Cake

Charlotte Christmas cake

Prepare time: 30 min  Cooking time: 1 hr   Ready in: 1 hour 30 min

A charlotte cake with a delicious and greener Christmas theme.

Ingredients

  • 500 gr of Savoyards
  • 3 cups of espresso sugaredg
  • 150 grams of sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 100 gr of flour
  • 250 ml of milk
  • 3 tablespoons of soluble coffee

Toppings suggestions

  • sugar or coconut
  • Christmas puppets or other decorations to please

Direction

  1. Put the egg yolks in a large bowl with the sugar
  2. Fit the mixture and mix until you get a sparkling cream, almost white.
  3. Pour milk and three tablespoons of soluble coffee, stirring until it is completely dissolved.
  4. Add the sifted flour
  5. Now place the cream in a thick bottom pan and bake it on a low flame.
  6. Now pour the mixture into a bowl and cover with the transparent film, making sure the film does not touch the cream.
  7. Put everything in the fridge and let it cool down.
  8. Cover the edges and the base of a 16 cm diameter round ring with the savoiards wetted in sugary hot coffee
  9. Put chantilly cream in the coffee base.
  10. Transfer the cake into the fridge for at least a couple of hours.
  11. When serving the cake remove the ring and decorate with coconut and sugar or the Christmas decorations that you prefer!