Mango Cake Recipe

Mango is a rather exotic product for our latitudes, however, it is great for making sweet desserts. Pies, cheesecakes, muffins, cakes - all this can be prepared with the addition of these juicy fruits. In this article, you will learn how to make a mango pie. The recipe contains only 9 simple ingredients, which are not difficult to find on the shelves of the store.

Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes; preparation time: 25 minutes; total time: 1 hour 35 minutes.

Ingredients

For biscuit:

• 6 large eggs at room temperature;
• 210 grams of granulated sugar;
• 130 grams of flour;
• half a teaspoon of baking powder.

For filler:

• 2 medium mangoes, peeled and finely chopped into strips;
• puree from 2 medium mangoes;
• 1 to 4 tablespoons of sugar, if necessary.

For cream:

• 450 grams of cream cheese;
• 1 cup unsalted softened butter;
• 2.5 cups icing sugar;
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla powder or liquid extract.

How to make a biscuit

Now we begin to prepare the basis for the cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees and cover the baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a mixer, beat 6 eggs at high speed for 1 minute until foamy. Gradually add a glass of sugar, then continue to beat the mixture at a sufficiently high speed for 8 minutes.
3. In a separate bowl, mix half a glass of flour and baking powder.
4. Mix the egg mixture thoroughly with flour. Spread the mixture evenly on parchment paper and bake for 23-28 minutes. The top of the biscuit should be golden brown.
5. Lift the edges of the biscuit with a knife or thin spatula and turn it over to the wire rack. Before cutting the biscuit, it must first cool.

If you prefer a mango shortcake, then the biscuit from the above recipe can be replaced with a shortcrust pastry made with cold butter. Mango cream and filler in this case must be laid out in layers on the finished base.

How to make creamy frosting

Now prepare the cream:

• Place cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and vanilla in the mixer bowl.
• Beat the mixture, combining low and high speed, for 5-6 minutes. Glaze should be soft and pasty.
• Move it into a pastry bag equipped with a tip and refrigerate.

How to peel a mango

Mango has one long flat bone in the center. Cut all 4 mangoes in half on the sides of the bone - as a result there will be 8 halves. Set aside 4 of them - they will be needed for decoration. Remove the bone from the remaining 4 halves and scrape the contents from the skin. Then transfer to a blender and grind to a puree state. Add sugar to the mango puree to taste, if necessary.

How to make a mango pie

And now the last stage - collect the pie:

1. Cut the biscuit into 4 pieces.
2. Lubricate the first quarter with half a cup of mango puree.
3. On the second, put half a glass of glaze and place the biscuit with the icing down on the first.
4. Repeat the same with the remaining parts of the biscuit, then coat the top and sides of the cake with the remaining icing.
5. Peel and thinly cut 4 halves of mango into strips. Lay out sliced ​​circles of mango on top of the pie.

Mango pie can be served immediately or chilled for 2 hours to facilitate cutting. It is well stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.