Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Pretend "Ice-Cream" cake


Ingredients:
Cake batter: 
  • 7 eggs
  • 7 table spoons sugar
  • 8 table spoons flour 
Frosting:
  • 2 2/3 cups (600 ml.) heavy whipping cream
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar or 1 can (14 oz - 396 gr.) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven.
Butter or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray  a  9x2,71 inch round baking pan.

Separate egg whites and yolks. ( it's easy while eggs are cold)

In a mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until foamy.
 

when you turn the mixing bowl upside down, it should not move

Start adding the sugar, a tablespoon at a time, and continue to beat, on high speed, 
 

 until it holds very stiff and shiny peaks

add egg yolks and beat well

mix in the flour a tablespoon at a time and mixing well after each addition using the spatula

bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean


Wile the cake in the oven put the mixing bowl and mixer whisks to the freezer for 20-30 minutes.


Put sugar or sweetened condensed milk into Heavy whipping cream and mix it in a low speed
after 2 to 3 minutes mix it in high speed.

Whip until it holds peaks
Don't mix more longer.

let the cake to cool completely.

mark the cake side with frosting
(it'll help us to put the right layers to it's place)

cut the cake to 5 layers and frost every layer with whipped cream

put the rest of the frosting over the last layer and refrigerate for 30 minutes

you can decorate it as you like or just to cut it and enjoy with a cup of tea

this time i decorated it as a Spider man using the homemade dry- milk fondant

 Enjoy!!!

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