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🍰 Simple Strawberry Biscuit Cake
285 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 90 g Butter
- 6 Eggs
- 175 g Sugar
- 150 g Flour
- 750 g Strawberries
- 200 g Mascarpone
- 1 Lime (juice and zest)
- 1 tbsp Powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
- 2. Separate the eggs carefully, keeping the yolks and whites apart.
- 3. Add the sugar to the egg yolks.
- 4. Whisk the egg yolk and sugar mixture over a water bath until it becomes thick and creamy.
- 5. Remove the bowl with the cream from the water bath.
- 6. Sift the flour over the egg yolk cream.
- 7. Do not stir; just let the flour sit on top.
- 8. Pour the lukewarm melted butter into the mixture.
- 9. Whip the egg whites into stiff peaks.
- 10. Gently fold one-third of the egg whites into the egg yolk cream.
- 11. Add the remaining egg whites on top of the now aerated mixture.
- 12. Gently fold in the rest of the whites until the mixture is homogeneous.
- 13. Grease a springform pan with a little butter.
- 14. Pour the biscuit batter into the prepared pan.
- 15. Bake the cake in the oven with fan setting at 160 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes until golden yellow.
- 16. Turn the hot cake out onto a wire cooling rack.
- 17. Let the cake cool completely for about one hour.
- 18. Mix the mascarpone, powdered sugar, lime juice, and lime zest.
- 19. Spread the mascarpone cream evenly over the cooled biscuit base.
- 20. Wash the strawberries and remove the green tops.
- 21. Pat the strawberries dry with a kitchen towel.
- 22. Arrange the whole strawberries decoratively on top of the cake.
- 23. Lightly dust the cake with a little powdered sugar.
- 24. Cut the cake into slices before serving.
- 25. Garnish the dish with fresh mint if desired.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 285
- Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 29 g