Mallorcan almond cake with cherry mascarpone

AUTHOR
Antoine Long
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 2
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16
  • 8 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 package Bourbon vanilla sugar
  • 250 g Sugar
  • 300 g ground almonds (without skin)
  • 7-10 Tbsp peel of 1 organic lemon and 1 organic orange
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease
  • 7-10 Tbsp for cream and cherries
  • 250 g Mascarpone
  • 250 g Low-fat curd
  • 50 g + 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 500 g Cherries
  • 1⁄2 l Cherry Juice
  • 35 g Cornstarch
  • 7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil

Directions

  1. 1

    Separate the eggs for the dough. Beat the egg white with 1 pinch of salt in a large bowl until stiff. Beat the egg yolks, vanilla sugar and 250 g sugar in a second bowl with the whisks of the mixer until creamy.

  2. 2

    Stir in almonds, lemon and orange peel. Fold in the egg white.

  3. 3

    Grease a springform pan (26 cm Ø) and smooth down the dough. Bake in the preheated oven (electric oven: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see manufacturer) for about 50 minutes. About 12 minutes before the end of the baking time cover the cake with aluminium foil.

  4. 4

    Allow to cool, remove from the mould. Place the cake ring around it.

  5. 5

    Stir mascarpone, curd and 50 g sugar until smooth, spread on the cake. Chill for about 30 minutes.

  6. 6

    Clean, wash and stone the cherries. Stir 4-5 tablespoons of juice with cornflour until smooth. Boil up the remaining juice with 2 tablespoons of sugar in a pot, stir in the mixed starch. Simmer for about 1 minute while stirring.

  7. 7

    Carefully fold in the cherries. While stirring several times, allow to cool for about 5 minutes, then spread on the mascarpone cream. Chill the cake for approx. 1 1⁄2 hours.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
360 kcal
CARBS
33 g
FATS
20 g
PROTEINS
10 g