Strawberry cake à la Cyril Lignac & Benoît Couvrand
Recipe by Les Ateliers de Ludo
An elegant strawberry cake inspired by the famous cake of Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand, composed of an orange‑flavored sponge, a silky vanilla ganache, a strawberry compote, a red jelly and decorated with almond‑marzipan flowers and frozen strawberry cubes.
IntermediateFrenchServes 12
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Source Video
7h
Prep
1h 25m
Cook
1h 1m
Cleanup
9h 26m
Total
Cost Breakdown
Total cost:$39.30
Per serving:$3.28
Critical Success Points
- • Properly hydrate the gelatin
- • Vanilla cream infusion without overheating
- • Achieve a glossy ganache before resting
- • Baking the sponge at precise temperature
- • Assembling the cake without deflating the ganache
- • Precise freezing to prevent the strawberries from freezing
- • Spraying the red dusting (very messy step)
Safety Warnings
- • Handle boiling cream carefully to avoid burns.
- • The food spray gun is pressurized; wear protective goggles.
- • Use the knife carefully when cutting the strawberries.
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