Princess Cake

Name: Princess Cake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 85 grams melted butter; 5 Tbsps cornstarch; 2 eggs; 8 eggs, separated; 591 milliliters flour, sifted; 14 servings Green food coloring; 1 liters heavy cream; 680 grams marzipan; 473 milliliters milk; 227 grams raspberry jam; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters sugar; 10 Tbsps sugar; 1 split vanilla bean; 237 milliliters water

Need a vegetarian dessert? Princess Cake could be an awesome recipe to try. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 15g of protein, 54g of fat, and a total of 944 calories. This recipe serves 14. A mixture of eggs, water, cornstarch, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Whip the egg yolks until they are pale yellow and doubled in volume. In another bowl, whip the egg whites until frothy, gradually adding the sugar until the foam becomes stiff. Fold half of the whipped egg whites into the yolks. Fold in the remaining egg whites thoroughly, until uniform in color. In 4 batches, fold in the sifted flour and the baking powder then the butter.

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Baking Powder

Egg Whites

Egg Yolk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Bowl

Immediately pour the batter into two 10-inch greased cake pans and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven F for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow the cakes to cool on a rack. After they've cooled, run the tip of a knife around the edge of the cakes to loosen them from the pans and remove. Using a long serrated knife, slice both cakes into 1/2-inch thick disks. Only 3 will be needed, reserve the rest for future use.

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Serrated Knife

Toothpicks

Oven

Knife

Place a 10-inch springform pan without a bottom on a 12-inch cakeboard.

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Springform Pan

Place 1 layer of the sponge cake on the bottom, and generously brush with the syrup.

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Sponge Cake

Syrup

Spread the jam evenly over the syrup and place a second layer of sponge cake on top of the jam.

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Sponge Cake

Syrup

Jam

Brush with syrup and spread the prepared cream on this layer. Top with a third layer of sponge cake and again, brush with the syrup. Using your hands, press lightly on the cake to ensure cake is level. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

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Sponge Cake

Syrup

Cream

Remove the springform mold from the cake and generously frost the sides with the reserved Whipped Cream.

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Whipped Cream

Pour the remaining Whipped Cream directly on the center of the top of the cake and using a spatula, make a mound, working from the center out. The height of the Whipped Cream should be approximately 1 1/2-inches in the center and about 1/2-inch on the edges.

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Whipped Cream

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Spatula

Dust a work surface again with confectioners' sugar and roll the light green marzipan to a 1/10-inch thick circle, using as much confectioners' sugar as necessary during rolling to prevent the marzipan from sticking to the work surface. When you're finished rolling, marzipan should be stretched enough to cover the entire cake and sides.

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Powdered Sugar

Marzipan

Roll

Roll marzipan on rolling pin and gently lay it down on top of the cake, smoothing out the dome and lightly pressing on the bottom edges of the cake to form a perfect dome. Decorate with leftover marzipan, making a braided border on the edge of the cake or simply dust the entire cake with confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Marzipan

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Bring the milk and vanilla bean to a simmer in a medium saucepan.

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Vanilla Bean

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes to infuse.

Remove vanilla bean.

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Vanilla Bean

Whisk the eggs, cornstarch, sugar, and salt in a bowl until smooth.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Add half of the milk into the bowl containing the eggs, whisking constantly, then return the mixture to the saucepan containing the remaining milk, whisking over moderate heat. Continue whisking until the mixture is thickened and begins to simmer. Allow cream filling to simmer, whisking for an additional 2 minutes.

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Cream

Egg

Milk

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Bowl

Transfer into another bowl, cover and allow to cool completely.

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Bowl

Whisk heavy cream with sugar until it is firm and holds its shape, being careful not to over whip. Fold one-fifth of the cream into the cooled pastry cream and refrigerate, covered, until chilled (approximately 1 hour). Reserve the remaining whipped cream in the refrigerator, covered.

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Whipped Cream

Pastry Cream

Cream

Sugar

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Whisk

Bring water and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan, remove from heat and allow to cool.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Color a walnut size piece of marzipan with the green food coloring until the marzipan is deep green. Reserve. Using a sifter or a fine mesh strainer, dust a scrupulously clean work surface with confectioners' sugar. Tear off a pea-sized piece of green marzipan and knead it with the remaining marzipan until it is uniform in color.

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Powdered Sugar

Green Food Color

Marzipan

Walnuts

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Sieve

Sifter

Add additional pieces from the green marzipan until it achieves a light green color (it should be the color of a Granny Smith apple). Discard the leftover deep green marzipan.

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Granny Smith Apple