Dessert Russe

Ingredients

• sponge cake or pound cake
• thin icing (pink or white)
• contrasting piping icing (pink or white)
• pastilles
• crystallized fruits
• small spray or bouquet of flowers
• red or colored jelly

Directions

1. Bake sponge or pound cake in a fancy mold or a 2-quart ice cream mold. Allow to cool completely.

2. Ice the cake with thin icing, using pink or white, and pipe contrasting colors on top.

3. Decorate with pastilles, crystallized fruits, and a small bouquet of flowers.

4. If using stale cake, cut the base and stack pieces, then ice and decorate.

5. For the russe, create a large hole in the cake and fill it with cream.

6. Cover the entire cake with red or colored jelly and place the cut pieces on top.

7. Pipe and decorate as desired, finishing with a bouquet of flowers.