Tortoise Cake
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6 hours 38 minutes
A delicious tortoise-shaped cake for the animal and cake lover in your life! This cake is made of sponge biscuits layered with a creamy filling.
Smorodina
1 person made this
Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- For the biscuits
- 5 eggs, separated
- 200g caster sugar
- 190g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- For the filling
- 700g creme fraiche or sour cream
- 200g caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- To decorate
- 5 tablespoons walnuts, finely diced
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:8min ›
Extra time:6hours chilling ›
Ready in:6hours38min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Line a baking tray with baking paper and butter it.
- Whisk the egg whites in a bowl until stiff peaks form.
- In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks while gradually adding caster sugar until thick and pale. Carefully fold in 1/4 of the egg whites. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix well.
- Gently fold in the remaining egg whites.
Drop heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture on the baking paper to form biscuits. Make a few biscuits in a ladyfingers shape for the legs of the tortoise. Bake 7-8 minutes, or until golden at the edges. Let cool.- Beat the creme fraiche or sour cream with the caster sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the cocoa powder then refrigerate until ready to make cake.
On a tray, make a circle shape out of biscuits, securing them with cream filling. Add another layer of biscuits and more filling. Continue until you have made a mound in the shape of a tortoise shell, and cover with remaining filling.- Use the ladyfinger shaped biscuits to make four legs. Sandwich three biscuits together to make the head.
- Sprinkle the cake with diced walnuts to decorate. Use walnut pieces to make the eyes and nostrils.
- Chill cake at least 6 hours before serving.
