Strawberry Montelino cake

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Coarsely dice the fat. Beat 100 g sugar and fat with the whisk of the hand mixer until foamy. Separate the eggs and gradually add the yolks to the fat-sugar mixture. Beat the egg whites until stiff, gradually adding 100 g sugar. Fold the beaten egg whites into the fat-sugar mixture. Mix flour with starch and baking powder and fold into the fat-sugar mass.

2. 2

   Pour the dough into a springform pan (26 cm Ø) lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 45 minutes. Take out, let it cool down for about 10 minutes, remove the springform pan and let it cool down completely for about 30 minutes. Soak gelatine in cold water. Wash the strawberries, cut them down to about 1/3 for decoration, clean and halve them. Put lemon juice and remaining sugar in a pot and heat it up. Squeeze the gelatine well and dissolve in it. Stir the lemon-sugar mixture with the quark until smooth and chill for approx. 30 minutes. In the meantime beat 250 g cream until stiff. As soon as the quark mixture begins to gel, fold in the cream. Coarsely chop half of the Montelinos and fold into the mixture. Cut the cake base in half crosswise, stretch around the lower cake base and cover with the halved strawberries.

3. 3

   Stir the lemon-sugar mixture with the quark until smooth and chill for approx. 30 minutes. In the meantime beat 250 g cream until stiff. As soon as the quark mixture begins to gel, fold in the cream. Coarsely chop half of the Montelinos and fold into the mixture. Cut the cake base in half crosswise, stretch around the lower cake base and cover with the halved strawberries. Spread the mixture on top and smooth it down. Add the rest of the cake base and chill for about 3 hours. Loosen the cake ring. Whip the rest of the cream until stiff and spread it on the cake. Halve the rest of the Montelinos and strawberries and decorate the cake with them. Makes about 16 pieces

4. 4

   Spread the mixture on top and smooth it down. Add the rest of the cake base and chill for about 3 hours. Loosen the cake ring. Whip the rest of the cream until stiff and spread it on the cake. Halve the rest of the Montelinos and strawberries and decorate the cake with them. Makes about 16 pieces

5. 5

   waiting time approx. 3 hours