Prinsesstårta

Build the Meal Around Prinsesstårta

• Strong coffee
• A glass of sparkling wine
• Fresh raspberries

Making Prinsesstårta, Step by Step

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1. Whisk the eggs and sugar for 8 minutes until tripled in volume and holding a ribbon. Sift the flours and baking powder over and fold gently.

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2. Bake in a lined 22 cm tin at 170°C / 340°F fan for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool completely, then slice horizontally into three layers.

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3. For the pastry cream, heat the milk, whisk the yolks with sugar and cornflour, temper, return to the pan and cook to a thick custard. Beat in the vanilla and butter, cover the surface and chill until cold.

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4. Whip the cream with the icing sugar to firm peaks — firmer than for serving, because it has to hold a dome.

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5. Set the bottom sponge on a board and spread it with the jam, then all of the pastry cream.

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6. Add the middle sponge and spread a 2 cm layer of whipped cream over it.

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7. Add the top sponge, then pile the remaining cream on and shape it into a high, smooth dome with a palette knife, taking it right down to the board at the edges.

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8. Chill at least 2 hours until the dome is firm.

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9. Knead the colouring into the marzipan and roll it out to a 38 cm circle on icing sugar, about 3 mm thick.

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10. Drape it over the dome, smooth from the top down and outwards, and trim the base. Dust with icing sugar and finish with a marzipan rose.

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Worth Knowing Before You Cook

Firm peaks on the cream. Soft cream cannot hold a dome under marzipan.

Chill hard before covering. Two hours minimum.

Smooth the marzipan from the top down and outwards, never sideways.

Leftovers

Refrigerate up to 3 days. Do not freeze — the marzipan sweats.

Common Questions

Prinsesstårta Nutrition Facts

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