Sweden: Prinsesstårta

Edit - added LA cream cheese icing after competition.

Princess cake — or prinsesstårta in Swedish — is a layer cake synonymous with Sweden that is covered in a hard topping of marzipan, which is usually green, giving the cake a unique look. Beneath the marzipan frosting are alternating layers of sponge cake, pastry cream, and whipped cream and often contains raspberry.

Flavor notes for those who are flavor-nerd-ioligists. As taste is subjective this recipe is a ballpark of what I perceive to be acceptable. At the end of the day I hope that at least this combination of flavors will get you pretty close to this profile.

WF Princess Cake is a concentrate that this profile is based on which from the manufacturers description is alternating layers of sponge cake, pastry cream, and whipped cream, topped with marzipan. WF Angel Cake is a sponge cake with a buttercream flavor and it also carries a light berry note. The Angel Cake also work well with the WF Buttercream Frosting. WF Buttercream Frosting is a delicate sugary buttercream frosting that needs some boosting from another cream. The WF Pistacio Cream provides a boost to the buttercream and the creamy almond is bent towards a marzipan with the aid of FA Marzipan. FA Marzipan is used as a sweetener and adds nuttiness of sugar-glazed bitter almonds. The MB Pink Raspberry provides a soft, lightly floral and tart contrast to the cake layers.

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Tested using a single coil RDA 60 Watts, 0.18 Ohms