Lemon mint cake with raspberry layer

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Separate the yolks and whites. Divide the sugar into two parts.

2. STEP 2

   

   Beat the yolks with some of the sugar into a fluffy white foam. In a separate bowl, beat the whites.

3. STEP 3

   

   Gently mix both masses

4. STEP 4

   

   Add the sifted flour and mix everything carefully, moving from top to bottom so that the mass does not settle.

5. STEP 5

   

   The dough should be divided into 2 parts and green dye should be added to one of them. Transfer the mixtures into pastry bags and make a hole in them, about 1 cm.

6. STEP 6

   

   Cover a baking sheet with parchment and alternately squeeze out white and green masses of the same size.

7. STEP 7

   

   Use the remaining dough to bake round cakes, the size of the mold in which you will make the cake.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cut the baked striped cake into strips 3 cm wide, and cut the baked cake into 2 parts.

9. STEP 9

   

   Line the sides of the mold in strips and place one cake layer on the bottom.

10. STEP 10

    

    Prepare the mint soak: Boil water with mint sprigs and sugar, let it cool and add mint syrup.

11. STEP 11

    

    Preparing raspberry jelly: Soak the gelatin. Grind fresh raspberries in a blender into puree. Divide the puree into 2 parts. Add sugar to one part and heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add gelatin, mix everything until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Add the remaining raspberry puree, mint syrup and rum.

12. STEP 12

    

    Preparing the mousse: Soak the gelatin. Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat 100 sugar with yolks. Mix lemon juice with mint syrup, boil and pour in a thin stream into the yolks. Cook in a water bath until thickened, the mass will look like thick drinking yogurt. Add gelatin and mix everything well until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Let it cool.

13. STEP 13

    

    Beat the egg whites with the remaining sugar and gently fold the egg whites into the yolk-lemon mixture using top-to-bottom movements.

14. STEP 14

    

    Whip the cream until it forms stiff peaks

15. STEP 15

    

    We also mix the cream into the mousse mass.

16. STEP 16

    

    Assembling the cake: Soak the bottom cake with mint syrup and grease the top with raspberry jelly.

17. STEP 17

    

    Spread the mousse onto the raspberry jelly, but so that it reaches the edge of the striped sides.

18. STEP 18

    

    Cover the mousse with the second sponge cake.

19. STEP 19

    

    Again we soak the cake with mint impregnation, cover it with raspberry jelly on top and again put it in the refrigerator for a couple of minutes until the jelly hardens.

20. STEP 20

    

    Cover with mousse and place in the refrigerator for several hours until the mousse hardens completely.

21. STEP 21

    

    Prepare mint jelly to cover the cake: Soak the gelatin. Mix lemon juice with mint syrup, sugar and rum. Bring to a boil and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add gelatin. Let cool and pour over the cake. After the jelly has completely hardened, remove the cake from the mold. To do this, carefully run a knife along the sides.

Comments on the recipe

Anahit

30.11.2023

4.5

Alice, in addition to being tender and delicious, which I am simply convinced of (the combination of products such as lemon, mint and raspberries creates a bouquet of great taste), your cake is also very “elegant” and will add chic to any holiday table. Thank you for the detailed photo display, and the moment with the “zebra” was especially useful to me.

Irisha

30.11.2023

5

Alice, wonderful cake, so bright and festive!!! I can imagine the scent it has!! I think that instead of lemon, lime would work well here, it has a more delicate aroma and taste too.

Shura

30.11.2023

4.7

Alice showed us the cake, This won us over! It’s as beautiful as ever, There’s no trace of it, But we still have this photo as a keepsake, which is no small thing! We want to repeat it, There are a hundred reasons for this! It’s beautiful, it’s delicious! in appearance - skillful! Delicate, soft with greenery, And with a raspberry dream! It is not trembling from shame, It contains jelly water, There is as much as a glass of whipped cream! There is fog in my eyes. On New Year's Day, such a dessert will be the best of all candies! Shall we prepare it? For a big celebration?

ninaola

30.11.2023

4.9

Oh, such a cake should have a beautiful name!!! Alice, that’s what it’s called - Lemon-mint cake with a raspberry layer? My daughter collects cake recipes, but chooses only those with beautiful names. And when her guests ask, What kind of cake is this? She proudly answers: “Day and Night”, “Moonlight Sonata” or “Dream”. Maybe let’s call this cake something bright - the way it looks? I really want to show it to my daughter!

Alisa-108

30.11.2023

5

Dear girls, thank you all for such reviews. Honestly, I was already excited. Shurochka, I liked the poems! Cool! ninaola, you puzzled me. I sat, thought, thought, nothing came to my mind, it’s somehow difficult for me. Should I entrust this task to my daughter? Irisha - Photo expert tired of limes. There is a whole tree growing in the yard, covered with limes. I added them everywhere, but I was more pleased with the lemon stump.

Magnago

30.11.2023

4.9

I suggest the name "Green Cool"! Alice, bravo, a really impressive cake!