Valentine’s Day cream tart is my variation of the many cakes seen in the shape of numbers that went viral on the web a few months ago, a delicious and beautiful idea born from the imagination and creativity of the Israeli pastry chef Adi Klinghofer in Tel Aviv.

The dough I used to make (or rather try to make, haha) the ring shapes with the jewel is a classic shortcrust pastry but you can use puff pastry, sablè pastry, or even a dough like the Victoria sponge cake!

You can clearly also use a cocoa shortcrust like this Knam recipe…

For the filling you can range in thousands of flavors according to your personal taste with custard, fruit cream, camy cream, dark and/or white chocolate ganache …

This edible engagement ring (diamond ring cake) is a bit crooked, not really perfect: I tried to trim the right, then it was crooked on the left, so I said enough, today it won’t get any better!!!!!

The Cream Tart or rather the pastry bases and the filling cream can be made in advance (respectively 2 days and 1 day) and assembled on the day of the event itself, a few hours before the event because then the dough absorbs the cream and becomes a non-presentable dessert.

The final decorations should be made 5 minutes before serving and can be many types like:
– macarons;
– fresh fruit;
– edible flowers;
– meringues;
– shortbread cookies;
– chocolates;
– gummy candies:
and much more!!!

It is clearly an impressive cake, but you have to take care of it and put love into it…
For the design, I took inspiration from this

CREAM TART of VALENTINE’S DAY

Difficulty: Medium
Cost: Medium
Rest time: 30 Minutes
Preparation time: 45 Minutes
Portions: 6
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: International

Ingredients for VALENTINE’S DAY CREAM TART RECIPE

2 medium egg yolks
80 g powdered sugar
1 pinch salt (fine)
150 g butter (cold)
300 g all-purpose flour
500 g mascarpone
1 1/2 glass condensed milk
2 tablespoons powdered sugar (heaping)
200 g fresh heavy cream
to taste meringues (homemade)
to taste sugar sprinkles (heart-shaped and others)
to taste raspberries
to taste strawberries
a few pink ruby chocolate candy
a few shortcrust cookies (with the leftover dough from the ring bases)

TOOLS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY CREAM TART RECIPE

Baking trays
Parchment paper

STEPS FOR PREPARING THE VALENTINE’S DAY CREAM TART RECIPE

Let’s put all the ingredients in the mixer, pulse the blades intermittently to avoid overheating them, and reduce everything to crumbs.
We knead and roll out the shortcrust pastry between 2 sheets of parchment paper.
For the thickness.. not too thin, but not even 1 cm (0.39 inches) at least for me!
We trace the shapes of our ring (diamond ring cake) on the shortcrust pastry and put the pastry rings in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
After the time has passed, bake the Valentine’s Day cream tart at 350°F for about 12/15 minutes or depending on your oven’s characteristics… check carefully because it burns quickly!
I also baked some heart-shaped cookies with which I then decorated the Valentine’s Day cream tart.
While the shortcrust pastry shapes cool, let’s prepare the filling by putting the mascarpone in a bowl and mixing and softening it with the condensed milk and the powdered sugar.
We also add the fresh whipped cream and leave everything in the refrigerator until it’s time to garnish the Valentine’s Day cream tart.
While the already made bases cool and the mascarpone cream solidifies in the refrigerator, let’s prepare the chosen fruit.
Remove the stems from the strawberries, wash them, and cut them into wedges, blotting the water.
Carefully wash the raspberries and place them on kitchen paper towels to remove the water.
Clearly, you may use other types of fruit, maybe even exotic ones like mango, papaya, kumquats, kumquats… whatever you like best!
We arrange the first shortcrust pastry ring on the table and after putting the cream in a piping bag, fill it, covering the entire ring.
Now arrange the fruit, covering the entire surface, and place the second ring on top.
Decorate with fresh fruit (I tried to highlight the “precious stone” by placing only thinly sliced strawberries and some sugar paste flowers) then add the meringues, the sugar sprinkles, the pink ruby chocolate chips (a very particular taste, more persistent, and fruity). Serve at the table and… Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
Annalisa