Daring Bakers May: Prinsesstårta
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Korena of Korena in the Kitchen was our May Daring Bakers’ host and she delighted us with this beautiful Swedish Prinsesstårta!
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Yum. Even better than IKEA's! I made a small cake in my egg-shaped pan because it was going to feed just a few of us. I used half the recipes, and it worked out beautifully! I ended up making this in the middle of the night before the day the posts were due, and I finished just before 3am. By then, I was too tired and lazy to get too fussy with decorations, so it's barebones.
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The cake in the pan.
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The cake sliced into three layers.
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The three layers separated.
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Bonne Maman strawberry preserves.
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With the preserves and first layer of custard.
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Second layer of cake.
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Second layer of custard.
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A mountain of whipped cream.
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The final layer of cake, which was actually the middle layer because it's more malleable, pressed down at the edges into the whipped cream to create a dome that the marzipan will drape over.
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The whole cake covered in a layer of whipped cream that the marzipan will adhere to.
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Dusting my counter with powdered sugar to roll my marzipan out on.
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The draped marzipan, which I dyed green.
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Smoothed down around the top and pressed in at the sides. The marzipan wasn't malleable enough for me to iron the excess out or cut out and smooth seams, so I just creased it and pressed the folds against the cake, then made a marzipan "ribbon" to surround the base and neaten it up a bit.
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