The ”Fraisier” is a French strawberry cake with a sponge base and cream filling. It is light, creamy, and brings a taste of summer. Now it is an excellent time to make this cake! It is important that you use big strawberries, so that you can place them nicely around, building the “wall” of your cake. This fraisier recipe has several steps, but they are all pretty easy. If you have the chance, you can also make much of it in advance. For example, I prepared the sponge cake for my fraisier 2 days in advance.
Le fraisier
Yield: 12-16 portions
Ingredients:
Sponge:
- 1 tea spoon of vanilla extract
- 120 g caster sugar
- 100 g wheat flour
- 50 g butter
- 4 eggs
Syrup:
- 150 g sugar
- 20 cl water
- 1 tea spoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
- the zest of half a lemon
Strawberries and decoration:
- 500 g strawberries
- Some strawberries and almond paste for decorating the top
Cream filling:
- 25 cl sweet cream
- 25 cl semi-skimmed milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 40 g cornstarch
- 50 g sugar
- 2 gelatin leaves (2g each)
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 cup vanilla extract