Mascarpone Meringue Cake with Red Currants

Ingredients

• 100 g Soft Butter
• 80 g sugar
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 2 tbsp milk
• 3 egg whites
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 150 g powdered sugar
• 4 tbsp almond slivers
• 5 sheets white gelatin
• 250 g red currants
• 1 untreated lime (zest and juice)
• 300 g mascarpone
• 150 g yogurt
• 50 g powdered sugar
• 100 ml whipping cream (30% fat)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 180°C with top and bottom heat. Grease and flour a springform pan.

2. 2.

   Beat the butter with sugar and vanilla sugar until fluffy, then fold in the egg and yolks. Mix the flour with baking powder and alternately stir half of it into the milk. Knead in the remaining flour. Pour half the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes pre-baking. While that bakes, whisk the egg whites with lemon juice until stiff, gradually adding powdered sugar. Spread half of this meringue over the pre-baked cake base (keep the rest cool), sprinkle with half the almond slivers, and bake on the lower rack for another 10 minutes. Remove and lift the base from the pan with a ring, letting it cool on a wire rack. Grease and flour the hot pan again, spread the remaining batter over it, and pre-bake for 15 minutes. Then spread the remaining meringue and sprinkle almond slivers, bake for another 10 minutes. Remove and let cool.

3. 3.

   Soak the gelatin in cold water for 10 minutes. Separate the currants from their stems, rinse, and drain (reserve a few berries for garnish).

4. 4.

   Grate and juice the lime with mascarpone, yogurt, and powdered sugar. Add the gelatin to a small pot, gently warm and dissolve while stirring. Then whisk 3 tbsp of the cream into the gelatin, followed by the rest of the cream. Chill until it begins to set.

5. 5.

   Whip the cream stiffly and fold in the currants. Place one cake layer on a ring, spread with the cream, then place the second layer on top. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

6. 6.

   Serve garnished with currants.