This is a pretty easy dessert to put together. If you’re in a rush you can always buy the merinque and sponge cake. You can also use any jam you have on hand though a jam like raspberry or black currant, with their tart edge, really works well.
INGREDIENTS
- 300ml 35% cream
- 1/2 cup (60g) pure icing sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon, plus extra zest to serve
- 200g mascarpone
- 100g meringue, crumbled
- 2 x 8′ or 9″ round sponge cakes
- 1/2 cup (160g) Moss Berry Farm Wild Blueberry and Rraspberry jam, warmed
- 1/2 pint blueberries
- 1/2 pint raspberries
- Mint leaves, to garnish
METHOD
- Place cream and icing sugar in a bowl and whisk to soft peaks. Add vanilla, lemon zest and mascarpone, and whisk to firm peaks. Fold in meringue.
- Place 1 sponge on a serving plate and spread with half the jam. Top with half the meringue cream, then drizzle with remaining jam. Top remaining sponge with remaining meringue cream, using a palette knife to create peaks, then place on top of first cake.
- Scatter with blueberries and raspberries, mint and extra lemon zest to serve.