an, and red food coloring together.
- Add the sakura liqueur and mix.
- Put the whipped cream into an icing bag and pipe over the sponge cake layer.
- Lay the sakura flower for garnishing on top.
- It looks like this when cut in half.
egg yolk, sugar, sesame oil, milk, flour, egg white, sugar, liqueur, liqueur, red food coloring
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/151881-spring-sweets-sakura-mont-blanc (may not work)