Crema De Fruita -- Filipino Trifle
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
24
ingredients
-
Cake
- 236.59 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 236.59 ml milk
- 29.58 ml butter
- 2.46 ml vanilla extract
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Simple Syrup or Cake Syrup
- 59.14 ml sugar
- 59.14 ml water
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Custard
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 118.29 ml flour
- 709.77 ml milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 59.14 ml butter
- 4.92 ml vanilla extract
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Fruit Topping
- 850.48 g fruit cocktail in heavy syrup
- 14.79 ml unflavored gelatin
directions
- To make the sponge cake: Preheat oven to 350°F
- Grease and flour a 9 x 13" baking pan.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together; set to the side.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks until thick then slowly add the sugar.
- Continue mixing until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the flour mixture.
- In a saucepan, combine milk, butter and vanilla extract; cook just until the butter has melted.
- Slowly pour into the batter; mix until combined.
- Pour into prepared pan; bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden and cake tests done.
- Let cool completely.
- To make the cake syrup: Place sugar and water in a saucepan; cook until the sugar has dissolved.
- Drizzle lightly over the cooled sponge cake and let the cake absorb the liquid.
- To make the custard: In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour and milk.
- Cook in medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until it thickens.
- Pour some of the mixture over the egg yolks and mix together till combined.
- Add the egg yolk mixture to the saucepan.
- Cook for a few more minutes then remove from heat.
- Stir in butter and vanilla extract.
- Pour over the sponge cake.
- Let cool completely.
- In a large mixing bowl, pour in the fruit cocktail and sprinkle the unflavored gelatin on top.
- Let the gelatin "bloom" (absorb liquid and expand) about five minutes before stirring it completely into the fruit cocktail.
- Microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minutes to melt the gelatin.
- Pour over the custard.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Molly53
United States