It was quite an experience making this 'Snow'!
There were several steps (a bit time-consuming) as well as several times when I was thinking, "I don't know that this is going to be a hit." But I pressed on ...
First, the cake batter you begin with looks less like cake batter and more like homemade ice cream batter prior to freezing. But, I baked it for the 25 minutes the recipe recommends and then let it cool.
The second step is to cut up bananas and oranges into bite-size pieces - Aubry loved helping with this part. Using a sharp knife at age 7 carries significant steps up the ladder of maturity, you know ;)
Next, you are supposed to break the cooled cake into pieces. This was one of the junctures at which I encountered doubt. The reason being the cake was not completely done in the middle! Crazily so, because a toothpick inserted into the hot cake was clean. And now the cooled cake was a bit gooey?!?!?!?! But, again, I pressed on. Literally. I combined the cake goo/pieces with the fruit and pressed it the bottom-half of a bowl to chill in the fridge for 2 hours.
Post-chill, the cake is turned upside-down on a platter and looks like this:
Then, you whip heavy cream with confectioner's sugar and vanilla extract. Wha-lah: snow!
Two hours later, Hubby and I enjoyed a piece with a glass of wine. It is very tasty! Actually, I completely recommend you try it, especially if you are a fruit-lover!
To snow! The edible kind :)
This is a great recipe. I'm still not sure how all those ingredients came together to taste so good, but they did! As Brendan said, "these dates taste a little spicy". I don't think he's ever had dates before, or at least for quite a while. To new flavors! And of course, the wine!
ReplyDeleteThank you for being so adventurous in your cooking, Martie! ;)
Wow! That does look a little bizarre. Great job on taking the picture. I'm glad you liked it :o)
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