Strawberry and mascarpone pound cake
Servings 2 loaves
Ingredients
- 8 eggs, about 500 g
- 500 g sugar
- 500 g mascarpone cheese
- 500 g flour, 400 g plain flour + 100 g rice flour
- 20 g baking powder
- lemon zest
- 500 g strawberries
- butter to grease the moulds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Weigh the eggs with their shell. What will be the weight that should be used for flour, mascarpone and sugar.
- Beat the eggs and the sugar until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
- Now add the mascarpone cheese and stir thoroughly.
- Mix in the flour, the baking powder and the lemon zest. Stir until everything is evenly mixed.
- Wash and path the strawberries dry. Slice or halve them and fold them gently into the mixture.
- Pour into two plum-cake tins, previously greased and floured.
- Bake for about 1 hour and 15' and let it cool down completely before unmould.
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