Italian pastry cream cake 🍰

Name: Italian pastry cream cake 🍰
Yield: 6-8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 90 g Plain flour; 90 g Sugar; 125 ml Milk; 1 Yolk; 1 Spoonful Flour; 1 and a half tablespoons of Sugar; 1 pinch Vanillin or a few drops of Vanilla extract; A few pieces of Lemon zest; 300 ml Whipping cream; 20 or more strawberries; Meringues; Lemon juice (half); 2 Spoons Sugar; 1 Glass Water

Claudia @Chef_Clodia

I made this cake for a special event and the result was much appreciated! 😉
If you are a cake lover, this is the one for you.. all the ingredients together make a nice combination for a truly delicious cake. 🤤

Ps. It can be kept in the fridge for 3 days. 👍

Claudia @Chef_Clodia

Ps. It can be kept in the fridge for 3 days. 👍

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Ingredients

1 h 45 / 2 h

6-8 servings

Sponge cake (18 cm tray):
3eggs
90 gPlain flour
90 gSugar
Italian pastry cream:
125 mlMilk
1Yolk
1 SpoonfulFlour
1and a half tablespoons of Sugar
1 pinchVanillin or a few drops of Vanilla extract
A fewpieces of Lemon zest
For decorating:
300 mlWhipping cream
20or more strawberries
Meringues
Cake Sauce for Sponge:
Lemon juice (half)
2 SpoonsSugar
1 GlassWater

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Steps

1 h 45 / 2 h

1

Let's start preparing the sponge cake, beat the eggs with the sugar for about 20 minutes.
2

After sifting the flour, add one spoonful at a time, to the whipped mixture, being careful not to dismantle everything, (this operation must be done by hand without an electric whisk).
3

Grease well and flour a pan and pour all the dough inside.
Bake the sponge cake for at least 45 minutes at about 160 ° preheated oven.
4

Once the cake is removed from the oven, let it cool and start the preparation of the italian pastry cream.
5

I love to cook this cream in the microwave like I was taught in cooking school.
Starting with the yolk and the sugar, mixing well.
6

Add the flour to the mixture and mix well.
7

Add the warm milk a little at a time, mix and add again, always stirring.
8

Once the milk has been added, add the vanilla and lemon zest, mix and place in the microwave for 60 seconds.
9

Mix well and put in the microwave for another 30 seconds and mix again, and repeat until the cream is completely thick.
10

After the preparation of the sponge cake and the cream, start the preparation of the sauce for the sponge cake.
It is a kind of syrup to wet the cake, to ensure that the cake is not too dry.
11

In a saucepan, pour the lemon juice, water and sugar, mix well and bring the mixture to a boil.
12

Let it boil for a few minutes, then turn it off and let it cool completely.
I recommend using a pastry brush to wet the surface of the cake.
13

Once all the ingredients are ready, let's start to assemble the cake!
14

Let's start by taking the sponge cake and cut it in half trying to have two equal discs.
Take the sauce for the sponge cake and start to wet it using the brush.
15

Take the Italian cream pastry and put just enough on the disc previously wet with the syrup.
16

Close the cake with another disc (always well wet with the syrup).
Add the whipped cream on the cake (previously whipped) and start spreading it all over the cake making sure it is nice and smooth.
17

Add the crumbled meringues to the edges, and put the strawberries around the cake.
18

Add more crumbled meringues on the cake in the spaces in the whipped cream
19

Add a whole meringue to the center of the cake by inserting a little whipped cream and a strawberry for decoration.
20

Let it rest in the fridge for a few hours before serving and..
Buon appetito!

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Claudia @Chef_Clodia

on April 29, 2022 14:34

I always been in front of the kitchen since I was a little girl with my grandmother, she transmitted me the passion and the love of cooking. ❤️So I did cooking school and I still enjoy and try new recipe.Instagram & Facebook: chef_clodia 👩🏻‍🍳