Apricot Tree Cake

Ingredients

• •For the cake:
• •1.5 cups powdered sugar
• •200 g butter
• •Zest of 2 oranges
• •10 eggs
• •For the cream:
• •200 g apricot purée
• •3.5 small cups sugar
• •10 egg yolks
• •Whipped cream

Preparation

1. 1

   In a deep bowl, mix the powdered sugar, softened butter and orange zest well with a mixer. Add the beaten eggs and mix again.

2. 2

   Fry pieces of the mixture in a pan into thin sheets. Keep the cake-like fried sheets in the fridge for a day.

3. 3

   Purée the apricot and boil it. Work a mixture of 10 egg yolks and sugar into the boiling purée. Add the apricot sauce to whipped cream and mix well, then rest in the fridge a while.

4. 4

   Shape the prepared cake sheets like a tree trunk and pour the cream into the center. Rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. Cut and garnish the cake as you like and serve.