Moss Cake Polish Cream & Spinach Cake (Lesny Mech)
Bright green in color, the Polish lesny mech cake truly resembles a forest floor. Topped with raspberries, pomegranates and blueberries, the cream and spinach moss cake is the perfect summer treat!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 12 oz fresh spinach
- 3 eggs
- 2 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup oil
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- Fruits to decorate (pomegranate, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries)
- 9 oz Mascarpone in room temperature
- 7 oz Heavy Cream
- 4 tbsp icing sugar
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 345 F. Grease the 8'' round cake pan with oil or butter.
- 2
Cook the washed spinach in a pan on medium heat. Place in a blender along with eggs, flour, sugar, and baking powder blending till you get a silky texture liquid.
- 3
Put the mix into a greased pan and bake for 40 minutes, then set aside to cool down.
- 4
While the cake is cooling, beat the cream until stiff, then mix with mascarpone and sugar until smooth. If your mascarpone is very cold, you can use a mixer on a lower setting.
- 5
Cut the cooled cake into two pieces: one thicker and one thinner. The thinner piece you'll want to break into pieces, giving it a "moss" effect.
- 6
Put cream on top of the thicker cake piece, then place the "moss" parts on top of it.
- 7
Decorate the top of the spinach cake with pomegranate, raspberries, and blueberries.