Snow-white poppy seed cake layered with whipped cream and cherries. This cake is easy, quick, airy and extremely tasty. The freshness of the cherries goes perfectly with the crunchy, nutty flavor of the poppy seeds. This cake is just perfect for your Christmas table!
Ingredients
cake
- 100 g flour
- 50 g potato starch
- 100 g sugar
- 4 farmers eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 100 g poppy seeds
cherries
- 1 small jar cherries with juice
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 gelatine sheets, softened in cool water
whipped cream
- 500 ml heavy cream
- 150 g icing sugar
- 2 gelatine sheets, softened in cool water
- 50 g poppy seeds
also
- grated chocolate to sprinkle
Instructions
Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff. Beat the egg yolks with sugar until fluffy. Stir in poppy seeds, sift the flour, potato starch and baking powder. Place the egg whites on top and stir gently with a spatula. Pour the batter into two 20 cm springforms lined with baking paper and bake for 20 minutes at 180°C. Allow to cool.
Pour the cherries with the juice in a bowl. In a saucepan, bring 5 tablespoons of the cherry juice to a boil, then turn off the heat. Squeeze all water out of gelatin sheets, add to the juice and stir until gelatin has dissolved. Then mix with the rest of the juice and cherries and set aside. Keep a few cherries aside for decoration.
In a saucepan, bring 5 tablespoons heavy cream to a boil, then turn off the heat. Squeeze all water out of gelatin sheets, add to the cream and stir until gelatin has dissolved. Beat the rest of the heavy cream to stiff with the icing sugar, then add gelatine and poppy seeds, stir gently with a spatula.
Once cooled, remove the cake from the springform, discard the paper and place the first cake back in the pan. Pour the cherries with juice and spread with 1/3 of the whipped cream. Cover with the second cake and put in the fridge for an hour. Then unmold the cake, run a knife around the edge of the pan to release the cake. Cover the top and the sides of the cake with the whipped cream. Place the cherries on top and sprinkle with grated chocolate. Enjoy!
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Hey!
nice looking cake!
But I have a question. When I am preparing the cake, the batter is too dry, even with the egg white later. What can I add without ruining the batter?
Thanks a lot for your recipies!
Thank you! You can add 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil to the batter. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Enjoy the recipe!