Stella Doro Italian Rum Cake Food

RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 12c.
• Bundt pan.
• Mix all cake ingredients together.
• Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and cool completely.
• Make the glaze while cake is cooling.
• Glaze: Melt butter in sauce pan.
• Stir in water and sugar.
• Bring to a boil for 5 minutes stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in the Rum.
• Invert the cake onto a serving plate or cake stand.
• Prick the top of the cake with a toothpick to allow the glaze to soak in.
• Drizzle and smooth the glaze evenly over the top and sides.
• Allow the cake to absorb the glaze.
• Repeat until all of the glaze is used up.
• (This will take several applications).

ITALIAN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Italian Sponge Cake (Pan di Spagna):.
• Place egg yolks and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until very thick and lemon colored (mixture should be at least doubled in volume, and thick like frosting - it can take up to 15 minutes (or longer with a hand mixer) of beating to reach the proper volume/texture) .
• Add flour, a little at a time, gently folding it in until well blended.
• Gently fold in vanilla and lemon rind (if using it).
• Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into cake mixture.
• Butter and flour an 18-inch square (or a 9 x 13 x 3, or a 11 x 17 x 2-inch half-sheet) cake pan, (make sure pan size will fit your oven; you could also use three 8 or 9-inch layer pans).
• Pour cake batter into prepared pan(s) and bake at 375°F for 15 to 35 minutes (depending on your oven and the volume of your pans.), or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove cake from oven and turn out (of pan) onto a cake rack to cool completely.
• Cake can be tightly wrapped and refrigerated overnight, or frozen (up to 3 weeks) for future use.
• Italian Pastry Cream (Pasticciera Cream): Place sugar, egg yolks, flour, lemon rind (if using it), and vanilla in a sauce pan and mix together well.
• In a separate sauce pan, scald milk.
• Very slowly pour milk over egg yolk mixture, in a thin stream, beating constantly with rotary beater.
• Continue cooking on low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until mixture reaches the boiling point.
• Cook 4 minutes longer, stirring constantly.
• Remove pan from heat, add butter and mix well.
• Pour into bowl and let cool, stir occasionally to prevent skin from forming over the top.
• If using as a filling, chill (with plastic wrap pressed onto the surface to prevent a skin from forming) until very thick (about 3-4 hours).
• Chocolate Pasticciera Cream: Place sugar, egg yolks flour, and vanilla in a sauce pan and mix together well.
• In a separate sauce pan, scald milk.
• Very slowly pour milk over egg yolk mixture, in a thin stream, beating constantly with rotary beater.
• Continue cooking on low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until mixture reaches the boiling point.
• Cook 4 minutes longer, stirring constantly.
• Add chocolate and while stirring, cook 1 minute longer.
• Remove pan from heat, add butter and mix well.
• Pour into bowl and let cool, stir occasionally to prevent skin from forming over the top.
• If using as a filling, chill (with plastic wrap pressed onto the surface to prevent a skin from forming) until very thick (about 3-4 hours).
• Rum Syrup*: Mix together the water, sugar, and rum in a small pot.
• Bring to a boil, and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from the heat and cool before using.
• *NOTE:If you prefer not to use rum syrup, you may sprinkle/brush cake layers with 1/3 cup rum which has been diluted with 1/4 cup water.
• Stabilized Whipped Cream - Corn Syrup Method: In a large chilled bowl, with chilled beaters, beat cold cream until it just starts to thicken.
• Add corn syrup and vanilla from the side of the bowl, and beat until stiff peaks form.
• Stabilized Whipped Cream - Gelatin Method: Prepare gelatin- Soak plain gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes.
• Dissolve by placing it in a container over a small pot of simmering water, stir until dissolved.
• Set aside to cool before using.
• In a large well-chilled bowl, with well chilled beaters, beat cream with electric mixer.
• Just before it becomes soft and billowy, slowly add the sugar and vanilla to the whipped cream at the sides of the bowl, continue to whip as you do.
• Whip the cream until barely stiff.
• Add melted and cooled gelatin all at once to cream during whipping.
• Stop whipping when cream forms soft peaks.
• Finish beating with whisk to adjust consistency to stiff peaks.
• Use/serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until needed.
• If peaks have softened during refrigeration, rewhip by hand using a whisk.
• Rum Cake Assembly Instructions: Slice sponge cake in half to form two 9 x 18-inch layers Using a long, thin bladed knife, cut/split each layer in half lengthwise making four thin 9 x 18-inch layers.
• Place bottom sponge layer on platter cut side up, sprinkle/brush with about 1/4 of the rum, be careful not to get the cake too wet, or layers will become soggy.
• Allow sprinkled/brushed rum to soak into the cake for about 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle/brush remaining sponge layers (on the cut side) evenly with remaining rum.
• Spread a layer of vanilla pasticciera cream on the first sponge layer.
• Top the vanilla cream layer with another layer of rum sprinkled sponge cake.
• Spread a layer of stabilized whipped cream on the second sponge layer.
• Top the whipped cream layer with another layer of rum sprinkled sponge cake.
• Spread a layer of chocolate pasticciera cream on the third sponge layer.
• Top the chocolate layer with the last layer of sponge cake.
• Frost the top sponge cake layer (and sides of cake, optional) with remaining stabilized whipped cream.
• Cover and refrigerate 1 hour before serving.
• Refrigerate any leftovers.

