Sponge cake with strawberries and mascarpone

• Preparation time: 1 hours
• Cooking time: 30 minutes
• Total resting time in the fridge: 2 hours
• Difficulty: Media

How to Make Sponge Cake with Mascarpone and Strawberries

Il Sponge cake It is undoubtedly the most classic of the of semi-permanent base gels for desserts. Fluffy e spongy, can be compared to chocolate and cream or to fruits seasonal. As in this recipe, where we see strawberries e mascarpone The protagonists of a result that no one, from the youngest to the oldest, can resist. Let's see what we need and how. prepare, step by step, this explosion of goodness.

Ingredients (for 4 people)

• 500 g of strawberries
• 350 gr of sponge cake
• 300 grams of mascarpone
• 200 grams of sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 dl of whipped cream
• Half an untreated lemon

Preparation

• Remove the stalk from the strawberriesWash them carefully and blend 150 g. Pass the pulp through a sieve to remove the seeds, then place it in a saucepan with 1 dl of water, 50 g of sugar, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
• Bring to a light boil and cook the syrup for about ten minutes, stirring occasionally. Combine the egg yolks with the remaining sugar in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add the lemon zest and mascarpone and stir gently until the ingredients are evenly combined.
• Transfer the cream to the refrigeratorCover with plastic wrap and let it rest for an hour. Brush the inside of the sponge cake with the strawberry syrup, fill it with the mascarpone cream, smoothing the surface with a spatula. Then put it back in the refrigerator for another hour.
• Arrange the strawberries that remained upright on the surface of the sponge cake, cut in half or into slices if they are large. Let them rest at room temperature for about ten minutes and serve.

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