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🍽️ Fluffy Strawberry Cloud Cake
685 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 250 g butter
- 250 g sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 75 ground almond kernels
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 200 g flour
- 150 g powdered sugar
- butter (for the pan)
- 2 tbsp strawberry jam
- 40 g sliced almond kernels
- 400 g strawberries
- 300 ml whipping cream
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 1 packet cream stabilizer
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius fan-forced.
- 2. Grease a springform pan (a cake pan with a removable side) with butter.
- 3. Separate the eggs: Carefully remove the yolk (yellow part) from the egg white (clear part).
- 4. Beat the butter together with the sugar until creamy and frothy.
- 5. Stir the egg yolks one by one into the butter-sugar mixture.
- 6. Mix flour with baking powder (leavening agent), ground almonds, and cocoa.
- 7. Fold the dry ingredients into the butter-egg mixture.
- 8. Beat the egg whites together with the powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
- 9. Take half of the egg white foam and gently fold it into the batter.
- 10. Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan and smooth the surface.
- 11. Bake the cake base in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes.
- 12. Remove the cake from the oven as soon as the base is baked.
- 13. Distribute the remaining egg white foam in cloud-like shapes on top of the hot cake base.
- 14. Brown the egg white foam under the grill (top heat) for a few minutes.
- 15. Let the cake cool down and carefully release it from the pan.
- 16. Brush the sides of the cake with warm jam.
- 17. Wash the strawberries, remove the green stems, and pat them dry.
- 18. Beat the cream together with vanilla sugar and cream stabilizer (an agent for stabilization) until stiff.
- 19. Spread half of the whipped cream onto the cake base.
- 20. Place the halved or whole strawberries on top of the cream.
- 21. Distribute the remaining cream over the strawberries.
- 22. Place the second cake layer (if available, otherwise use this layer as a lid) on top.
- 23. Dust the finished cake with powdered sugar and serve.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 685
- Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 43 g · Carbs: 62 g