Bring the chiltern Bakery with this Bee Sting cake for you
“The foundation of this cake is a breezy, rich brioche. With honey syrup and rich custard, there’s beginning and end to adore about it. It’s best eaten on the day it’s made,” says Phoebe Wood. Start this recipe 3 hours to come. You will require a funneling sack with wide fluted spout for this recipe.

Recipe Technique
1.Place yeast and 1 tsp sugar in a bowl with 200ml tepid water. Mix to consolidate and save for 5 minutes or until foamy.
2.Place flour and staying 50g sugar in the bowl of a stand blender with the batter snare and make a well in the focal point of the flour combination. Whisk egg yolks into yeast combination, fill the well and mix to consolidate. Manipulate on medium speed for 2-3 minutes until a batter structures. With the engine running, add spread, 1 piece at a time, until fully consolidated. Massage for a further 8-10 minutes until mixture is smooth.
3.Transfer mixture to a lubed bowl, cover with cling wrap and put away for 1 hour 20 minutes or until multiplied in size.
4.Preheat stove to 170°C. Oil a 23cm round cake dish and line the base with baking paper. Thump back the risen batter to deliver the air and manipulate into a smooth ball. Place mixture in the focal point of the pre-arranged dish and put away for 20 minutes to demonstrate. Heat for 50 minutes or until a stick embedded in the middle confesses all.
5.Meanwhile, for the crème patisserie, whisk egg yolks, sugar and corn flour in a heatproof bowl until smooth. Place milk and vanilla in a pan over medium intensity and bring to simply beneath edge of boiling over, then eliminate from heat. Pour hot milk combination over egg blend, whisking gradually until joined. Return combination to the pot and spot over medium intensity. Cook, blending continually with a rush, for 5-6 minutes until a thick custard. Crush overabundance water from gelatin, add to crème patisserie and race until totally broke down. Strain into a perfect bowl, cover surface straightforwardly with saran wrap and cool to room temperature, then, at that point, place in the refrigerator to chill for 3 hours or until set.
6.Whisk crème patissiere until smooth. Move to a funneling pack fitted with a wide fluted spout and chill until prepared to utilize.
7.For the garnish, join margarine, sugar, honey and a touch of salt drops in a little pot. Cook over medium intensity for 2-3 minutes until dissolved and consolidated. Mix in almonds, then, at that point, put away to cool.
8.To gather, utilize a huge serrated blade to evenly cut brioche into equal parts. Pipe crème patisserie over the cut side of one portion of brioche, then top with other half. Pour over fixing and serve right away.
INGREDIENTS 10g dried yeast 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar 3 cups (450g) plain flour, sifted (usehere Wool worths Macro c plain flour) 6 egg yolks 300g unsalted butter, chopped into 2cm pieces, softened CREME PATISSERIE 4 egg yolks 1/3 cup (75g) caster sugar 1 tbs cornflour 600ml full-cream milk 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 3 titanium-strength gelatine leaves, soaked in cold water for 5 minutes TOPPING 70g unsalted butter 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar 60g runny honey 100g slivered almonds, toasted | |
