Recipe of Plum and Pineapple Cake

Recipe of Plum and Pineapple Cake

See this in Portuguese

very good!

Ingredients

Dough

- 4 Tbsp sugar

- 3 Tbsp wheat flour

- 3 Tbsp potato starch

- 4 eggs

- 1 tsp baking powder

- 1 tsp vanilla sugar

Filling

- 250 g pitted dry plums

-1 big can of carnation extra thick cream, or thick double cream or mascarpone (~250g)

- 1 can of sweetened condensed milk (cooked 15 minutes in the pressure cooker)

- 1/2 can of pineapple (without the syrup)

Covering

- melted white chocolate or icing or a layer of marzipan

Preparo

Dough: Beat yolk + sugar + vanilla sugar until it gets a lighter color and increases the volume. 

Add manually and slowly the wheat flour + corn starch + baking powder. 

After well combined, incorporate the well beaten egg whites.

Spread the dough evenly in a baking tray covered with baking paper.

Bring it to oven at 180C until it is golden and when you pinch it with a toothpick, it goes out clean.

(i spread a slim layer in a big rectangular baking tray and after baked, i cut the dough in 3 equal pieces, that will be each one a layer of the cake)

Filling

Remove the label of the condensed milk can and put the can inside a pressure cooker. 

Cover the can completely with water, close the pressure cooker and let it cook during 15 minutes from the moment it takes pressure. (it will be lightly tanned, not dark caramel).

Let it cool down and reserve.

Beat the pitted dry plums in a mixer of food processor until it becomes a paste (it can have a few bigger bits)

In a bowl, mix the beaten plums + cooked condensed milk + chopped drained pineapple + extra thick cream. 

(you may use around 3 slices of fresh pineapple, but beforehand you will have to cook it in a bit of water with sugar and then to drain well)

Mounting

Pierce each part of the dough with a fork and damp it with a bit of water.

(make it with the piece of dough already in the final place, not to break it)

Fill the cake with the filling in layers and if you have extra filling you can also put it in the top and around the cake.

In the end, cover it with melted white chocolate, or icing of a sheet of marzipan..

Ready!

Recipe of Cake Éclair with Chocolate

Recipe of Cake Éclair with Chocolate

Veja isso em português

Source of image: mdemulher.abril.com.br

very good!!!

Ingredients

For the dough:
- 500ml of water
- 500ml of wheat flour
- 100g of butter
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of vanilla sugar
- 6 eggs

Filling: sweet of milk or confectioner's cream - recipe HERE

Coverture: melted dark chocolate

Preparation

In a pan, put water + butter + salt + vanilla sugar.
Bring it to boil, mixing it evenly. 
When it is boiling, throw ALL the flour at once inside the pan. 
Turn off the stove and mix it quickly until it becomes a homogeneous ball of dough. 
Let it coll until warm. (not to cook the eggs)
As soon as the dough is warm, add the eggs, one by one, mixing until it is homogeneous.
(In the beginning it looks like it's not going to work, but later the dough gets its way)
If you wish you can mix it with a mixer, using dough spades.
Cover a big baking tray with backing paper. 
Place the dough carefully with a spoon, making it get the shape of a doughnut or pudding.
Carefully, try to smooth the surface of the dough. 
Bake it in a preheated oven at 200ºC for 15 minutes, later, diminish to 180ºC and let it bake until it gets well stuffed and golden.
Turn off the oven and let the dough there inside to finish cooking well in the centre. 
Let it cool.
Put the cake where you want to serve it. 
Cut the cake alongside with a knife. 
Put the filling at your choice with sweet of milk or confectioner's cream.
Put back the upper part of the dough and cover it with a layer of melted dark chocolate . 
Wait until the chocolate hardens.
Ready!