Wrestling with Recipes - How to make a "Charlotte"

A "Charlotte" is a very special sponge cake with a strawberry cream filling, named after Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III. I made it with love as a thank you for Badbearwatch's mom.
Music: Frederic Chopin - Nocturne Opus 9, No.2
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Ingredients

For the sponge cake:
4 eggs
140 grams sugar
Vanilla sugar
75 grams flour
75 grams starch
Tea spoon of baking powder
For the filling
Strawberry jam (one glass)
12 sheets of Gelantine
½ a litre of buttermilk (or 500grams yogurt)
90 grams sugar
Vanilla sugar
1 packet of frozen strawberries (400 - 450 grams)
200 grams whipped cream

Make the sponge cake

Seperate the egg white and the yolks. Beat the eggwhite with 4 spoons of water, 125 grams of sugar and vanilla sugar until it is very stiff. Now add the yolks one by one. Add the flour and starch(mixed with baking powder) gently. Place baking paper on a baking tray and put the dough on it. Bake 12 15 minutes at 175°C in a preheated oven.

To make the filling:
See yourself

Convert from grams to ounces:
http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/

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[joeabro1]

great video it looked yummy nice job.

[Honeybea264]

Thank you Joe. Glad you liked it. Best regards from Bea

[sandrateager]

Ahh dearest Bea--such a lovely cake & a splendid video too!!!

So glad you shared it with all of us!!!

& such a sweet gesture to dedicate it to Badbearwatch's mum!!!

Btw Happy Birthday my dear friend!!!!♥

[Honeybea264]

Thank you Sandra - a pleasure to see you ;-).BBW is such a great friend and her mum is a gem. Have a great day, sweet friend ♥

[guachipiruli]

hema handdoekje?

[letto2103]

it's easier to roll it with a moist kitchen towel or wax paper while it's still hot, then when it's cool, unroll and fill with the jelly and done! =)

[cmlollipop9]

cool my names charlotte

[chefcommons]

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[wellandwhisper]

Loved this video Thank you

[badbearwatch]

Hi Bea, Mom looked at this last night again, says she thinks she can do this and wants to give it a try- she liked the cheese and leek soup video too, she asked me if you had any more recipes :-) thanks again, BBW

[Occhiazzuri82]

mmm,I love cakes,and this seems to be so tasty :P

[jimmymac30]

Bea, meine liebe Mutter war Deutsch. Sie kamm aus Sudetenland nach dem Zweiten Welt Krieg.

Ich glaub Du muss schon wissen meine liebe Mutti ist vorigen Monat gestorben. Sie hat der Darmkrebs erwischt, und war schon jahre lang nimmer richtig. Meine arme Maedl ist jetzt hoffentlich im Himmel mit Papa und der Herr Gott . Ich bin noch immer so sehr traurig. Ich kann ihr gesicht noch gut errinern und kann mich ihre stimme noch gut einbilden und vorstellen. Ich muss ein Lied fuer sie

schreiben!

[fariethesun]

Ein Katzensprung...lol

[Honeybea264]

Ich kann den Kreis Wesel mit den Fingerspitzen berühren, wohne aber im Kreis RE ;-)