Sponge cake with fruits

This delicious and light sponge cake can be topped with transparent jelly, and it will become even more beautiful and tastier! Its festive appearance and exquisite taste will make this cake a hit at any holiday table or turn an ordinary home dinner into a real celebration.

The process of making this wonderful dessert: we prepare the main sponge cake, which we soak with custard and decorate with fresh, canned, or thawed fruits.

For this, we will need

the following ingredients:

—  Flour – 100 g
—  Sugar – 0.5 cups
—  Eggs – 6 pcs.
—  Dry custard mix – 1 cup
—  Any fruit juice to taste – 1.5 cups
—  Fruits for decorating the cake, any – to taste
—  Light-colored jelly (for example, pineapple) for pouring over the cake – 1 packet – optional.

How to make the "Sponge Cake with Fruits"

Preparing the sponge cake batter

Separate the egg yolks from the whites and rub them with 2 tablespoons of sugar until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
Whip the egg whites separately, adding sugar at the end and allowing it to dissolve.
Then combine the whipped yolks and the whipped egg whites.
Gradually add flour to this mass and knead the dough.

Baking the main sponge cake layer

Before baking the main sponge cake, decide whether to bake one sponge layer and then cut it into 2-3 layers, or to bake 2-4 thin layers (the more, the better), which do not require cutting (in this case, divide the dough into 2-4 portions).

Line the baking pan with parchment paper. It is advisable to grease the paper with fat (for example, margarine) to make it easier to detach from the sponge after baking.
Pour the batter into the pan (onto the paper) and place it in a preheated oven at t? = 220? C to bake.
The baking time for the sponge cake is 40-45 minutes.

After removing the baked sponge from the oven, let it rest at room temperature for 20-30 minutes.
Then, the sponge should be removed from the pan, the paper taken off, and left to stand for 8-10 hours at room temperature (15-20? C).

Preparing the custard

Open the packet with the custard mix and prepare the custard as instructed on the package. Just instead of water, use our fruit juice to dilute the custard powder.

Jelly for pouring over the cake

If you decided to top your cake with a layer of jelly over the fruits, then open the packet with jelly powder, pour it into hot water as instructed on the packet, dissolve, and cool the jelly.

Assembling the cake

Spread custard over each of our sponge layers, stacking them on top of each other. Flip the top sponge layer with the cut side up, so the open pores absorb more custard (or jelly)
Decorate the assembled cake on top with fruits.

If you decided to pour jelly over the top of the cake, place the fruits on top of the cake, and then carefully pour the jelly over them. To prevent the jelly from dripping off the cake, wrap the sides of the cake with a strip of parchment paper or foil. After the jelly has set, remove the paper. You can decorate the sides of the cake with a pattern made from melted chocolate squeezed from a pastry bag (optional) or simply coat with custard.
The finished cake can be served.

Enjoy your meal!