Have you ever tried making a homemade birthday cake, something sophisticated and special? This dessert is easy to make, and using berries and chocolate for decoration guarantees a stunning result.

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 2 sponge cakes, each 20 cm in diameter

For the filling:

  • 400 ml fresh cream
  • 300 g mascarpone
  • 150 g of cottage cheese
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 130 g powdered sugar

For decoration:

  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 100 ml fresh cream
  • 50 g blackberries
  • 50 g blueberries
  • fresh rosemary
  • corrugated dark chocolate

Recipe

Mix cream, mascarpone, cottage cheese, vanilla seeds and powdered sugar.

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Beat with a mixer until the mixture becomes thick and foamy.

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You can soften the sponge cake and add flavor with fruit juice. Use a pastry brush to apply a small amount of juice before spreading the filling.

 

Spread 2/3 of the filling on the first biscuit layer.

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Cover with the second cake layer and press lightly.

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Using a spatula, spread the remaining cream over the entire surface of the cake. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

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Heat 100g of cream. Remove from heat and add the chopped chocolate. Stir until smooth. Let it rest for at least 15 minutes to thicken slightly.

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Drizzle the ganache little by little along the edge of the cake. Let the drops run down the sides, decorating the entire edge in this manner.

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Use blackberries, blueberries, dark chocolate cubes, and rosemary sprigs to create the crown, as pictured. Refrigerate the cake until ready to serve.

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This blackberry and blueberry cake is easy to make and looks so pretty!

The recipe is taken from the Italian dessert website cucchiaio.it