Strawberry Hill Christmas Cake.
You can have Strawberry Hill Christmas Cake using 21 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Strawberry Hill Christmas Cake
- It's of Sponge cake batter:.
- Prepare 3 medium of Eggs.
- It's 50 grams of Sugar.
- Prepare 60 grams of Cake flour.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Milk.
- You need 20 grams of Melted butter.
- Prepare of Syrup:.
- You need 1 tbsp of Sugar.
- It's 1 tbsp of Rum.
- It's of Mousse:.
- Prepare 250 grams of Strawberries.
- You need 30 grams of Sugar.
- Prepare 2 tsp of Lemon juice.
- It's 1 tsp of Rum.
- Prepare 10 grams of Powdered gelatin.
- You need 120 ml of Heavy cream.
- Prepare of For finishing.
- Prepare 150 ml of Heavy cream.
- You need 1 tbsp of Sugar.
- Prepare 1 of Strawberries.
- You need 1 of Powdered sugar, apricot glaze (nappage).
Strawberry Hill Christmas Cake instructions
- Make the spongecake batter. Bring the eggs to room temperature. Combine milk and melted butter and place over a hot water bath. Preheat the oven to 200ºC..
- Put the eggs in a bowl and lightly beat. Add sugar and beat well over a 60ºC water bath. Tip: See Helpful Hints..
- Sift in the cake flour and fold in lightly with a rubber spatula. Add butter and milk and mix until the batter looks shiny..
- Pour into a baking sheet and smooth out the surface of the batter. Lightly rap the bottom of the baking sheet on the counter 2 - 3 times to release air bubbles. Bake in the oven for about 8 minutes..
- When it's done baking, leave the parchment paper attached, wrap the surface with plastic wrap and let cool..
- Remove the parchment paper and cut the cake into 12 cm strips. Then, cut the pieces diagonally into 3 cm wedges..
- Lay a piece of plastic wrap in a bowl and lay the cake pieces from Step 6 into the bowl, leaving no space between the pieces..
- Put sugar and 2 tablespoons of water into a heatproof container. Microwave to melt. When it cools off a bit, add rum. Brush the syrup on Step 7..
- Make the mousse. Sprinkle powdered gelatin in 2 tablespoons of water and dissolve. Beat heavy cream until very soft peaks form..
- Combine the hulled strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, and rum into the blender and blend until pureed..
- Put the gelatin over a hot water bath and dissolve. Add a small amount of the puree from Step 10 to the gelatin and combine. Add to the blender and blend..
- Add the mixture to the bowl of whipped heavy cream from Step 9. Mix well to combine..
- Pour the mousse into the bowl of cake from Step 8. Cut the leftover cake into a 15 cm round lid and cover the cake with it..
- Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator until firm. When firm, flip over the cake onto a dish and remove from the bowl..
- Add sugar to the heavy cream and whip until soft peaks form. Frost the cake with whipped cream, making sure to cover the whole cake..
- Top with fruit and decorations, and it's done..
- Use a knife warmed in hot water to slice. It will slice beautifully this way..