Mojito Cake

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4.8 4
COOK TIME
120 mins
TOTAL TIME
120 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16
  • 3 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 3 packages Vanillin sugar
  • 75 g Flour
  • 50 g Cornstarch
  • 1 heaped Tsp baking powder
  • 4 Organic limes
  • 5 sheets white gelatine
  • 5-6 Stem(s) Mint
  • 500 g Whole milk yoghurt
  • 3 TABLESPOONS white rum (or leave out rum)
  • 75 g + 3 tsp brown sugar
  • 250 g + 500 g whipped cream
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Line the bottom of a springform pan (26 cm Ø) with baking paper. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites, 2-3 tbsp. cold water and 1 pinch of salt until stiff, while adding sugar and 1 packet of vanilla sugar.

  2. 2

    Beat the egg yolks separately. Sift flour, starch and baking powder on top and fold in. Brush into the form. Bake in the preheated oven (electric oven: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: level 2) for 25-30 minutes.

  3. 3

    Let it cool down.

  4. 4

    Wash the limes and grate them dry. Grate the peel of 1 1/2-2 limes. Then halve these 2 limes and squeeze out the juice (approx. 7 tbsp.).

  5. 5

    Soak gelatine in cold water. Wash the mint and put something aside for decoration. Cut the rest into strips. Mix yoghurt, rum, 75 g brown sugar, lime zest and juice. Stir in mint.

  6. 6

    Squeeze the gelatine, dissolve at low heat. Stir in 3-4 tablespoons of yoghurt cream and then stir into the remaining cream. Chill for approx. 25 minutes until it begins to gel.

  7. 7

    Cut the cake base 1 x horizontally. Peel 2 limes so that the white skin is completely removed. Cut into thin slices and dab dry a little.

  8. 8

    Beat 250 g cream until stiff, fold into the yoghurt cream. Close a cake ring around the lower cake base. Spread the yoghurt cream on top. Place the second cake base on top and chill for about 4 hours.

  9. 9

    Whip 500 g cream until stiff, pouring in 2 sachets of vanilla sugar. Spread the cake with it. Press the lime slices onto the edge of the cake. Decorate the cake with 3 tsp. brown sugar and mint.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
290 kcal
CARBS
23 g
FATS
18 g
PROTEINS
5 g

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