Christmas Ombré Cake




Rating: 3.79 / 5.00 (82 Votes)


Total time: 1 hour

Servings: 16.0 (servings)

For the sand mass:










For the cinnamon cream:









For watering:



For coating:




For decorating and spreading:




Instructions:

For the Christmas ombré cake, first cream the butter with the powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and salt using a hand mixer (beaters) for the sand mixture. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix flour with baking powder, sift into the mixture and stir in with a wooden spoon.

Divide the mixture into 5 equal portions. Pour the first mixture into a springform pan (20 cm Ø) lined with baking paper and smooth it out.

Place the pan on the rack in the middle of the preheated oven.top/bottom heat: 180 °hot air: 160 °Cbaking time: about 15 minutes.

Color the second mass with 1/4 KL of the cocoa. Color the third mass with 1/2 KL of the cocoa. Color the fourth mass with just under 1 KL of the cocoa. Color the fifth mass with 1 heaped KL of cocoa. Repeat the baking process with the 4 masses at the same oven setting.

For the cinnamon cream, prepare the gelatin according to package directions. Mix whipped cream with sour cream, mascarpone, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and cinnamon. Warm the gelatine and stir it in.

To soak, soak the darkest cake layer with some of the orange liqueur and spread with 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon cream that is beginning to gel. Place a lighter and lighter cake layer on top, soak and spread with cream so that the lighter layer is on top. Chill the cake for about 3 hours.

To coat, let the jam boil down a bit and stir in the liqueur. Brush the cake with it.

To decorate and coat the cake, roll up the fondant and, using a pastry roller, roll up the cake.

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