Simple sheet cake or elaborate cream cake? These wonderful, fresh cream slices combine both tastes in a simple way.
- There's nothing like a nice piece of cake or cake .
- These cream slices are juicy and fruity.
- And easy to bake.
Let's be honest: when it comes to baking, the spirits can divorce: some like simple sheet cakes, others like expensive cakes. Some are satisfied with dry specimens (and may still dip them in milk or coffee), the counter-fraction prefers only juicy-creamy variants .
This recipe deals with cream slices. Here too there are various ways of preparing them. This is a simple number. But it is neither a cake nor a sheet cake. But what has already been said: it is a creamy, sweet, fruity and very tasty affair.
Recipe: The dough for the fruity cream slices
The dough for the cream slices consists of puff pastry * . Here two layers have to be baked - at least if you want to make the puff pastry yourself. One layer will be the bottom of the cream slices. And the other one is put on top of the pudding cream later. It is best to use a knife to cut this puff pastry into squares or rectangles before baking. The bottom, however, is baked whole.
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The filling for the fruity cream slices
The cream slices are filled with custard and cream. And the leaf gelatin gives you the necessary hold. The pudding cream * is refined with a little rum. If you like, you can spread your favorite jam on the puff pastry base, as in this recipe. How about currant or strawberry jam? This not only tastes wonderful with the mild pudding cream, it also looks nice.
Fruity cream slices: the topping
There are different ways. The easiest is to dust the cream slices with powdered sugar. If you want, you can also mix a icing of icing sugar and lemon juice * and brush the puff pastry with it. If you want to add a little color to the frosting, just stir a little jam into the icing. And if you can't make up your mind, just like me, you bet on everything.
Also very tasty: this marble cake recipe makes your mouth water.
Recipe for fruity cream slices
Servings: 20
Preparation time: 60 minutes
You need these ingredients for the fruity cream slices
- 750 g puff pastry
- 10 sheets of gelatin
- 1 L milk
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 packs of custard powder
- 600 ml of cream
- 3 tbsp powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp rum
- 150 g jam
How to prepare the fruity cream slices
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Anja Auer is the editor-in-chief of the BBQ & Food magazine "Die Frau am Grill". In addition, she runs the largest YouTube channel on the subject of "grilling" which is produced by a woman in German-speaking countries. Most of the recipes work not only on the grill, but also on the stove and in the oven. You can find more recipes at www.die-frau-am-grill.de and the YouTube channel www.youtube.com/diefrauamgrill.
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