Casino **

Name: Casino **
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 6 h 20 min
Yield: Makes 2 cakes, each serving 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1⅔ cups (400 ml) whole milk; 6 egg yolks (scant ½ cup/120 g); 2 tbsp (30 ml) kirsch; Scant ⅔ cup (4¼ oz./120 g) sugar; 1 quantity (4 layers) roulade sponge; ½ quantity (9¾ oz./275 g) ladyfinger sponge batter, piped into 2 × 5½-in. (14-cm) disks and baked; 10½ oz. (300 g) red currant jelly; Apricot glaze, warm; 1½ cups (350 ml) heavy cream, well chilled; 6 sheets gelatin, 180–200 Bloom; 1 vanilla bean, slit lengthwise; Raspberry coulis, well chilled

Preparation info

Makes 2 cakes, each serving
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
7 hr

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Sponge spirals (make 1 day ahead)

1 quantity (4 layers) roulade sponge
10½ oz. (300 g)

Europe
France
Cake
Mediterranean

Method

A day ahead, prepare the sponge spirals. Place each roulade sponge layer on a sheet of parchment paper. Divide the red currant jelly between them and spread the jelly in an even layer, using an offset spatula.
Roll up each layer from one short side as tightly as possible, using the parchment paper. Freeze for about 2 hours, until the rolls are firm enough to be