[Sca-cooks] Favorite Dessert
Lilinah
lilinah at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 5 01:21:26 PDT 2008
Constanza wrote:
>Oh, that made me think of the dessert my husband's family uses for all of
>their special occasions. (After 10 years of marriage, I finally got to *see*
>the recipe!) It's called "Hummingbird Cake". It is 3 layers of what is best
>described as a spice cake with a homemade cream cheese frosting and sprinkled
>with nuts. (Maybe after a few more years, I'll be trusted to *have* the
>recipe!!)
Here's a variation i found on-line quite some
time ago. I have never made it so i cannot vouch
for it, but it sounds like it is related... this
one is more fruity, not very spice-cake-y, but it
has the cream cheese spackle, errr... icing on
top....
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita
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Ruby-throated hummingbird cake
1 cup Flour
3 Tb Baking powder
1 pinch Salt
1/3 cup Sugar
cup Vegetable oil
6 Egg yolks
1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple
2 Tb Lemon juice
6 Egg whites
1 pinch Cream of tartar
cup Sugar
Filling:
cup Water
1 Tb Cornstarch
1/3 cup Sugar
2 Tb White rum
1 cup Chopped strawberries
Icing:
cup Butter
1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese
1 tsp Vanilla
1 lb Confectioners' sugar
Milk
1 med Sweet red grapefruit
Fresh flowers (rose petals or violets)
Cake:
In a mixer or food processor sift together the
flour, baking powder, salt & sugar. Blend in oil,
egg yolk, pineapple & lemon juice & mix well. In
a separate bowl beat egg whites, cream of tartar
& sugar until very stiff. Fold the cake mix into
the egg white mixture & stir until well blended.
Pour the mixture into an ungreased 10" tube pan &
bake at 350 for 1 hour. Remove from oven & cool
upside down on rack. When cooled remove to
serving plate.
Filling:
Stir cornstarch into the cold water & heat gently
in saucepan until it starts to thicken. Stir in
the sugar & rum. Beat until smooth & shiny. Stir
in the chopped strawberries.
Icing:
In a food processor combine butter, cream cheese,
vanilla & confectioners' sugar. Process to a
smooth spreadable paste. Adjust the texture with
a little milk if necessary.
To assemble:
Spoon strawberry filling into the hollow center
of the cake. Spread the icing over the cake
including the sides. Decorate the top with
grapefruit sections & flowers.
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