Lübeck cherry marzipan cake

Name: Lübeck cherry marzipan cake
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: 150 g soft butter or margarine; 125 g + 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 4 Eggs (size M); 200 g Flour; 3 tsp (12 g) Baking Powder; 800 g Whipped cream; 1 glass (720 ml) Sour cherries; 35 g Cornstarch; 75 g crushed almonds; 75 g flaked almonds; 6 TABLESPOONS Amaretto (almond liqueur); 1 package (300 g) very fine marzipan blanket; 50-75 g Apricot Jam; 1-2 TEASPOONS Icing sugar; 7-10 Tbsp Marzipan bunny, colourful Easter eggs and mint; 7-10 Tbsp Grease

AUTHOR
Kate Willis

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 14

150 g soft butter or margarine
125 g + 3 tablespoons sugar
1 package Vanillin sugar
1 pinch Salt
4 Eggs (size M)
200 g Flour
3 tsp (12 g) Baking Powder
800 g Whipped cream
1 glass (720 ml) Sour cherries
35 g Cornstarch
75 g crushed almonds
75 g flaked almonds
6 TABLESPOONS Amaretto (almond liqueur)
1 package (300 g) very fine marzipan blanket
50-75 g Apricot Jam
1-2 TEASPOONS Icing sugar
7-10 Tbsp Marzipan bunny, colourful Easter eggs and mint
7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

1
Cream fat, 125 g sugar, vanillin sugar and salt. Add the eggs individually, alternating with 4 tablespoons of flour and fold in. Mix the rest of the flour and baking powder and stir in briefly together with 50 g cream. Put the dough into a greased springform pan (26 cm Ø) and smooth it down. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 25 minutes. Let the base cool down and cut through twice horizontally. Place a cake ring around the lower cake base.
2
Drain the cherries and collect the juice. Mix the starch and some cherry juice until smooth. Boil up the rest of the juice and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Remove from the heat, stir in the starch, bring to the boil again briefly. Add the cherries. Spread the compote on the bottom. Let it cool down. Roast ground almonds and flaked almonds separately in a pan without fat, remove. Whip 500 g whipped cream and 1 tablespoon sugar until stiff, fold in liqueur, ground almonds, except for 1-2 teaspoons. Spread about 1/3 of the almond cream on the cherries and cover with the 2nd base. Spread the rest of the almond cream on top and cover with the 3rd base. Chill the cake for 20-30 minutes. Whip 250 g cream and 1 tablespoon sugar until stiff. Remove the cake from the cake ring and spread a thin layer of cream all around.
3
Whip 500 g whipped cream and 1 tablespoon sugar until stiff, fold in liqueur, ground almonds, except for 1-2 teaspoons. Spread about 1/3 of the almond cream on the cherries and cover with the 2nd base. Spread the rest of the almond cream on top and cover with the 3rd base. Chill the cake for 20-30 minutes. Whip 250 g cream and 1 tablespoon sugar until stiff. Remove the cake from the cake ring and spread a thin layer of cream all around. Put the rest of the cream in a piping bag with star-shaped spout and chill. Place the marzipan cover on the cake, press the sides well together. Cut off any excess marzipan all around. Warm up the jam, pass through a sieve and spread on the cake's edge. Press almond flakes to the edge and dust with icing sugar. Decorate the cake as you like with cream tuffs, marzipan bunnies, Easter eggs and mint. Sprinkle the remaining ground almonds over the cream tuffs. Keep cool until serving
4
Place the marzipan cover on the cake, press the sides well together. Cut off any excess marzipan all around. Warm up the jam, pass through a sieve and spread on the cake's edge. Press almond flakes to the edge and dust with icing sugar. Decorate the cake as you like with cream tuffs, marzipan bunnies, Easter eggs and mint. Sprinkle the remaining ground almonds over the cream tuffs. Keep cool until serving
5
Tip: You can also make the marzipan cover yourself by kneading 300 g raw marzipan paste and 110 g icing sugar and rolling it out to a round plate (approx. 38 cm Ø) on a large sheet of baking paper, dusted with icing sugar