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🍰 Strawberry Mousse Cake
389 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Eggs 6 pcs.
- Sugar 190 g
- Salt pinch
- Wheat flour, Type 405 30 g
- Cornstarch 50 g
- Baking powder 1 tsp
- Strawberries 500 g
- Gelatin sheets 5 pcs.
- Milk 500 ml
- Heavy cream 300 g
- Honeydew melon 0.25 pcs.
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (convection).
- 2. Separate the two eggs. Put the egg whites in a bowl with two tablespoons of cold water.
- 3. Beat the egg whites with a hand mixer until stiff.
- 4. Slowly stir in 75 grams of sugar and a pinch of salt into the egg whites.
- 5. Continue beating until the mixture is slightly glossy.
- 6. Mix flour, 30 grams of starch, and baking powder in a separate bowl.
- 7. Sift the flour mixture over the egg whites.
- 8. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture.
- 9. Line a 26-centimeter springform pan with baking paper.
- 10. Spread the batter evenly into the pan.
- 11. Bake the sponge cake for about 15 minutes until light brown.
- 12. Allow the sponge cake to cool completely.
- 13. Carefully remove the sponge cake from the pan.
- 14. Clean the edge of the springform pan.
- 15. Place the empty ring back around the sponge cake.
- 16. Wash the strawberries thoroughly.
- 17. Puree the strawberries in a tall container.
- 18. Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water.
- 19. Bring 450 milliliters of milk to a boil in a pot.
- 20. Separate the remaining eggs.
- 21. Mix the egg yolks with 50 milliliters of milk, 100 grams of sugar, and two tablespoons of starch.
- 22. Remove the hot milk from the heat.
- 23. Stir the egg yolk-milk mixture into the hot milk.
- 24. Place the pot back on the heat source.
- 25. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring constantly.
- 26. Allow the cream to cool down slightly.
- 27. Squeeze the soaked gelatin sheets well.
- 28. Dissolve the gelatin in the lukewarm cream.
- 29. Stir the strawberry puree into the cream.
- 30. Place the mixture in the refrigerator.
- 31. Wait until the cream starts to set.
- 32. Whip the cream with a hand mixer until stiff.
- 33. Fold the whipped cream into the strawberry cream.
- 34. Spread the mousse evenly over the sponge cake base.
- 35. Place the cake in the refrigerator for at least three hours.
- 36. You can also chill the cake overnight.
- 37. Cut the melon in half.
- 38. Remove the seeds from the melon.
- 39. Scoop balls out of the fruit flesh using a melon baller.
- 40. Distribute the melon balls over the finished cake.
- 41. Carefully release the cake from the pan.
- 42. Place the cake on a cake plate.
- 43. Enjoy your meal!
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 389
- Protein: 8 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 42 g