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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine 3/4 cups of the sugar, flour and cinnamon; gradually stir in milk. | 2. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. | 3. Boil and stir 2 minutes. | 4. Beat egg yolks slightly. | 5. Blend a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return all to the pan. | 6. Cook 1 minute (do not boil.) Remove from heat; add butter, vanilla and almond extract, blending well. | 7. Cover and chill. | 8. To assemble, spread cake with apricot jam. | 9. Dice fruit of choice; place in a bowl with Cointreau. | 10. Beat 2 egg whites with cream of tartar until frothy; gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. | 11. Fold into chilled custard a little at a time. | 12. Whip cream in a chilled bowl with chilled beaters until stiff peaks form. | 13. In a 2-quart serving bowl layer 1/3 of the custard, 1/2 of the cake, 1/3 of the fruit with a few teaspoons of Cointreau and 1/3 of the whipped cream; repeat once. | 14. Top with remaining custard, fruit and whipped cream. | 15. Garnish with chocolate curls. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	1	cup	divided	319.8	60.008	10.01	4.992
flour	1/2	cup		289.14	63.3027	4.7005	1.1218
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
milk	3	cups		446.52	34.9896	23.058000000000003	23.9364
egg	4		separated	286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
vanilla	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
almond extract	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
ladyfinger	1		sliced	-	-	-	-
apricot jam	1/2	cup		387.2	103.04	1.12	0.32
papaya	2	cups	sliced	124.7	31.378	1.3630000000000002	0.754
cointreau liqueur	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
cream tartar	1/8	teaspoon		0.9675	0.2306	0.0	0.0
whipping cream	1	cup		350.4	3.552	2.6039999999999996	37.092
chocolate curl				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.