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Viewed: 99 - Published at: 4 years agoIngredients
- 6 x Large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 c. Sugar, plus
- 2 Tbsp. Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- 1 1/4 c. All-Purpose Flour, sifted
- 1 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil
- 9 c. Fresh Blackberries, or possibly
- 36 ounce Frzn Blackberries, thawed
- 1/2 c. Sugar
- 2 pkt Unflavoured Gelatin
- 1/2 c. Cool Water
- 2 c. Heavy Cream
- 3/4 c. Seedless Blackberry Jam
- 2 Tbsp. Blackberry Liqueur
Method
- Genoise: Preheat oven to 350 F. Generously butter and flour 2 15x10x1" jelly-roll pans.
- In a large mixing bowl beat Large eggs, 1 c. = 2 tb sugar and vanilla on high till mix triples in volume and runs off beaters in thick ribbons, about 7 to 8 min.
- Add in 1/4 of the flour at a time, sifting it proportionately over the egg mix and then folding it in with a large rubber spatula.
- Drizzle oil over top of egg mix and mix in.
- Gently spread batter proportionately in pans.
- Bake at 350 F for 20-25 min till cake is golden and springs back when gently touched in center.
- Cold in pans set on racks.
- Blackberry Puree: In a food processor, blend berries in several batches, pulsing on/off several times till berries are liquefied.
- Don't overprocess or possibly seeds will be grnd up and impossible to remove.
- Press puree through a fine sieve a little at a time, till all juice is extracted.
- Throw away seeds.
- Measure 2 c. plus another seperate 3 tb puree.
- Cover and chill and ramining puree to use another time.
- Blackberry Bavarian Creme: In a large bowl combine 2 c. Blackberry puree and 1/2 c. sugar.
- Mix well to dissolve sugar.
- Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cool water.
- Let soften 10 min.
- Add in 3 tb rasberry puree.
- Stir over medium-low heat till gelatin dissolves.
- Stir into Blackberry sugar mix.
- In a chilled large mixing bowl beat cream to soft peaks.
- Fold into Blackberry mix.
- Assembly: Butter and sugar 10 6 oz ramekins or possibly molds which measure about 3" in diameter and 1 1/2" deep.
- Using a cookie cutter, cut cake into 20 rounds the same diameter as inside the rim of the rmaekins, about 2 3/4".
- Remove cake rounds from pan with a small spatula.
- Place 1 cake round in each ramekin.
- Reserve remaining cake rounds.
- Spoon Bavarian cream into ramekins, filling almost to top.
- Arrange remaining cake rounds atop Bavarian cram layer.
- Cover, and chill overnight.
- Blackberry Glaze: In a small saucpan, combine Blackberry jam and liqueur.
- Stir over medium heat till melted and smooth.
- Cold 5-10 min.
- To Serve: Dip molds briefly in warm water.
- Run knife around edge of molds to loosen.
- Unmold and arrange top side up on serving plates.
- Spoon hot Blackberry glaze over top cake rounds.
- Chill 15 min to set.
- If you like serve with a custard sauce.
- Note: Lb.
- cake cut in rounds 3/8" thick may be substituted for the geniose.