Showing posts with label Cream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cream. Show all posts

Saturday, October 29, 2011

M.Y. San Grahams Pineapple Box Cake and Crema de Fruta

pineapple upside-down cakeImage by normanack via FlickrPineapple Upside Down CakeImage by Made In PHL via FlickrClose up of Crema de FrutaImage by Zeetz Jones via FlickrCrema de Fruta CakeImage by Zeetz Jones via FlickrI have lifted these 2 simple recipes from M.Y. San's Grahams wrapper. Hope it is useful to many.
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M.Y. San Grahams
Pineapple Box Cake

Ingredients

  • 12 pcs M.Y. San Grahams Honey
  • 1/4 cup M.Y. San Grahams Honey, crushed
  • 1 439g can crushed pineapple, drained
  • 1 1/2 cup (1 1/2 of 250mL brick) all-purpose cream, chilled and whipped
  • 1/2 168mL can condensed milk


Procedure

  1. DO THE FILLING - In a bowl, combine crushed pineapple, whipped all-purpose cream and condensed milk. Divide into 4 equal parts. Set aside.
  2. LAYER and ASSEMBLE - Spread a fourth of the pineapple cream mixture on the bottom of an 8 x 8 inch baking dish. Dip 4 pieces of crackers into reserved pineapple juice and place on top of pineapple cream mixture. Repeat procedure for the remaining crackers and cream mixture.
  3. FINISH and GARNISH - Spread the crushed M.Y. San Grahams on top. CHILL before serving.


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M.Y. San Grahams
Crema de Fruta

Ingredients

Crust:



Filling:

  • 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 5 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 1/4 cup condensed milk
  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 2 pcs egg yolk, beaten slightly
  • 2 cups fruit cocktail, drained (reserve some juice)


Gulaman:

  • 1/2 bar clear gulaman
  • 1/2  tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup water


Procedure

  1. DO FILLING - Mix sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. In a bowl, combine condensed milk and water. Gradually add milk mixture to the cornstarch mixture. Cook on low heat until thickened, about 8-10 minutes. Turn off heat.
  2. ADD - egg yolks to the thickened cornstarch-sugar mixture, beating vigorously to avoid  cooking the eggs. Return pan to low heat and cook for 2 minutes more. Cool.
  3. ASSEMBLE - Arrange 6 M.Y. San Grahams (dipped in the fruit cocktail syrup) on the bottom on an 8-inch square pan. Spread half of the custard evenly on top of the crackers. Top with a fourth of the fruit cocktail. Repeat procedure.
  4. BREAK - gulaman bar in half of the cold water to soften. Boil the remaining water; add the softened gulaman mixture and the sugar. Boil until gulaman is completely dissolved. Pour gulaman on top of fruit cocktail. Chill and serve.


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    Wednesday, April 27, 2011

    Royal Wedding Recipes

    Slice of a chocolate cake.Image via WikipediaI'm copying this, and it may be a couple of recipes only, but what the heck? it is a royal recipe!
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    With the upcoming wedding of England's Prince William of Wales to Catherine Middleton, chefs in D.C. have been baking their own royal confections.
    Maris Justusson, pastry chef at the restaurantAgainn, has been serving two decadent British desserts.  She shares her two of her recipes inspired by the royal nuptials.
    The traditional chocolate biscuit cake is said to be one of Prince William's favorites.  The fruitcake is a traditional bride's cake.
    Ingredients:
    • 7 oz. broken up rich tea biscuits
    • 1 cup heavy cream
    • 2 Tbsp. honey
    • 2 oz. butter
    • 16 oz. chocolate
    • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
    Directions:
    1. Heat up heavy cream, honey and butter in saucepan
    2. Pour over chocolate and stir until smooth
    3. Fold in broken up tea biscuits
    4. Pour into greased and parchment paper lined cake pan (preferably a springform pan)
    5. Allow to set in fridge for 3 hours

    Fruit Cake

    Ingredients:
    • 12 oz. dried fruit (we're using apricots, golden raisins and chopped dates)
    • pecan pieces
    • brandy to soak fruit
    • 6 oz. butter, room temperature
    • 6 oz. powdered sugar
    • 3 eggs
    • 2 yolks
    • 7 1/2 oz. all-purpose flour
    • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
    • 1 tsp. salt
    Directions:
    1. Soak dried fruit with brandy, set aside
    2. Cream butter and powdered sugar together
    3. Whisk together eggs and yolks and add them to the creamed butter slowly, scraping bowl well after adding
    4. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt, then add to batter
    5. Drain fruit together and fold in, along with pecan pieces
    6. Fill greased and parchment paper lined cake pan 2/3 full
    7. Bake at 350 until golden brown
    8. Brush cake with brandy simple syrup while warm
    Posted on Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 at 10:32 AM EDT



    Taken from nbcwashington.com; source article is below:
    Recipe For Royal Cakes

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