Easy Strawberry Cake

The summer is here and you do not feel like having super rich chocolate cake... I do not really understand this but let's pretend today is a day without chocolate.


You are thinking fruit cake - so sad... Nooooo, here is the ultimate alternative: fruity and mild flavor for the summer but far far far from a dessert frustration!

Strawberry cake

Ingredients for 12 people:
- 1 sponge cake
- 0.5 liter plain vanilla pastry cream
- 0.5 kg strawberries
Syrup: 100 g sugar + 100 ml water
Topping: icing sugar, strawberry jam, strawberries, almond paste


1) make one sponge cake and let it cool
2) make the pastry cream and let it cool
3) cut the sponge cake in 2 slices
4) pour over the two slices some syrup 
5) pour over the bottom slice some pastry cream
6) arrange the strawberries in the cream all over
7) pour the rest over the strawberries
8) cover with the second slice of cake (massage a little if this is not too flat!!!)
9) you may put some icing sugar on the top if your cake is not too too pretty
10) arrange some strawberry slices on the top
11) give them some shine with the jam (warm it up in the microwave for few seconds to make it liquid)
12) you may add some almond paste flowers or hearts or whatever you like!
13) serve after a couple of hours in the fridge


Voilà!