Cake with a berry layer
Description
Homemade pastry for tea. For this cake you can use not only raspberries. You can take any berries or fruits. You can even make a cake with different berry fillings. The cake will have two, or maybe even three, flavors at once. It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
To make the sponge cake, beat the eggs with sugar until foamy.
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Step 2
Then add the flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Gently whisk together. Pour the batter into a baking pan (24–26 cm) and place it in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 40–60 minutes. Let the baked sponge cool and cut it into 3 layers.
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Step 3
For the berry filling, soak the gelatin in water and let it swell for 20 minutes.
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Step 4
Turn the berries into a puree, mix with sugar and starch, heat until thickened, remembering to stir.
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Step 5
Then add the bloomed gelatin to the hot mixture. Stir until it is completely dissolved.
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Step 6
Pour the mixture into 2 identical molds. They should be 2–4 cm smaller in diameter than the sponge cake. First, cover the bottom with cling film and foil so the filling doesn’t leak. Place the molds in the freezer until fully frozen.
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Step 7
You will get a berry layer like this after freezing. To extract it, I remove the foil and film, and I slightly heat the edges of the mold over the fire.
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Step 8
For the cream, whisk the cream with powdered sugar. Assemble the cake – sponge, cream, berry layer, cream, sponge. And then another layer. Cover the sides of the cake with cream so that the filling juice does not leak out. Considering that the filling contains starch and gelatin, there should be practically no juice. For easier assembly, you can do this in a cake ring. Then place the cake in the refrigerator to set the cream.
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Step 9
On the outside you can decorate the cake according to your tasty occasion. I made it for a birthday. And here's such a tasty slice.