Arianna's cake
The cake was made for Ariadne his baptism. The sponge cake and custard are joined to the decoration made of guns. The name Arianna was prepared with the meringue. Serve right out of the refrigerator and possibly accompanied by a good Piedmont Moscato.
Ingredients
(20 persone)Average price 5.00 Euro
- For the sponge
- 300 gr flour 00
- 300 g sugar
- 8 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- For cannocini
- 1 puff pastry
- sugar
- custard
- 1 egg for brushing
- sugar
- For the custard
- 750 g milk
- 6 egg yolks
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 65 gr flour 00
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- For the meringue
- 2 egg whites at room temperature
- 120 g fine sugar but not to veil
- pinch of salt
Process
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Sponge: Mixing eggs and sugar with a whisk of the kneading for 12-15 '.
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Sieve flour, baking powder and salt and add to first mixture by spoonfuls stirring gently from bottom to top.
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Towards a rectangular pan and level the mixture very well.
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Bake at 180 degrees for 40-50 '.
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For the custard: put all ingredients in a blender turn it on and blend for 1 minute. Can I get the same result with a whip.
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Towards put in a saucepan over low heat and begin to cook stirring constantly with a whisk.
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Keep it up, stirring constantly, and when it begins to boil up calculation 7 'firing.
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I remove from heat and stir every few minutes until the cream is warm.
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Preparation: Cut the cake in half and soak the two inner sides of warm milk with sugar and a hint of vanilla.
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Cover with pastry cream and out.
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Cover the cake with custard.
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With a syringe, and the melted chocolate cake I draw horizontal lines on the floor of the cake.
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With a toothpick, pull the lines vertically to form the design.
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I prepare the guns: I put out the pastry and cut into strips of 1 cm.
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They wrap guns close on the forms for the bottom right.
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Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.
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Bake at 225 degrees for 10 '.
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I take the guns from the form and when they are cold, fill with custard.
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Prepare the meringue: put all ingredients in a mixer until the mixture becomes shiny and hard. With a pastry bag form the name Ariadne. If the meringue is plenty I can make small meringues.
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I turn on the oven to 100 degrees and leave the meringues for 2-3 hours.
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I finished decorating the cake.
