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Cold Buttermilk Cake

Preparation time: 150 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Servings: 8

This cold buttermilk cake is a fantastic combination of the classic Danish cold buttermilk soup and a delicious mousse. The cake has a crispy base of crushed kammerjunker (Danish biscuits) and butter, topped with a fresh and airy buttermilk mousse. Garnished with strawberries, crushed kammerjunker, and a hint of lemon zest, this cake will be a hit at any summer table.

Cold Buttermilk Cake

Ingredients

  • Biscuit Base
  • 250 g kammerjunker (Danish biscuits)
  • 130 g butter
  • Buttermilk Mousse
  • 100 g sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 450 ml buttermilk
  • 1 organic lemon
  • 5 sheets gelatin
  • 250 ml cream
  • Garnish
  • Strawberries
  • Kammerjunker (Danish biscuits)

Instructions

  1. Biscuit Base
  2. Blend kammerjunker with melted butter
  3. Spread the mixture in a cake ring lined with cake plastic and refrigerate
  4. Buttermilk Mousse
  5. Soak the gelatin in cold water for 15 minutes
  6. Whisk egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla sugar
  7. Fold buttermilk and lemon zest into the egg mixture
  8. Juice the lemon and heat it briefly in a saucepan
  9. Wring out the gelatin and melt it in the warm lemon juice
  10. Fold the warm lemon juice into the buttermilk mixture
  11. Whip the cream to soft peaks and fold it in
  12. Cut strawberries in half and arrange them around the edge of the cake ring
  13. Pour the mousse over and let it chill until set for a few hours
  14. Garnish
  15. Remove the cake from the ring and plastic, and garnish with crushed kammerjunker, strawberries, and lemon zest

Cold Buttermilk Cake

Cake and sweets
Cold Buttermilk Cake

This cold buttermilk cake is a fantastic combination of the classic Danish cold buttermilk soup and a delicious mousse. The cake has a crispy base of crushed kammerjunker (Danish biscuits) and butter, topped with a fresh and airy buttermilk mousse. Garnished with strawberries, crushed kammerjunker, and a hint of lemon zest, this cake will be a hit at any summer table.

Posted on 8/6/2024

Servings

8

Total time

2 hours & 40 minutes

Servings

8

Total time

2 hours & 40 minutes

Ingredients

Biscuit Base

•
250 g kammerjunker (Danish biscuits)
•
130 g butter

Buttermilk Mousse

•
100 g sugar
•
2 tsp vanilla sugar
•
3 egg yolks
•
450 ml buttermilk
•
1 organic lemon
•
5 sheets gelatin
•
250 ml cream

Garnish

•
Strawberries
•
Kammerjunker (Danish biscuits)

Instructions

Biscuit Base

1

Blend kammerjunker with melted butter

2

Spread the mixture in a cake ring lined with cake plastic and refrigerate

Buttermilk Mousse

1

Soak the gelatin in cold water for 15 minutes

2

Whisk egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla sugar

3

Fold buttermilk and lemon zest into the egg mixture

4

Juice the lemon and heat it briefly in a saucepan

5

Wring out the gelatin and melt it in the warm lemon juice

6

Fold the warm lemon juice into the buttermilk mixture

7

Whip the cream to soft peaks and fold it in

8

Cut strawberries in half and arrange them around the edge of the cake ring

9

Pour the mousse over and let it chill until set for a few hours

Garnish

1

Remove the cake from the ring and plastic, and garnish with crushed kammerjunker, strawberries, and lemon zest


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