Vanilla cake with berry jelly - Vaniljtårta med bärgelé

VANILLA CAKE WITH BERRY JELLY
Vaniljtårta med bärgelé

Birthdays or any other special day – what’s a better way to celebrate than with a really festive, elaborate fancy cake? This one is a hit, you can believe me …

1 cake, approx 12 pieces

Cake layer:

4 eggs
¾ cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup potato starch
1½ teaspoons baking powder
2/3 to ¾ cup apple sauce

Vanilla crème (custard):

2 egg yolks
1 ¼ cups heavy cream
1½ tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon potato starch
2 to 3 teaspoons vanilla sugar

Jelly:

1½ teaspoons powdered gelatin
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup sugar

Decoration:

1 sliced kiwi fruit
2 sliced peach halves
fresh raspberries or strawberries
1 oz roasted almond flakes

Beat eggs and sugar until fluffy. Mix flour, potato starch and baking powder and stir this into the batter. Pour in a round cake pan, holding 6 cups, and bake in the lower part of the oven at 350F for 25 to 30 minutes or until done. Allow to cool.

Vanilla crème:

Mix egg yolks, cream, sugar and potato starch in a saucepan and heat on low heat while stirring until it thickens. Stir in the vanilla sugar and allow to cool completely.

Jelly:

Dissolve the gelatin according to package instructions. Boil water with sugar for a couple of minutes, stir in the dissolved gelatin and let half set in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Split the cake in 3 layers. Spread apple sauce on the bottom layer and 2/3 of the custard on the second layer. Top with the last layer, then spread remaining custard around the cake. Put the fruit on the top layer and spoon the thick but still “floating” gelatin on top. Decorate with flaked almonds around the sides of the cake.

Enjoy!

Bella