Hawaiian dream cake
Hawaiian dream cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1, 14 ounces, can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 10 large marshmallows, quartered, or 40 miniature marshmallows
- 1 small can crushed pineapple
- 3/4 cup halved maraschino cherries
- 1 1/2 cups cream
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 2, 3 ounces, packages ladyfingers
Recipe method:
- Combine sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice in a mixing bowl.
- Add marshmallows, pineapple and cherries.
- In a cold bowl with cold beaters, whip cream to stiff peaks, then fold in sour cream.
- Fold half the cream mixture into the fruit mixture.
- Chill remaining cream for decoration later.
- Split ladyfingers lengthwise into halves, then halve them crosswise.
- Stand ladyfinger halves around sides of pan, rounded sides out, rounded tips up.
- Trim cut ends of remaining ladyfingers to a V shape so that ladyfingers look like flower petals.
- Arrange petals like a daisy in the bottom of the pan, flat sides up, making sure the ladyfingers are flush with those around the sides.
- Cut a circle from ladyfinger scrap or use pieces as needed to fill in center and gaps.
- Fill springform pan with fruit mixture.
- Cover with remaining whipped cream mixture, smoothing to edge.
- You can also use a tube pan or other mold without wax paper.
- Chill at least 6 hours, or wrap well and freeze.
- To serve, run a thin knife around ladyfingers to loosen any stuck areas.
- Remove springform sides. Cut in wedges to serve.