Cake branch

1. Peeled almonds are crushed into crumbs using a blender. Eggs are divided into whites and yolks. Pour sugar to the yolks, whisk white. In the resulting mass, sift flour and starch, leave without stirring.

2. Whisk egg whites with a pinch of salt into a strong foam, add 1/3 part to a bowl with yolks and dry ingredients, mix gently with a silicone spatula.

3. Pour cocoa powder and almond crumbs into the resulting mass, mix gently. Then we introduce the remaining whipped whites into the dough, mix with neat movements from the bottom up.

4. The bottom of the split mold is lined with parchment, spread the dough. We send the mold to the oven preheated to 180 degrees, bake for 35 - 40 minutes. After the specified time, we do not hurry to remove the finished cake, let it cool down a little and only after that we remove it to the grill.

5. Mascarpone is whipped with a mixer until fluffy. White chocolate is broken into pieces, melted in a water bath or in a microwave oven. The melted chocolate is combined with mascarpone, whisk. It turns out a gentle cream with a dense consistency.

6. We spread the softened butter in parts into the cream, without stopping whipping. Then pour lemon juice, mix.

7. Cut the cake into two parts with a long bread knife. We apply half of the cream to one part, level it, cover it with the second part. The surface of the cake and sides are covered with the remaining cream, carefully leveled. The surface should be perfectly flat.

8. We divide the mastic into parts, paint the big one in blue, and the two smaller ones in brown and pink. Knead thoroughly so that the dye is evenly distributed. We roll out the blue mastic into a thin layer, cover the surface of the cake with it, smooth it well, cut off the excess.

9. From brown mastic we form branches and a rim for a cake. We cut out small delicate flowers from pink. We decorate the cake with the prepared decor. In the recipe, the decor is complemented with mastic butterflies, they can also be made or bought in a specialized store.

We send the cake to the refrigerator for an hour, after which you can serve it on the table.

Have a pleasant tasting!