Sponge cake with whipped cream and berries
A sponge cake topped with whipped cream and fresh berries is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the berry cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 5 egg yolks
- 200 g sugar
- 150 g flour
- 5 egg whites
- 2 tbsp rum
- 0.25 L whipping cream
- 2 sheets gelatin
- 500 g mixed berries (e.g., currants, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries etc.)
- 5 tbsp sugar
Instructions
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1.
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until fluffy. Add the flour.
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2.
Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into the batter. Pour into a greased springform pan and bake in a preheated 180°C oven for about 40 minutes. Let cool on a rack and soak with rum.
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3.
Whip the cream to stiff peaks. Soak gelatin sheets for 10 minutes, squeeze out excess water, then dissolve in boiling water until clear.
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4.
Fold the dissolved gelatin into the whipped cream. Chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes until slightly set.
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5.
Meanwhile wash, prepare, and sweeten the berries. Spread the cream over the cake base and sprinkle evenly with berries.
