HARLEQUIN MASK CAKE FOR CARNIVAL

Identity Card of the Recipe

266 KCal Calories per serving

Ingrediants

300 g of sponge cake
150 g of custard
100 ml of milk
1 vial of vanilla flavoring
300 g of fresh cream or vegetable whipped cream
30 g of colored dragees of chocolate sprinkles

Materials Needed

Pastry board
Chopping board
Knife
Spatula
Sac à poche
Electric whips

Preparation

Prepare the sponge cake as shown in this video.

How do you prepare the sponge cake?
Shell 5 eggs and pour them into a bowl together with 150 g of powdered sugar and the grated rind of an organic lemon.Beat the comporto with electric whips for at least 15-20 minutes. Then gently mix the egg cream obtained (which must be puffy and soft) with 75 g of white flour and 75 g of rice starch or wheat starch. Pour the dough into a rectangular mold (dimensions: 30 X 40 cm) previously greased and floured. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for about 20 minutes.

Cut the sponge cake lengthwise until you have two sections.
With parchment paper or a sheet of paper, draw a Carnival mask. Using the template, cut the sponge cake in the shape of a mask.
Prepare the custard and weigh about 150 g. Place the custard in a pastry bag.

How is the custard made?
Cream the egg yolks with the sugar. Heat a part of milk (about 200 ml) in a saucepan. When the egg and sugar cream has taken on a foamy consistency, add the remaining part of cold milk and the flour (or starch), continuing to mix. Add the cream in the milk saucepan and mix with the whisk until the desired consistency is reached. Cover the custard with cling film to avoid the formation of the superficial skin. Allow the custard to cool completely.

Soak the sponge cake with the vanilla flavored milk. Fill the base of the mask with the custard. Cover with the other section of sponge cake, previously soaked.
Whip the cream until stiff, adding icing sugar if necessary.
Cover the entire surface of the mask with the cream and level with a spatula to form a very thin veil, taking care to distribute the cream also along the edges.
At this point, cover the surface (avoiding the edges) with sprinkles or other colored chocolate sprinkles.
Insert the whipped cream into the pastry bag with a star-shaped spout and make some decorations along the edges
On the surface of the mask, create a grid instead (above the flanks), in order to obtain the typical “Harlequin” effect.

The chocolate variant
Those who wish can cover the sponge cake mask with a chocolate ganache, and then embellish the surface with colored sprinkles and a few sprigs of cream.

Alice's comment - PersonalCooker

Getting into the kitchen with children is a sweet way to pass the time having fun and preparing specialties capable of conquering anyone's palate! You can replicate the dessert by replacing the sponge cake with another base of your choice or you can choose to decorate the mask with sugar paste or other.

Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe

The Mask Cake is a food that falls into the group of desserts.
It has a fairly high energy intake, provided above all by lipids, followed by carbohydrates and finally by proteins.
The fatty acids tend to be saturated, the carbohydrates above all simple and the proteins mainly of medium-high biological value.
The fibers are deficient and cholesterol is quite relevant.
The Carnival Dragon is a food that does not lend itself to the diet against overweight, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia; it is also contraindicated in case of lactose and gluten intolerance.
Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet should be excluded but not vegan.
The average portion of Carnival Dragon is around 30-40g (80-105kcal).