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Brazo de Mercedes a Creme-filled Log Cake, made of Meringue rolls filled with golden yellow custard filling.   Brazo de Mercedes is a popular snack or merienda dessert in the Philippines.

 

brazo de mercedes

Brazo de Mercedes Ingredients:

Filling:

  • 14 ounces condensed milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1/4 cup finely ground and toasted cashew nuts

Meringue:

  • 10 egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Brazo de Mercedes Cooking Instructions:

Filling:

  • In a saucepan, simmer milk over low heat until reduced to 2 cups. Add sugar, butter, and vanilla extract, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
  • Beat egg yolks in mixing bowl. Add a little of the milk to the egg yolks, stir, then gradually add mixture by spoonfuls back into the saucepan, beating constantly. Stir well to avoid curdling.
  • Add cashew nuts and continue cooking entire mixture over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture has the consistency of a paste. Set aside.

Meringue:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine eggs and Cream if Tartar then Beat egg whites until stiff. Gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating continuously. Stir in vanilla.
  • Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper greased with butter and spread meringue on top. Bake until brown.
  • Spread filling evenly on top of meringue and roll into a log.
  • Brush with butter and brown again in oven.

 

Brazo de Mercedes Recipe, 4.9 out of 5 based on 10 ratings
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2 Responses

  1. michelle

    June 24th, 2009 at 7:35 am

    1

    easy to follow steps cake recipe and sure heat to my family

  2. odette

    October 20th, 2009 at 3:57 am

    2

    there is one lacking ingredient in your recipe that is the cream of tartar 1 tsp in the meringue.


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