Strawberry Zebra Cake (German)

When you find strawberries in abundance it's time to get this German Strawberry Zebra Cake recipe. An authentic German recipe which makes an awesome spring and summer fruit cake that you will love. This cake is easy to make and even baking beginners will be successful. It is called "Zebra" Cake because of the dark and light biscuit base cake. If you like you can decorate the top of the cake with whipped cream.

strawberries (1 kg)
4 eggs
sugar (150 g)
1 pkg vanilla sugar 0.3 oz
all-purpose flour, unbleached (100 g)
potato starch (10 g)
3 tsp. baking powder, pref. Dr Oetker (no baking soda)
1 Tbsp. cocoa powder, unsweetened, heaped
1 pkg red cake glaze (Tortenguss Dr. Oetker)
strawberry jam (100 g)
sliced almonds (50 g)

Place on the bottom of a spring form (26 cm) baking paper.

For the biscuit base cake mix eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar and beat them until foamy.

Mix all-purpose flour, unbleached with starch and baking powder, sieve it onto the egg mix and carefully mix it.

Preheat oven to 180 C or 350 F.

Separate the biscuit dough in 2 parts. Add cocoa powder (sieve it) to one part and mix it (dark biscuit).

Place 2-3 Tbsp. of the dark dough in the middle of the spring form. Then place some Tbsp. of the light dough on top, alternate this until the whole biscuit dough is in the spring form.

Bake it for 25-30 minutes, remove from the form.

Let cool off on a cooling grid.

Place a cake ring around the cake.

Wash strawberries, pat them dry with kitchen paper.

Place one next to each other on the biscuit cake.

Make the cake glaze per instructions, then pour it evenly over the strawberries (use a Tbsp.).

Keep the cake at a cool place until the glaze is firm, then remove the cake ring.

Spread the jam around the outer part of the cake.

Press the sliced almonds all around the cake.

Variation:
Make a Dr. Oetker Vanilla pudding per instructions and spread it over the biscuit, place strawberries on top, then add the glaze.

If you don't want to use the Dr Oetker USA pudding version, which is artificially flavoured, make your own Vanilla Pudding.

Glaze:
If you don't have the Dr. Oetker glaze (Tortenguss), use red grape juice with some tapioca and bring to boil, it will thicken fast. The German Tortenguss is quite easy to make, just add sugar and mix well with water.