Separate eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff, adding 70 g sugar and 1 pinch of salt. Fold the egg yolks into the beaten egg white. Mix flour, 20 g starch and baking powder and sieve. Fold the flour-mix and almonds alternately into the egg mixture. Grease a springform pan (approx. 26 cm Ø). Pour in the mixture, smooth it down and bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for 15-20 minutes until golden brown
Take the sponge out of the oven and let it cool down on a cake rack. Soak the gelatine in cold water. Mix quark, 120 g sugar, vanillin sugar and lemon juice. Squeeze the gelatine and melt it in a small saucepan. Stir in 3 tbsp. cream, then stir into the rest of the cream. Chill the cream for about 15 minutes until it starts to gel. Whip cream until stiff and fold in
Remove the sponge cake from the mould, place it on a cake plate and enclose it with a cake ring. Spread the cream on the cake base in a wavy pattern. Put the cake in a cool place for at least 4 hours
Wash, stalk and stone the cherries. Bring 200 ml nectar, cherries and 1 tablespoon sugar to the boil. Stir 50 ml nectar, liqueur and 15-20 g starch until smooth and bind the nectar with it. Let compote simmer for about 1 minute, then let it cool down while stirring occasionally. Remove the cake from the cake ring, spread the compote on the cake
Picture 02: Sprinkle cake with roasted almond slivers
waiting time approx. 4 1/2 hours