Strawberry Mirror Cake

Ingredients
500g Fresh Strawberries
**Sponge Cake**
100g sugar
100 flour
4 eggs
A pinch of salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
** Syrup**
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp sugar
**Strawberry Mirror**
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 cups fresh strawberry juice
1 tbsp gelatine powder
**Mascarpone Filling**
200g mascarpone
150g sugar
1 dl liquid cream
5 drops of red food colour
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Separate eggwhites & beat with half of the sugar.
Beat until stiff to get a featherly light sponge cake.
Then beat egg yolks with the remaining sugar.
Fold in beaten egg whites.
Sieve the flour and baking powder together and fold into the cake mixture.
Add vanilla + salt & mix well.
Spread butter paper on a baking tray & spread the batter evenly.
Bake for 10mn until sponge cake is light brown.
Remove frm oven & keep aside to cool.
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Blend some strawberries.
Gently heat strawberry juice with sugar & water.
Then add gelatine & mix well.
Remove from fire & set aside to cool.
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Whisk the mascarpone with sugar & cream until it's fluffy.
Add red colour & mix well.
Cover with a cling film & keep aside.
** Layering**
Wash strawberries, pat them dry.
Slice some for lining & chop some for filling.
Gently heat sugar, lemon juice & water to make a syrup.
Using six cake rings cut the cake & brush with the prepared syrup.
Then line the edge of the ring with halved strawberries.
Fill inside with chopped strawberries & then spoon the mascarpone filling.
Level the filling with a spatule.
Then spoon strawberry mirror over it .
Cover them with a cling film & refrigerate overnight.
Using a knife , gently pull out the steel rings.
Top with desired fruits & serve.

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