San Prudencio Cake (SPAIN)
For the Genoese sponge cake:
- 3 free-range eggs at room temperature
- 0,22 lb sugar
- 0,22 lb of pastry flour
- 1 pinch of salt
For the filling:
- 20,28 oz whipping cream
- 0,22 lb of chocolate for desserts
- 0,13 lb icing sugar
- 5,07 oz of cava
To decorate:
- Pure cocoa powder
Preheat the oven to 356 degree, beat the 3 eggs with the
sugar and a pinch of salt until they triple in volume
Sift the flour
Add it little by little to the eggs with enveloping
movements
Transfer to a mold with the base lined with parchment paper
Bake at medium height in an oven at 356 degree
Separate the edges with a knife, unmold and cool on a wire
rack
Divide the cake in two
Whip 18,59 oz of cream with the icing sugar
Place a layer of sponge cake in a round mold with a
removable base and moisten with cava
Fill with 0,66 oz of whipped cream
Place the rest of the cake and dip again with cava
Mix the chopped chocolate with the 1,69 ozl of boiling cream
Add the melted chocolate to the rest of the whipped cream
Fill the cake with the truffle and refrigerate for 2 hours
Finally, remove from the freezer, decorate with cocoa powder
To serve, leave the cake outside for a few minutes so that
it is as cold as possible but without being frozen
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