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First, bake the sponge cake and slice it into 3 pieces.
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Fold a piece of paper in half and draw half of a heart.
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Draw it big enough to use up as much of the 15cm cake as you can.
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Open up the paper and place on the sponge cake.
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Match the size of the paper to the cake and cut out the heart.
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Cut it gently and slowly with a bread knife...
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Cut all three pieces of cake.
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Put the syrup ingredients in an appropriately sized container and microwave for 1 minute (or until the sugar dissolves).
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Let cool.
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Whip together the heavy cream and sugar.
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Mix in the strawberries which have been crushed into a puree-like texture.
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(If using sauce, just mix it in as is.)
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Now, it's time to assemble it!
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Spread the syrup onto the first layer of cake.
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Smoothly spread on the cream.
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There are no strawberries in this layer, so you can use lots of cream!
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Place on the second layer of cake and spread again with syrup.
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Spread with some cream and place 4 sliced strawberries on top.
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3 strawberries are fine, too.
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Cover the strawberries with enough cream to hide them.
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Smooth out the cream and place the last sheet of sponge cake on top.
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Spread with syrup.
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Cover the entire cake with the remaining cream.
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You don't have to spread it on nicely.
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Use a palette knife of the back of a spoon to smear the cream to get an uneven texture, as seen in the photo.
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Once the nappe has been finished, move the cake to a plate, decorate however you wish, and it's done!
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Cross-section view.
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I also made it with 2 layers of strawberries!
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I always put the remaining cake and cream into cups and use them as taste-testers.
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