Strawberry layer cake | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 3 punnets strawberries, hulled and sliced 2mm-thick lengthways
• To serve: snow sugar (see note)
• Almond sponge
• 120 gm blanched almonds
• 3 eggs
• 100 gm pure icing sugar, sifted
• 3 eggwhites
• 1 pinch cream of tartar
• 20 gm caster sugar
• 30 gm plain flour, sifted
• 25 gm butter, melted
• Citrus cream
• 100 gm thickened cream, at room temperature
• 250 gm cream cheese, at room temperature
• ½ tsp each of finely grated lemon and lime rind
• 120 gm caster sugar
• 50 ml each of lemon and lime juice
• 2 leaves gelatine (titanium strength), soaked in cold water
• Strawberry salad
• Rind from ½ each of lemon and lime, cut into julienne
• 50 gm caster sugar
• 2 tsp each lemon and lime juice
• 1 punnet strawberries, hulled and sliced 2mm-thick lengthways