Forest Fruit Cake (Berry Cake)
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4.9
252 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Additional Time
3 hrs
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Total Time
4 hrs 10 mins
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Servings
12 servings
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
International
Forest Fruit Cake (Berry Cake)
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Ingredients
White Cake Sponge:
- 6 eggs
- 1 glass granulated sugar
- 1 glass flour
- 1 cup starch
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 packet vanilla
- 1 small cup hot water
Pastry Cream:
- 1 l milk
- 10 tbsp sugar
- 5 tbsp flour
- 3 tbsp starch
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 packet vanilla
- 50 gr margarine
Butter Cream:
- 500 gr butter
- 750 gr powdered sugar
Chocolate Glaze:
- 3 tbsp cream
- couverture chocolate
Fruits:
- blueberries
- raspberries
- blackberry
- strawberry
- red currants
Instructions
How to Make the White Sponge Cake:
- Separate the egg yolk from the white. Whisk the yolks well with the sugar.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, starch, baking powder, and vanilla.
- Add some flour and hot water to the whipped egg yolk and continue whisking.
- In another bowl, whisk the egg whites well, adding a pinch of salt.
- Add the egg white to the other ingredients in batches of two or three and mix together in one direction only with a spatula.
- Put a mold on a tray and pour the mortar into the mold. Knock the tray on the worktop a few times to knock the air out of it.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ℃ (356 ℉) for 40 minutes.
- Don’t open the open door at all before the 40 minutes, and then check with a knife. If it’s cooked, take it out of the oven and leave to cool.
How to Make the Pastry Cream:
- Whisk the flour, starch, sugar, egg yolk, and milk in a pan with a mixer.
- Cook on a low heat until it reaches the consistency of a pudding.
- Removing from the stove, add the margarine and vanilla and beat for 10 minutes. Let it rest overnight.
How to Make the Butter Cream:
- Put the room-temperature butter in a the mixer bowl and whisk until it becomes creamy.
- Sift the powdered sugar and gradually added it to the butter and whip for 7 minutes.
How to Prepare the Fruits:
- Take the cake out of the oven and let it sit for 3-4 minutes. Then, run a fine spatula around the edge of the mold and remove the cake. Leave to cool on a wire rack. Then, take off the baking paper and cut the cake across the circumference into three layers.
- Wet the layers with milk. Spread them with cream and sprinkle with raspberries and chocolate drops. Lay the three layers one on top of the other.
- Cover the top and sides with cream and let it rest for at least 3-4 hours.
- Decorate the cake with chocolate and forest fruits.
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