Strawberry wreath

Name: Strawberry wreath
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 250 ml Sunflower oil; 250 ml Egg liqueur; 200 g Icing sugar; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 5 Eggs (size M); 175 g Flour; 75 g Cornstarch; 1 package Baking Powder; 6 sheets Gelatine; 600 g Strawberries; 600 g Whipped cream; 100 g Double cream cream cheese; 50 g Sugar; 2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice; 30 g crushed pistachio kernels; 7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour

AUTHOR
Kerry Mosley

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
105 mins

TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 20

250 ml Sunflower oil
250 ml Egg liqueur
200 g Icing sugar
1 package Vanillin sugar
5 Eggs (size M)
175 g Flour
75 g Cornstarch
1 package Baking Powder
6 sheets Gelatine
600 g Strawberries
600 g Whipped cream
100 g Double cream cream cheese
50 g Sugar
2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
30 g crushed pistachio kernels
7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour

Directions

1
Mix oil, egg liqueur, icing sugar, vanillin sugar and eggs with the whisk of the hand mixer. Mix flour, starch and baking powder and stir into the mixture. Fill the dough into a greased and flour-spread springform pan with a cane bottom insert (26 cm Ø). Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 45-55 minutes. Remove ##cake## from the oven, let it cool down for about 10 minutes and turn it onto a cake rack. Let the cake cool down.
2
Soak gelatine in cold water. Wash the strawberries and, except for 3 for decoration, clean them. Puree half the strawberries. Cut 100 g strawberries into fine cubes. Whip 200 g cream until stiff. Stir strawberry puree, cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Squeeze out the gelatine, dissolve, stir in 2 tbsp. cream, stir into the remaining cream. Fold in whipped ##cream## and chill until the mixture starts to gel. Cut the cake in half horizontally. Place the bottom half in the edge of the springform pan. Spread the gelling cream on top.
3
Squeeze out the gelatine, dissolve, stir in 2 tbsp. cream, stir into the remaining cream. Fold in whipped ##cream## and chill until the mixture starts to gel. Cut the cake in half horizontally. Place the bottom half in the edge of the springform pan. Spread the gelling cream on top. Place the upper half of the cake on top. Chill the cake for 30-45 minutes. Whip the rest of the cream until stiff. Cut uncooked strawberries into quarters, remaining strawberries into slices. Remove the cake from the edge of the springform pan and spread the cream all around. Decorate with strawberries and sprinkle with ##pistachios##.
4
Place the upper half of the cake on top. Chill the cake for 30-45 minutes. Whip the rest of the cream until stiff. Cut uncooked strawberries into quarters, remaining strawberries into slices. Remove the cake from the edge of the springform pan and spread the cream all around. Decorate with strawberries and sprinkle with ##pistachios##.
5
waiting time approx. 2 1/4 hours