The Boy and I parted from the published recipe and did something that I googled and thought might be relatively easy, boy was I wrong. The cake part was an interesting combination of sugar, eggs and flour. First you heat the eggs and sugar over a double boiler and than whip the heck out of it using our trusty stand mixer. Was looking for ribbons here and got to that point about eight minutes into whipping. Was kind of worried about the mixer, it is starting to make strange noises. The next part, I have decided is more of a skill. You must fold in the flour, gently, quickly and without deflating the egg whip. This was not easy and had to do it twice, which worked out okay since we used both in the cake.
The Boy made the cream which had its own challenges. We did not use gelatin but used cornstarch instead. It seized up faster than expected but we added some vanilla and all was right with the world. It tasted fine and piped really well.
Decorating was the easiest part and I was proud of the finished product. However, I am cutting out the carbs and The Boy doesn't like strawberries, so we gave it to the grandparents who seemed to like it.
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