Sponge cake with kiwi and walnuts

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   You can start by making the cream. Lemon is well washed in hot water.

2. Step 2:

   

   Beat the cooled egg white with half the volume of sugar into a thick foam.

3. Step 3:

   

   With the rest of the sugar, whisk the cream in a separate container. In order for the cream to succeed, you need whipped cream and protein to be about the same temperature! We connect them, gently mixing with folding movements. Gelatin is prepared according to the instructions, melted in warm water, cooled to room temperature. Using a fine grater, finely grate the zest from the lemon. Add gelatin, zest to the cream, mix gently again, put it to cool to the thickness of sour cream.

4. Step 4:

   

   Products for making cakes. Flour must be sifted. Melt the butter and cool it.

5. Step 5:

   

   Break the eggs into a deep bowl, beat with a whisk or mixer.

6. Step 6:

   

   Mix the beaten eggs with condensed milk into a homogeneous mass.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add the cooled melted butter,

8. Step 8:

   

   And then – sifted flour with baking powder.

10. Step 9:

    

    Divide the resulting dough into 3 identical parts. After pre-greasing each mold with a thin layer of butter and sprinkling with breadcrumbs, bake 3 cakes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.

11. Step 10:

    

    Cool the cakes, then trim their edges, if necessary (I do not trim) according to the stencil. If there are scraps, dry them in the oven, grate them.

12. Step 11:

    

    We dilute the jam in warm water, add brandy, stir thoroughly.

13. Step 12:

    

    We impregnate the cakes with the resulting mixture.

14. Step 13:

    

    Cake decorating products. Nuts are fried a little in a dry frying pan without oil and cooled. Kiwi is thoroughly washed. In a small saucepan, pour the powder of dry instant jelly.

15. Step 14:

    

    We spread the cakes on top of each other, layering with cream. We apply a thin layer of cream to the top cake and lubricate the sides of the cake with it. We put part of the cream into a pastry syringe and make cones along the edge of the upper cake (you can also make a twisted track). The sides of the cake are covered with lightly fried and pre-chopped nuts (or a mixture of nuts with chopped cake trimmings).

16. Step 15:

    

    Kiwi peel, cut into thin plates. We spread the kiwi plates overlap on the top cake. In the center of the cake, you can additionally place any berries, fruits. Pour dry instant jelly powder in a saucepan with water, prepare the jelly according to the instructions on the package. Fill the top of the cake with the resulting transparent jelly for cakes, put the cake in the refrigerator for several hours. After it is infused, it will become even tastier. Bon appetit!