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San Marcos Cake

San Marcos Cake consists of a Génoise sponge cake, a syrup to moisten the sponge cake and give it that characteristic juicy touch, whipped cream, whipped cream with cocoa, and sweet egg yolk. This San Marcos Cake is perfect to enjoy during the weekend, to take it as a dessert to a friend’s or family’s house, or to surprise in a birthday. In spite of being a classic, it is one of those types of cakes that never fail.

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Recipe

PRE TIME: 1 hr

COOKING TIME: 30 min

TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 30 min

4 SERVING

Ingredients:

For Génoise sponge cake:
4 Large Eggs
5 Oz. Sugar
5.8 Oz. Pastry/cake flour
2.1 Oz. Unsalted butter melted and cooled
A pinch of Salt
For the syrup:
7 Oz. Sugar
7 Oz. Water
A drizzle of Lemon juice
2-3 Shoots Rum
For the filling:
21 Oz. Heavy/fat cream
5.6 Oz. Sugar
2 Tsp Vanilla extract
2 Tbsp Cocoa powder
For the sweet yolk:
4 Large Yolks from large eggs
0.25 Oz. Cornstarch
6.3 Oz. Sugar
2.1 Oz. Water
1/2 Tsp Vanilla extract
A drizzle of Lemon juice
For decoration:
Sugar for caramelize
2.4 Oz. Sliced and roasted almonds

Directions:

1

Make the sponge cake. Bake for 30 minutes at 355 ºF/180 ºC. Make the syrup.

2

Whip the cream.

3

Fill the cake.

4

Make the sweet yolk.

5

Decorate with the sweet yolk and caramelize.

6

Finish decorating. For more and detailed instructions please visit: https://bake-street.com/en/san-marcos-cake-spanish-traditional-cake/

7

Enjoy!