Melt the butter and let it cool down. Fill butter cookies into a freezer bag and close the bag. Crumble finely with a dough roll. Mix the crumbs with the liquid butter. Place the springform pan rim or a cake ring (26 cm Ø) on a cake plate lightly coated with oil. Fill in the biscuit mixture and press it down as a base. Chill for about 30 minutes.
Mix cream cheese, icing sugar and milk until creamy. Spread on the biscuit base. Sprinkle almonds on top. Chill for about 2 hours
Wash the strawberries and, except for about 5 pieces for decoration, clean and halve them. Spread on the almond layer. Whip the cream until stiff, while pouring in the cream firming agent and vanillin sugar. Spread on the strawberries and smooth down
Mix sugar and cake glaze in a small pot. Mix with apple juice and bring to the boil while stirring. Allow to cool briefly and spread in strips on the cream layer. Chill the cake overnight. Cut the remaining strawberries in half. Decorate the cake with strawberries and balm