Crema de Fruta ( meyveli Krem Kek )

Crema de Fruta has always been my favorite ever since I was in the Philippines, and that counts much to the Goldilocks that has made me crazy over this thing. Usually this is a special dessert that in every Filipino celebrations, you just can't miss it.

This is a sponge vanilla cake layered with fruits and custard... but for this recipe of mine, I will be sharing to you on the easy way of preparing this dessert without much fuss!! :))

Crema de Fruta recipe

Ingredients:  this is the recipe for a large baking pan.. the pic goes for a smaller baking pan.

1 sponge cake ( ready made)/ pandispanya

2 recipes of my homemade condensed milk 

1 pack cream  (krema)

1 can fruit cocktail/ any fresh fruits that you have can do

4 eggyolks

3 tbsps. sugar

5 tbsps. cornstarch

1 box gelatin ( sorry for the pic... I used the tartjole..tartjole is unflavor and that's what I needed)

Procedures:

Custard Making:

Step 1. In a saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch.

Step 2.  Pour in the condensed milk and the cream.

Step 3. Cook in low heat, constantly stirring, till the mixture thickens about 8-10 mins. Turn off the heat.

Step 4. slightly beat the eggyolks. With a whisk, stir the mixture while pouring the beaten egg slowly..this is to prevent the eggs from scorching.

Step 5. Put back the  mixture to low heat and stir till the custard will be able to form streaks when lifting up the whisk... remove from heat and cool.





Assembly:

 Step 1. Drain the fruit cocktail and reserve the juice.

Step 2. With the ready made sponge, trace it out with your desired baking pan shape. A removable cake pan is recommended for this dessert.  The ready made sponge cake has already been sliced into 2 layers so it was just so easy for me to continue on to the next step. But if you are planning to bake your own sponge cake, cool the cake and cut it into 2 layers.

Step 3. Cover the layer with 1/3 of your custard.

Step 4.  lay out half of your drained fruit cocktail.

Step 5.  Cover with the other half of the cake, and brush in the reserved juice that we had from the fruit cocktail... for those who will be using fresh fruits, you can use any juice that's available for you.

 Step 6. Finish it off by pouring in all your remaining fruits and top with the last custard. Place this dessert in the refrigerator for around 30 mins.
 Don't try to top with any fruits yet!! In the meantime you can now start to prepare your gelatin as how the package instructs.

Step 7.  After cooling  in for 30 mins., this is the time now that you can add in any fresh fruits that you can think of as your decor.. then pour in your prepared gelatin  covering the whole cake. and bring it back to the refrigerator.  This is usually served cold and the custard must have harden well.. for me I prepare this one day before I serve, just to be sure that my custard has thickened out well.




And my Crema de Fruta ready to be sliced and serve!!

Enjoy!!! :)