Nadine bakes

Strawberry and Vanilla Mascarpone Cream Cake

I made this cake for my grandmother’s 89th birthday. The only indication for the cake she gave me was ‘something sweet’ so basically I could bake anything I wanted. The recipe and design of the cake are my own. I coated the three layers of vanilla almond sponge with strawberry jam before adding the mascarpone vanilla cream. I finished the cake with white chocolate shavings and whole strawberries which I made glossy with jam. I piped the butterflies myself using candy melts, following this tutorial. Needless to say my gran absolutely loved the cake :)

Birthday Cake with Strawberries and Raspberry Crème Pâtissière 

For my Grandfather

Pavlova with Vanilla Cream and Fresh Fruit

What is better than fresh strawberries? Fresh strawberries and custard in crispy tart shells, made using spelt flour!

Recipe

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Strawberry Spelt Tartlets

Strawberry and Cream Birthday Cake

Nectarine tartlets

Don’t let the look of this fool you, it was delicious. Yes, the cups are prefab, and no, it’s not my best effort presentation-wise. (My glaze also set prematurely, hence the white lumps) But… my crème patisserie improved big time, thanks to a little tweaking of the recipe. In the recipe I used last time it said 2 egg yolks and 1 egg. Now I made half the amount compared to last time and just used two egg yolks. Conclusion: Egg yolks all the way, no whole eggs for crème patisserie! 

This is a super easy trifle recipe, that Dorien and I just came up with.

You’ll need: strawberries, strawberry cheesecake ice cream, a piece of cake (no pun intended) we used lime halva cake for this, and whipped cream. 

As you will see from the last picture, it was quite enjoyable :)

I made these tartlets from yesterday’s leftover puff pastry, crème pâtissière, and strawberries to accompany a lovely sunny afternoon.