Baby Vanilla Bean Cake

Name: Baby Vanilla Bean Cake
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 1 Tbsp butter; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 946 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 Tbsps cornstarch; 227 grams package cream cheese, softened; 10 servings Edible flowers; 2 egg yolks, beaten; 5 eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 cardboard cake circle (5 inches); 1 teaspoon meringue powder; 237 milliliters milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters shortening; 59 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters superfine sugar; 473 milliliters sugar; 1 vanilla bean; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 Tbsp water; 4 wooden dowels (2 inches x 1/4 inch)

One serving contains 1001 calories, 11g of protein, and 43g of fat. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have cardboard cake circle, flour, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Instructions

In a small bowl, dissolve meringue powder in water. Lightly brush over all sides of flowers to coat completely; sprinkle with sugar. Allow to dry on a waxed paper-lined tray for 4 hours or until firm and dry.

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Sugar

Water

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Bowl

For cake: In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.

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Shortening

Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Bowl

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Split vanilla bean in half lengthwise. With a sharp knife scrape the beans to remove the seeds; stir seeds into creamed mixture.

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Vanilla Bean

Beans

Seeds

Egg

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Knife

Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Pour into a greased and floured 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.

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Baking Pan

Bake at 350 for 22-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Wire Rack

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Frying Pan

For pastry cream: In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in milk until smooth.

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Pastry Cream

Corn Starch

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Split vanilla bean and scrape seeds; add bean and seeds to milk mixture. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Milk

Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes.

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Egg Yolk

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a small bowl; discard vanilla bean. Stir in butter. Cool for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate until chilled.

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Vanilla Bean

Butter

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To frost and assemble: For frosting, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy.

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Cream Cheese

Frosting

Butter

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Add confectioners sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla

Cut cake into two 6-in. squares, two 4-in. squares and one 2-inch square.

Place a 6-in. cake on a cake plate; top with 2/3 cup pastry cream and remaining 6-in. cake.

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Pastry Cream

Cut cardboard circle into a 3-1/2-in. square; top with one 4-in. cake.

Layer with remaining pastry cream and 4-in. cake.

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Pastry Cream

Frost tops and sides of 6-in. layer cake; insert dowels 1 to 2 in. apart into center of cake to support the next layers. Top with 4-in. layer cake; frost top and sides. Top with the 2-in. cake; frost top and sides. Decorate with candied flowers as desired.