Snowflake cake

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 16
  • 125 g Butter
  • 250 g Speculoos Biscuits
  • 2 (212 ml each) Glasses Amarena cherries
  • 6 leaves Gelatine
  • 500 g Low-fat curd
  • 500 g Mascarpone
  • 125 g Sugar
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 4 TSP Lemon juice
  • 200 g Whipped cream
  • 50 g Meringue
  • 7-10 Tbsp Oil
  • 1 Freezer bag

Directions

  1. 1

    Melt the butter. Put the biscuits in a freezer bag and crumble them finely with a cake roll. Mix butter and crumbs. Spread the bottom of a springform pan (26 cm Ø) with oil. Spread the crumb mixture on top and press it to a flat bottom. Chill for about 1 hour.

  2. 2

    Pour the cherries into a sieve, collecting the juice. Soak gelatine in cold water. Mix quark, mascarpone, sugar, salt and lemon juice for about 3 minutes with the whisks of the hand mixer. Squeeze the gelatine. Dissolve 2 sheets of gelatine. Carefully stir in cherry juice. Add the cherries. Dissolve the remaining gelatine. Mix 1 tablespoon of cream with the gelatine. Quickly stir the gelatine into the rest of the cream. Whip cream until stiff and fold into the cream.

  3. 3

    Add the cherries. Dissolve the remaining gelatine. Mix 1 tablespoon of cream with the gelatine. Quickly stir the gelatine into the rest of the cream. Whip cream until stiff and fold into the cream. Pour 1/3 of the cream onto the cake base. Spread the cherries in patches on top. Add the rest of the cream and smooth it down in a dome-shaped form. Chill the cake for at least 3 hours. Crumble the meringue and spread on the cake. Remove cake ring and cut cake into 12 pieces

  4. 4

    Pour 1/3 of the cream onto the cake base. Spread the cherries in patches on top. Add the rest of the cream and smooth it down in a dome-shaped form. Chill the cake for at least 3 hours. Crumble the meringue and spread on the cake. Remove cake ring and cut cake into 12 pieces

  5. 5

    3 hours 45 minutes waiting time

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
400 kcal
CARBS
29 g
FATS
27 g
PROTEINS
8 g

Categories & Tags

Cakes & PastriesCakeChristmas