Philippine Darblay's gluten-free strawberry layer cake

The ingredients

For cakes:

225 g rice flour, preferably semi-complete
30 g almond powder
165 g sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/2 teaspoon salt
128 g soft butter
2 eggs, room temperature
247 g whole milk at room temperature
1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

For strawberries:

400 g strawberries, halved (or 4 depending on size)
60 g sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the whipped cream :

230 g full-fat cream (make two small packs)
170 g mascarpone, mashed with a fork
80 g powdered sugar
1 to 2 vanilla beans

The realization

Prepare the strawberries

Place the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a bowl. Mix with your hands and leave to stand for 1 to 2 hours.

Drain the strawberries, collect the juice and reduce over the heat to a syrupy consistency (about 5 minutes). Leave to cool.

"The best thing about this recipe is the macerated strawberries. They're syrupy and explode with flavor. The firm vanilla mascarpone whipped cream is to die for. And it's still gluten-free, but having tried it several times, no one notices!" - Philippine.

Prepare the cakes:

Preheat oven to 180º C.

Butter 2 or 3 moulds and line the sides with rice flour.

In a bowl, mix the solids together (flour, almond powder, sugar, baking powder, gum, salt), add the butter then mix with your fingers to obtain a "crumble" consistency.

Add the liquid elements (eggs, milk, vanilla) in two stages and whisk to combine.

Pour 1/2 or 1/3 of the mixture into the moulds.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden. Turn out and leave to cool.

Prepare the whipped cream

Place the bowl (ideally made of steel), whisks, cream and mascarpone in the freezer at least 15 minutes beforehand. Take them out, then whip the cream, fork-crushed mascarpone, sugar and vanilla beans with an electric mixer (mix gently, then more quickly, for around 5-10 minutes).

Assembly

Once cooled, assemble the cake: cake, whipped cream, strawberries. Repeat to finish on top with more cream and more strawberries.

At the table: pour the strawberry coulis over the cake and enjoy!

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