Republic Day: This Berry Berry Petite Gateaux recipe is giving us all the patriotic feels

Ingredients:

Butter                    250 gms

Grain sugar           250 gms

Whole eggs           5

All purpose flour    250 gms

Baking powder       5 gms

Mixed berries         100 gms

Vanilla essence      A few drops

Sugar fondant        400 gms                                                 

Food colouring (orange and green)    As required

Method:

• Cream the butter at room temperature, add sugar and keep creaming. Add whole egg one by one and keep creaming, until the mixture becomes soft and fluffy.

• Add all the dry ingredients and fold well. add berries and mix with a light hand.

• line small square silicon mould with butter and flour and pour the mixture. Bake at 180 degree pre-heated oven for 15 mins. Check the baking and if needed, cook for 5 mins more. remove it and allow it to cool.

• Divide sugar fondant into three parts, add orange colour in one, mix well, add green colour in other and mix well and keep third part as white.

• Roll each sugar fondant with the help of a rolling pin. cover each small cake nicely with the trio of fondants and give it a resemblance of Indian flag colour.

• Decorate it with fondant flowers and leaves. 
  
  Shared by Chef Rajiv Das, Executive Sous Chef, Courtyard by Marriott Mumbai.