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Tropical velvet cake
A cake with a delicious mango and strawberry filling, topped off with Chocuise souplesse postacchio!
190°C
25-30 min
25 pieces
Ingredients
Ingredients sponge cake:
1.000 gr
Damco sponge cake mix royal
900 gr
Whole egg
100 gr
Water
Ingredients short crust:
1.100 gr
Damco croûte powder
480 gr
Butter, at room temperature
120 gr
Water
Ingredients filling:
1.000 gr
Water, cold
200 gr
Damco custard powder top R
2.500 gr
Frucaps mango fruit filling
3.750 gr
Whipped cream, sweetened
200 gr
Frucaps strawberry fruit filling
Other ingredients:
1.00 gr
Chocuise souplesse pistacchio
100 gr
Whipped cream, sweetened
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Instructions sponge cake:
- Whisk egg, water and Damco sponge cake mix royale light and airy in the fastest gear for 10-12 minutes, pour the batter into a 14 cm ø cake tin and bake.
- 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.
Instructions:
- Mix cold water and Damco custard powder top R thoroughly.
- Puree Frucaps mango fruit filling until smooth and add to custard.
- Fold in the whipped cream, in 2 parts (make sure the whipped cream isn’t too stiff).
- Coat the short crust with Chocuise souplesse dark, using a brush, and place into a stainless steel ring.
- Place a slice of sponge cake onto the short crust and pipe a spiral of Frucaps strawberry fruit filling on top of it, followed by a layer of Bavarian mango cream.
- Place another slice of sponge cake, followed by a spiral of Frucaps strawberry fruit filling and mango cream.
- Using a palet 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.
- Melt Chocuise souplesse pistacchio to 45°C and dilute with vegetable oil.
- Spray onto cake to create a velvety finish and decorate to your own taste.
Baking time: 25-30 minutes for sponge cake - 12 minutes for short crust
Baking temp.: 190°C for sponge cake - 180°C for short crust