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Tropical cake
A beautiful sponge cake with a short crust and a mango filling. Tropical pleasure!
Various
Various
25 pieces
Ingredients
Sponge cake:
2.000 gr
Damco sponge cake mix royale
1.800 gr
Whole eggs
200 gr
Water
Short crust:
1.100 gr
Damco croûte powder
480 gr
Butter, room temperature
120 gr
Water
Filling:
1.000 gr
Water, cold
200 gr
Damco custard powder top R
2.500 gr
Frucaps mango fruit filling, pureed
3.750 gr
Whipping cream, unsweetened
180 gr
Damco neutral mousse fond
400 gr
Water, at 40°C
200 gr
Frucaps raspberry jam
Finish:
Damco almond marzipan
500 gr
Chocuise souplesse pistacchio
500 gr
Whipping cream, unsweetened
15 gr
Gelatine sheets
500 gr
Frucaps cold mirror glaze, neutral
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Instructions sponge cake:
- Whisk eggs, water and Damco sponge cake mix royale light and airy in the highest gear for 10-12 minutes.
- Pour the batter into a 14 cm ø cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes on 190°C.
- Once cooled, cut sponge cake in 4 thin slices.
Instructions short crust:
- Mix butter and Damco croûte powder, followed by adding water in order to create a smooth dough.
- As soon as your dough is smooth, stop mixing and leave dough to chill.
- Once chilled, roll dough to 2 mm thickness, cut into 16 cm ø circles and bake for 12 minutes on 180°C.
Instruction filling:
- Mix cold water and Damco custard powder top R thoroughly.
- Puree Frucaps mango fruit filling until smooth and add to custard.
- Mix Damco neutral mousse fond and water and add to the fruit-custard.
- Finally, fold in the whipped cream, in 2 parts (make sure the whipped cream isn’t too stiff).
Instruction assemble:
- Coat the short crust with Chocuise souplesse dark, using a brush, and place into a 14 cm ø stainless steel ring.
- Place a slice of sponge cake onto the short crust and pipe a spiral of Frucaps raspberry jam on top of it, followed by a layer of Bavarian mango cream.
- Place another slice of sponge cake, followed by a spiral of Frucaps raspberry jam and Bavarian mango cream.
- Using a palette knife, smooth out the top of the cake and place in freezer for 24 hours.
- Once frozen, take out of the mold and cover with a 1,5 mm layer of Damco marzipan and return to freezer.
Instruction mirror glaze:
- Cook the whipping cream, add the melted Chocuise souplesse pistacchio and stir with a spatula until smooth.
- Add the soaked gelatine sheets.
- When those are dissolved, add the Frucaps cold mirror glaze, neutral.
- The pistacchio mirror glaze is immediately ready to use.
- Pour it over the frozen cake and decorate once the mirror has set.