Vertical cake with strawberries

Procedure

For the base of the vertical cake with strawberries, melt the butter in the microwave or in a water bath. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees static. Break the eggs into a bowl, add the sugar and a pinch of salt and whip with an electric whisk until the mixture is frothy, triple in volume and whitish. It will take about 15 minutes. Add the sifted flour with the yeast, the warm melted butter and finally the almond flour. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (no need to butter and flour) and pour the dough into it. Level with a spatula so as to spread it over the entire surface of the pan and at the same height and cook for about 15 minutes or until the surface is swollen and golden. Churning out, flip on the worktop and (without getting burned) remove parchment paper. Allow to cool.

For the syrup: bring the water to a boil with sugar and reduce by a third. Allow to cool completely. If you want, you can flavor the syrup with a little vanilla or lemon zest.

For the cream cheese: work the ricotta with icing sugar until you get a smooth and homogeneous cream. If the ricotta is too dry, you can add a few tablespoons of fresh liquid cream or a small percentage (10%) about whipped cream.

For mascarpone cover: work mascarpone at room temperature with icing sugar. Then add the food coloring slowly, until you get the desired color. Remember that gel dyes are the best, because it takes very little and the color is more intense.

Assembling the cake: first of all look at the video recipe with step by step tutorial. Divide the base into three equal strips, then spray them all with the wet. Distribute all the ricotta cream, taking care to leave about half of free space along the edges, as you see in video recipe. Spread the wild strawberries on the ricotta. Roll up the first strip on itself, overlap it with the second and continue to roll up, repeat the operation also with the third, as you see in video recipe.

Gently place the roll on the serving plate (with the spiral part facing upwards). Using a pastry bag, cover the whole cake with mascarpone cream. Level it with a spatula. For decoration, all you need is the back of a spoon, with which to create decorative grooves as you see in the video recipe. Complete the cake by garnishing the surface with whole fresh strawberries, wild strawberries, blackberries and fresh mint. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Bon appétit!