Recipe: Delice au spéculos

Name: Delice au spéculos
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 portions
Ingredients: POUR LE GATEAU DE SAVOIE (première couche)6 oeufs; 250 g sucre; 150 g farine; 50 g de maïzena; POUR LA GARNITURE (2ème couche); 6 blancs d'oeufs; 200 g sucre; 300 g de fromage blanc; 250 g de crème épaisse ou de mascarpone (au choix); 1 citron; 6 feuilles de gélatine; 300 g de spéculos; POUR LE GLACAGE; Un peu de café liquide; 100 g de spéculos; 2 feuilles de gélatine

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Prep 20 min

Cook 50 min

Total 1h10

Servings 8 serv.

Ingredients for 8 servings

FOR THE SAVOIE CAKE (first layer)

6 eggs
250 g sugar
150 g flour
50 g cornstarch
FOR THE FILLING (2nd layer)
6 egg whites
200 g sugar
300 g fromage blanc
250 g heavy cream or mascarpone (your choice)
1 lemon
6 gelatin sheets
300 g spéculos
FOR THE GLAZE
A little liquid coffee
100 g spéculos
2 gelatin sheets

Step-by-step directions

Savoie Cake
Beat the egg whites until very stiff with a pinch of salt. Set aside.
Whiten the egg yolks with 250g of sugar. Gradually add the 150g of flour and 50g of cornstarch by sifting this mixture.
Add 1/3 of the beaten egg whites and whisk vigorously. Fold in the remaining egg whites.
Bake for approximately 40 minutes at 150°C in a tall mold with removable sides.
This cake will serve as the base.
Filling
Beat the egg whites until very stiff. Add the sugar. Then the fromage blanc as well as the mascarpone and beat with a mixer.
Grind the spéculos into a very fine powder and fold them in homogeneously
Heat the lemon juice and incorporate the six gelatin sheets previously softened in cold water. Let cool slightly then incorporate this mixture into the preparation.
With the Savoie cake still in the mold with removable sides, spread this preparation on top.
Place everything in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
Glaze
Heat the coffee and incorporate the spéculos reduced to a powder then the two gelatin sheets previously softened in cold water.
Glaze the cake and immediately return to the fridge for a good hour.
Unmold at serving time by removing the sides of the mold.