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Strawberry cake á la Mama

Prep Time45 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Course: Cake
Cuisine: German
Keyword: German, Strawberry cake

Equipment

  • spring form ø28 cm or baking tray
  • baking paper

Ingredients

For the sponge cake base:

  • 4 eggs
  • 150 g sugar
  • 4 tbsp water, luke-warm
  • 1 pkg vanilla sugar (8g)
  • 1/2 pkg baking powder (7,5g)
  • 1 pkg vanilla custard powder (without sugar) (37g)
  • 150 g flour

For the vanilla custard-strawberry topping:

  • 1,5 kg strawberries
  • 2-3 pkg cake glaze (12g, the amount depends on the size of the cake)
  • 75 g vanilla custard powder (not needed if you make the vanilla custard yourself)
  • 750 ml 3,5% milk (not needed if you make the vanilla custard yourself)
  • 3 tbsp sugar 40g, (not needed if you make the vanilla custard yourself)

For the vanilla custard (if you want to make it yourself):

  • 750 ml 3,5% milk
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 1 pkg bourbon vanilla sugar (8g)
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 7 tbsp food starch

Instructions

Sponge cake base

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • Separate the yolks from egg whites and beat the egg white together with 50 g of sugar until stiff.
  • Separately, add the luke-warm water, 150 g sugar and vanilla to the egg yolk and steer until frothy.
  • Add the flour and custard powder and stir well.
  • Add the egg whites to the mix and mix carefully.
  • Fill the dough in a springform pan ø 28 cm, and then cover it with a baking paper. Use a baking tray, if you use the double amount of dough.
  • Bake the dough in the oven for 20 minutes, until the sponge cake base is gold brown.
  • Let the sponge cake base cool down a bit.

Vanilla custard-strawberry topping:

  • Meanwhile, cook the vanilla custard. You can use prepared vanilla custard powder that you cook according to the instructions OR make the vanilla custard yourself. See further below if you want to make the vanilla custard yourself.
  • After the vanilla custard cooled down a bit, spread it over the cake base.
  • Add the strawberries on the cake base with the vanilla custard. We used whole strawberries, but it is also nice if you first slice them in half.
  • Prepare the cake glaze and add it on the strawberries.
  • Let it cool down.

Self-made vanilla custard (optional, see above)

  • Bring 650 ml milk to cook.
  • Meanwhile, scrape out the vanilla bean and add it together with the vanilla bean to the milk.
  • Mix the 100 ml milk with the bourbon vanilla sugar, the sugar, the egg yolks and the food starch until it is a smooth mix.
  • When the milk boils, add the mixsugar-egg-milk-mix and stir it constantly. Briefly boil it.
  • Let it cool down.

Notes

The amount of the ingredients for the sponge cake base is suitable for a springform of ø 28 cm; use the double amount of ingredients, if you want to make the cake on a baking tray.
When making the vanilla custard, we recommend adding a little less milk than normally instructed on the package of the vanilla custard powder, so that the custard is not too liquid. You can always add more liquid if necessary.