Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Hawaiian Pizza Dessert

1 c. Flour
1 c. Nuts
1 stick melted butter

Press into a pizza pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool

16 oz cream cheese
1/2 c sugar
1/2 small tub cool whip

Whip cream cheese until fluffy then add sugar and cool whip. Spread over crust.

Top with bananas, pineapple, cherries and nuts. Also coconut if desired. Keep refrigerated.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 8oz pkg Cream Cheese
1 Box Powder Sugar
1/2 stick butter
1 tsp vanilla

Mix ingredients together.

Italian Creme Cake

1 stick Butter
1/2 Cup Shortening
1 Small Can Coconut
5 Egg yolks
2 cups Flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups Sugar
5 Egg whites
1 tsp soda

Cream butter and shortening. Add sugar, beat until smooth. Add egg yolks, beat well. Combine flour and soda, add to cream mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla, coconut and nuts. Fold in egg whites. pour into 3 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans. Bake at 350F. 30-35 minutes

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Quesada

A traditional custard from Northern Spain.

2 1/4 cups Milk
2 cinnamon sticks
peel of 1 lemon
butter
1 1/2 cups (11 oz) sugar 
3/4 cup flour, sieved with a pinch of salt
3/4 cup natural yoghurt
2 eggs
powdered cinnamon
Heat the milk with the cinnamon stick and lemon peel.  When it boils, remove from heat and keep.
Heat the oven to 350 F. Grease an appropriately sized  tin or tin foil
 mould generously with butter and put it in the oven. The sides should be about 2 in high as the quesada rises slightly.

Beat the sugar and flour with the yoghurt and eggs in a bowl. Beat in
 the strained milk little by little.  Pour the mixture into the hot mold,sprinkle with powdered cinnamon and bake for 35-40 minutes.