Strawberry Cream Slices
Layered slices of thin sponge with vanilla custard cream and set strawberry jelly. (1 tea cup = 240 ml)
Ingredients
| 1 брой | egg (for the sponge) |
| 1/3 чаена чаша | sugar (for the sponge) |
| 60 g | cow's butter (for the sponge) |
| 1/2 чаена лъжичка | baking soda (for the sponge) |
| 160 g | flour (for the sponge) |
| 3 броя | eggs (for the cream) |
| 1 чаена чаша | sugar (for the cream) |
| 500 ml | fresh milk (for the cream) |
| 1 пакетче = 60 g | vanilla starch pudding powder (for the cream) |
| 180 g | cow's butter (for the cream) |
| 1 брой | vanilla ampule (for the cream) |
| 500 g | strawberries (for the jelly) |
| 1/2 чаена чаша | sugar (for the jelly) |
| 3 чаени лъжички | gelatin (for the jelly) |
| 5 супени лъжици | water (for the jelly) |
Instructions
For the sponge (blat):
- Mix the ingredients for the sponge and pour the resulting mixture onto baking paper. Cover with another sheet of baking paper on top and roll into a thin sheet the size of the oven tray.
- Transfer the rolled dough together with the baking paper, but without the top one, onto the tray and bake in an oven preheated to 180C for 7-8 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool, then cut into 3 equal parts to get 3 strips, i.e. 3 sponges.
For the cream: 3. Dissolve the starch in 1/2 tea cup of fresh milk. Pour the rest of the milk together with the sugar into a pot. Add the beaten eggs to them. Heat the mixture, stirring constantly. Add the starch and cook until the cream thickens, do not stop stirring. If it becomes lumpy, use a hand blender. Remove the cream from the heat and let it cool completely, then add the vanilla. Beat the butter with a mixer and add the cream to it little by little.
For the strawberry jelly: 4. Heat the strawberries and sugar in a pot. Cook for about 10 minutes. Puree the mixture in a deep vessel. Dissolve the gelatin in the water and let it swell, then add it to the cooled but still warm strawberry mixture. Pour the mixture onto baking paper in the oven tray. Place another sheet of baking paper or fresh film on top. Let it cool, then put the tray in the freezer to set for about 20 minutes.
Assembly: 5. Onto the three sponges arranged tightly next to each other, flip the jelly, remove its paper, cut it along the cuts of the sponges. If it tears somewhere, don't worry, you can smear it onto the sponge with a knife. 6. Place one sponge with jelly, spread with half of the cream, on top another sponge with jelly, spread with the other half of the cream, on top place the last sponge with jelly. Leave for one day (24 hours) in the refrigerator to set, then cut into shapes of your choice; the decoration is also a matter of taste.
Adapted from here.