Sakura Strawberry Sando

Follow our recipe and enjoy the warm, delicious cake straight out from the Panasonic Big Cubie Oven!

2 hours 12 minutes

Ingredients
Sakura Chiffon Cake Base
- 4egg yolks
- 20 gcaster sugar
- 45 gvegetable oil
- 60 gmilk
- 20 gsakura powder
- 85 gcake flour
- Few drops of red colouring
- 4egg white
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 40 gcaster sugar
- 4 pcspickled sakura flowers
- strawberries
- 1.5 tbspgelatine
- 2 tbspwater
- 120 gcream cheese, softened
- 50 gicing sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 200 gwhipped cream
For sakura cake:
Method
STEP 1
Soak pickled sakura flower in water for at least 1hr. Drain and pat dry soaked flowers.
STEP 2
Line baking tin with parchment paper and arrange sakura flowers.
STEP 3
Whisk egg yolk and sugar. Add in oil and mix until combine. Add in milk and mix well.
STEP 4
Sift in sakura powder and cake flour and mixture until smooth. Add in one or two drops of red colouring.
STEP 5
Whisk egg white until frothy, add in cream of tartar.
STEP 6
Add in sugar by batches and whisk until stiff peak.
STEP 7
Add meringue into egg yolk mixture in 3 batches. Fold until well mixed.
STEP 8
Pour cake mixture into baking tin lined with parchment paper and bake in pre-heated oven on Steam Convection mode at 190°C for 7 minutes.
STEP 9
Allow cake to cool on wire rack completely.
For Cream filling:
Method
STEP 1
Combine gelatine and water in a small bowl. Cook on Steam-Med for 3 minutes.
STEP 2
Beat softened cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth. Add in vanilla essence.
STEP 3
Fold melted gelatine into cream cheese mixture.
STEP 4
Mix whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
To assemble:
Method
STEP 1
Cut cake into half. Spread 1/3 of the cream on one layer of the cake (with sakura flower facing bottom)
STEP 2
Arrange strawberries on top. Add the remaining of the cream and cover up the strawberries.
STEP 3
Place second layer of cake on top (with sakura flower facing top). Allow to cool in fridge for at least 1 hour.
STEP 4
Trim off the sides of the cake.
STEP 5
Slice cake into sandwich shape.
STEP 6
Serve cold.
Cubie function: Steam Convection