Ladybug Fruit Cake

Preheat the oven to 150 °C and grease a notched tart pan.

For the tart base, beat the egg whites with 80 g sugar until stiff.

Beat the egg yolks with the remaining sugar, water, vanilla sugar and lemon zest until thick and fluffy. Stir in the flour and oil, and finally carefully fold in the beaten egg whites.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 45 minutes. After about 20 minutes, increase the temperature to 170 °C. Remove the cake base from the oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes, then remove it from the mold and let it cool completely.

For the cream, prepare a vanilla pudding in the meantime and let it cool to room temperature. Whip the mascarpone with a hand mixer until creamy and stir in the vanilla pudding by the tablespoonful. Sweeten additionally with a little powdered sugar to taste.

Spread the mascarpone-vanilla cream thickly on the cooled cake base, set aside.

Melt couverture, mix powdered sugar and water to make a thick sugar glaze. Carefully wash strawberries, cherries and raspberries, then drain well. Clean strawberries and cut in half lengthwise. Remove the stems from the cherries, remove the pits and also cut them in half lengthwise.

For the eyes, place two small dots of icing on each piece of fruit using a wooden skewer. Use the couverture to dab pupils on them and add dark dots all around the “fruit ladybugs”. Let dry.

Spread the finished “beetles” in a circle on the prepared cake base.

Preparation Tip:

It is best to top the fruit tart with the bugs just before serving, otherwise the fruit may dry out too much.

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