Brita Cake

Name: Brita Cake
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 150 g butter; 135 g sugar; 4 × eggs; 130 g wheat flour; 10 g baking powder; 150 ml milk; 180 g sugar; 1000 ml strawberries; 400 ml heavy cream; 25 g sugar

A classic summer Brita cake, perfectly filled and decorated with fresh berries. Ideal for any coffee table.

Ingredients

150 gbutter

340 gsugar

8eggs

130 gwheat flour

10 gbaking powder

150 mlmilk

1000 mlstrawberries

400 mlheavy cream

Steps

Prepare the base dough

Cream the 150 g butter and 135 g sugar. Add 4 eggs egg yolks one by one into the butter-sugar mixture, whisking thoroughly. Mix the 130 g wheat flour and 10 g baking powder together. Add the flour mixture and 150 ml milk alternately to the dough.

Spread the dough on a tray

Spread the dough in a thin layer onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Prepare the meringue

Whisk 4 eggs egg whites into a stiff foam. Gradually add the 180 g sugar while continuing to whisk until the mixture is stiff and glossy.

Add the meringue on top of the base

Spread the meringue mixture over the base dough.

Bake the cake

Bake at 175 degrees Celsius on the middle rack of the oven for about 20 minutes.

Cool and cut

Let the cake base cool down and then cut it in half.

Prepare the filling

Cut the 1000 ml strawberries in half. Whip the 400 ml heavy cream into a foam and season with 25 g sugar.

Assemble the cake

Place one half of the cake on a suitable serving platter. Spread half of the whipped cream and half of the strawberries on top. Place the other half of the cake on top.

Finish and decorate

Spread the rest of the whipped cream on the surface. Decorate with strawberries.