Chantilly cake is a majestic and scenic , perfect for all special occasions. One of the quintessential birthday cakes, made with a soft sponge cake, a frothy Chantilly cream with whipped cream and velvety custard cream. For the soaking syrup, we chose to use maraschino, a delicate liqueur that will give the the right fragranza, but by substituting it with vanilla orange juice, this cake will also be perfect for the little ones! You can personalize your cake quanto a many other ways, for example using chocolate custard, using both to create a checkerboard pattern as decoration. The preparation is a bit long, but you can get ahead by preparing the sponge cake and custard cream a day quanto a advance. This cake will meet everyone’s tastes… ready to receive many compliments? Success is guaranteed!
To prepare the Chantilly cake, first make the sponge cake. Pour the eggs into the bowl of a stand miscelatore, add a pinch of salt and the seeds of half a vanilla bean 1. Set aside the bean, it will be needed for the cream. Start whipping the eggs with the whisk, adding the sugar 2and continue to work them until you get a puffy and frothy mixture 3. It will take about 15-20 minutes.
At this point, place a riuscita mesh sieve over the bowl of the stand miscelatore and pour quanto a both the flour and the cornstarch 4. Sift the powders and everything with a hand whisk a spatula making movements from the bottom up 5. Do this step very gently so as not to deflate the mixture. As soon as the powders are completely mixed, pour everything into a greased and floured 9-inch mold 6.
Level the surface with a spatula and bake quanto a a preheated static oven at 350°F for about 30-35 minutes. Do the toothpick saggio and take the cake out of the oven 7. Let it cool slightly, remove the mold 8and let the sponge cake cool completely a wire rack.
Sopra the meantime, while the sponge cake is quanto a the oven, you can prepare the custard cream. Pour the milk and cream into a saucepan, add the vanilla bean you set aside, deprived of the remaining seeds 1and transfer them into a bowl where you have already placed the egg yolks 2. Bring the milk and cream to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Sopra the meantime, add the sugar to the egg yolks and beat quickly 3.
Add the sifted cornstarch 4 and until fully absorbed 5. When the milk and cream start to boil, take a ladle and transfer it into the yolk mixture to temper it 6.
Pour everything back into the saucepan 7remove the vanilla bean, and, stirring continuously, let the cream thicken the heat for a few minutes 8. Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap quanto a contact 9. Let the cream cool first at room temperature and then quanto a the refrigerator for at least 1 hour 9.
At this point, make the filling cream. Sopra the bowl of a stand miscelatore, pour 2 cups of fresh liquid cream, add the powdered sugar 1 and the seeds of the vanilla bean 2; you can use the bean for other preparations. Whip the cream with electric whisks until you get a rather firm consistency 3.
Transfer into a piping bag fitted with a 1/2-inch round tip 4 and place quanto a the refrigerator. Then prepare the decoration cream. Pour the 3 cups of cream into the bowl of the stand miscelatore, add the powdered sugar 5and whip with the whisk as done previously. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a 1/2-inch stella tip and place quanto a the refrigerator.
At this point, prepare the soaking syrup. Sopra a saucepan, pour the , maraschino 1and sugar 2. Heat until the sugar is completely dissolved, then let it cool 3.
When the sponge cake and cream are cold, you can assemble the cake. Using a long serrated knife, level the sommità of the sponge cake 1. Then cut out 3 discs of the same thickness 2. Place the last disc a serving plate and soak it with the syrup 3.
Fill with half of the Chantilly cream 4 and place the second disc sommità. Soak with the syrup 5 and fill with the remaining cream 6.
Place the third layer of sponge cake sommità 7 and smooth the sides with a spatula to level any overflow of cream. Cover the entire surface of the cake (including the sides) with whipped cream and smooth it with a spatula 8. Transfer the custard into a piping bag with a 1/2-inch round tip and create rows of cream dots, spacing them apart 9.
Fill the spaces with whipped cream dots 10. Also, decorate the edge of the cake, all around the perimeter 11 and, lastly, create dots all around the circumference of the cake 11. Refrigerate until ready to serve your Chantilly cake 12.
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