STELLA DORO ITALIAN RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cut anisette cookies in half lengthwise and line bottom of 13x9 glass baking dish.
• Brush cookies or spray cookies with rum.
• Pour prepared vanilla pudding over cookies.
• Cover pudding with another layer of anisette cookies cut in half length wise and sprayed with rum.
• Cover cookies with prepared chocolate pudding.
• Cover chocolate pudding with Cool Whip.
• Refrigeate for at least 4 hours.

STELLA DORO ANGINETTI'S

Steps:

• Drain most of the juice from pineapple;
• Cream the cream cheese until soft and add the rest of the ingredients; Mix well.
• Split the Anginetti's in half, spoon the filling on the lower half and replace the top half.
• Refrigerate before serving.

AUNT GRACE'S RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Grease and flour (or Pam) bundt cake pan.
• Sprinkle chopped pecans around bottom of pan.
• Whisk together cake and pudding mix.
• Add liquid and eggs; beat with electric mixer on medium for 4 minutes.
• Pour batter into pan and bake at 350° for 1 hour.
• Cool approximately 10 minutes; invert onto plate and prick all over with toothpick.
• Pour glaze over top and let sit for at least one hour (longer is better).
• Glaze:.
• Mix together water, sugar and butter in saucepan.
• Bring to a boil; boil over medium for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Mixture will become thick and begin to pull away from saucepan.
• Add rum--keep face away from saucepan to avoid alcohol cloud that will form.
• Stir vigorously and remove from heat; pour over cake.

SPICE RUM CAKE

Steps:

• Cake Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix cake mix, milk, cooking oil, sour cream, rum, eggs and cinnamon.
• Beat on low speed until just moistened.
• Turn to medium speed and beat 2 minutes.
• Pour into prepared Bundt pan and bake 35- 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely before glazing.
• Glaze Mix powdered sugar, melted margarine and rum.
• If glaze is not quite thin enough to drizzle, you may thin by adding 1/2 teaspoon water at the time to get the consistency you want.
• Drizzle over cake.

ITALIAN RUM CAKE CUPS

Steps:

• Separate ladyfingers on a work surface.
• Using a pastry brush, liberally paint the cake with rum.
• Line small glass desert cups or cocktail glasses with cake.
• Prepare the instant pudding according to the package directions, using the milk.
• Top with heaping spoonfuls of prepared vanilla pudding, about ½ cup per serving dish.
• Sprinkle sliced strawberries with sugar and toss to coat.
• Top dessert cups with sliced berries and sliced almonds and serve or refrigerate until dessert time.

RUM SOAKED SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan stir water, corn syrup and sugar over medium heat, stir until it boils and the sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Pour in rum.
• Without removing spongecake from pan poke many holes halfway through the cake with a skewer approx 1/2 inch apart.
• Slowly pour all the rum mixture all over the cake. Let sit for a few minutes or overnight to soak.
• Serve with whipped cream if desired.