Drum Cake

Ingredients

• Cake

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups (500 ml) sugar
  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vanilla extract
  • 1 cup (250 ml) unsalted butter
  • 1 cup (250 ml) milk
  • 2 cups (500 ml) pastry flour
  • 2 teaspoons (10 ml) baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt

• Buttercream

  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) sugar
  • 1 cup (250 ml) water
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
  • 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract

• Garnish

  • 1 can 500 g chestnut purée(375 ml / 1 1/2 cups)
  • 2 packages 200 g almond paste
  • Red and green food coloring
  • 2 sticks hard candy
  • Large silver sugar pearls