Thursday, March 23, 2006

Strawberry Genoise Cake

Génoise is the name of the biscuit on which the cake is based.
I elaborated this recipe for a birthday (using "basis" such as génoise, pastry cream, and chantilly).


Ingredients:


For the génoise:

  • 3 eggs
  • 120 gr flour
  • 120 gr sugar

For the pastry cream (crème patissière):

  • 150 gr sugar
  • 75 gr flour
  • 5 yolks of eggs
  • 3/4 L milk
  • 1/2 vanilla pod

For the Chantilly (1/4 L):

  • 50 gr superfine sugar
  • 25 cL liquid cream
  • 1/4 vanilla pod

Others:

  • 500 gr strawberries
  • chocolate chips (decoration)
  • 2 ts superfine sugar
  • 1/3 cup water

  1. Prepare a génoise and cut it horizontally in two halves with a sharp knife
  2. Prepare a strawberry sirup (mixing together 200 gr strawberries with 1/3 cup water and 2 ts superfine sugar) and use 2/3 of it to wet the two halves of génoise (from the inside)
  3. Prepare the pastry cream
  4. Put the upper part of the génoise down on the pan where the cake will be presented
  5. Cut 300 gr strawberries in halves, and cover the génoise half on the pan with it (the cut part of the strawberries against the paste)
  6. Smear half of the pastry cream over the strawberries, and cover with the second half of the génoise
  7. Smear the rest of the pastry cream
  8. Prepare the chantilly, and smear it over the pastry cream
  9. Decorate with a strawberry in slices, chocolate chips, and pour the rest of the strawberry syrup
  10. Keep a few hours in the fridge before eating

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