Ile Flottante (floating Islands)

by Tarla Dalal

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Small islands of vanilla sponge sandwiched with whipped cream and strawberries floating in a strawberry sauce.

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Ile Flottante (floating Islands) recipe - How to make Ile Flottante (floating Islands)

Preparation Time: 20 mins Baking Time: 30 min. Cooking Time: 0 mins Total Time: 50 mins 3Makes 3 servings
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Ingredients

For The Cake
1 eggless sponge cake (7")

To Be Mixed Into A Soaking Syrup
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp strawberry puree
1/2 cup water

For The Filling
1 cup whipped cream
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 tbsp powdered sugar

For The Sauce
1 cup fresh strawberries
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice

For The Garnish
3 strawberries

Method

For the filling

For the sauce

Extract juice from the strawberries by rubbing through a fine strainer or puree the fruit in an electric blender.
Add the sugar and lemon juice and mix very well.

How to proceed

Using a 75 mm. (3") cookie cutter, cut three rounds from the sponge cake.
Slice each horizontally. Sprinkle with the soaking syrup.
Fill with the strawberries and whipped cream and top with the other half of the sponge.
Sprinkle the top layer with the soaking syrup and garnish with one whole strawberry.

How to serve