Description
A light and refreshing Passover dessert with strawberries, raspberries, and fresh whipped cream.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake:
- 8 large or jumbo eggs, separated
- 1 and 1/4 cup finely granulated sugar
- zest and juice from 1 orange
- 1/4 cup matzoh cake meal, finely ground
- 3/4 cup potato starch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Filling
- 1 quart strawberries
- 2 pints raspberries
- 2 pints whipping cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups lemon curd (follow your favorite recipe online or purchase already made lemon curd from the store)
Instructions
Cake:
- Carefully separate eggs and place whites and yolks into 2 separate large bowls.
- Beat whites on high until stiff. About 8-10 minutes with an electric beater. Set aside.
- Beat yolks on high along with the 1 1/4 cup finely granulated sugar until pale yellow and thick. About 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in zest, orange juice, matzah cake meal, potato starch and salt to the yolk mixture.
- Very gently fold in the egg whites using a spatula. Fold until batter is smooth.
- Place batter into a lined (parchment paper) bundt pan and bake in a preheated 350F oven for about 40 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool to room temperature before inverting cake from the pan to a plate.
Trifle Assembly
- CAKE: Gently slice the cooled cake into 3 even layers with a serrated knife. You may need to trim edges to allow it to fit inside the trifle bowl.
- WHIPPED CREAM: Beat whipping cream along with the 1/2 cup granulated sugar until stiff. Place into piping bag fitted with a large tip. We used Ateco #8.
- FRUIT: Slice strawberries about 1/4 inch thick. Remove raspberries from refrigerator.
- LEMON CURD: Follow your favorite recipe online or purchase already made lemon curd from the store.
- Place 1 layer of cake on the bottom of the trifle bowl. Spoon out about 1/4-1/3 cup of the lemon curd and spread evenly over the cake.
- Pipe on a layer of the whipped cream and then arrange your sliced strawberries on top of the cream.
- Cover with another layer of cake, followed by more lemon curd.
- Pipe on another layer of whipped cream and then arrange your raspberries on top of the cream.
- Cover with another layer of cake, followed by more lemon curd.
- Cover with the final layer of whipped cream and decorate top with the remaining fruit.
- Serve immediately or chill in fridge until ready to serve.
Notes
Given that this cake is a Passover cake, there is no leavening agent used. Therefore, the cake won’t rise that much when it bakes.
You can also substitute regular sponge cake to make this a year-round recipe.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 40 minutes