Vegan Sour Cream and Mandarin Cake with Edible Flowers

The other day, we asked you on Instagram whether you are Team Canned Peach or whether that's not an option for you. The majority joined „Team Canned Peach”, but what about canned mandarins? Is that the same category for you, so to say, do you automatically like tinned mandarins if you like tinned peaches? Well, whatever the connection is (or isn't), we really love the two canned fruits because they remind us of our childhood. And that's why the canned mandarins take pride in being on top of our cake today.

You probably all know the classic recipe for vegan peach and sour cream cake: fluffy sponge, peaches (from the tin) and sour cream. Today's vegan sour cream and mandarin cake recipe is very similar but also very different. Instead of sponge, we are baking a shortcrust pastry and use tangerines (from a tin) instead of peaches. The only thing that is the same is the plant-based sour cream. We prepare this with agartine, as gelatine is not used in the vegan diet. If you need further instructions, you can find them here – a detailed article with tips and tricks for ensuring your cake turns out like a dream. Leave your cake in the fridge overnight so that the cream sets properly and doesn't run away.

If you don't like mandarins, you can replace them with almost any other fruit, such as nectarines, peaches, berries, or anything else you like. You can also place the fruit directly on the shortcrust pastry, add the cream, or cut it into small pieces and mix it into the quark. Let your creativity run wild. There is no right or wrong here.

While we're on the subject of toppings: To make your cake look even more beautiful than it already does, we add a whole lot of dried flowers from Tante Fine to the edge. Tante Fine is a small manufactory with its own organic farm. They grow their own produce there, harvest everything by hand and generally make all their products entirely without additives or chemicals. The selection of dried flowers in their online store is huge. So please take a look and use them to spice up your dishes.