Quick Strawberry Quark Cake Back School | CookScool.com
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)1. Make shortcrust pastry
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)For the cake base, knead 125 grams of flour with 50 grams of powdered sugar, 1 egg, 50 grams of butter cut into pieces, a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking powder to form a smooth dough.
2. Let the dough rest
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)Now wrap the dough in cling film and let it rest in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
3. Wash the strawberries
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)In the meantime, wash 300 grams of strawberries, remove the stems and leaves and quarter them.
4. Marinate the strawberries
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)Then place the strawberries in a shallow bowl, mix with 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of amaretto and add 1 vanilla pod.
5. Let the strawberries steep
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)Now let the marinated strawberries steep in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
6. Pour the batter into the mold
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)In the meantime, take the shortcrust pastry out of the refrigerator, roll it out, line a greased, flat cake tin with it and prick the pastry several times with a fork. Also pull up one edge and cut away the excess dough with a knife.
7. Bake the dough
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)Then cover the dough with baking paper, sprinkle with dried legumes and “blind-bake” in the oven at 200 degrees for about 10 minutes until it takes on a slightly brownish color.
8. Make quark filling
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)For the quark filling, put 250 grams of low-fat quark in a bowl and mix with 75 grams of powdered sugar and 1 packet of vanilla sugar.
Soak 1 sheet of gelatine (white) in cold water for 5 minutes, squeeze it out well, heat some whipped cream in a saucepan and dissolve the gelatine in it.
Beat the rest of the whipped cream with a hand mixer and stir together with the gelatine to form the quark mixture.
9. Spread the filling
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)Now distribute the quark cream evenly on the dough and smooth it out.
10. Strawberries
(Photo by: dolphy_tv / Fotolia)Finally, spread the marinated strawberries over the quark filling. Now put the cake in the fridge for a few hours and then serve.
