Llandas Ecstasy Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a 8-inch deep round cake pan, greased and lined with baking parchment.
• Whisk the eggs, sugar, and vanilla together until the mixture is light, fluffy and pale.
• Sift all the dry ingredients into the egg and sugar mixture. Fold in until everything is incorporated, then fold in the melted butter.
• Pour into the prepared cake pan. Bake in the preheated oven for around 10-15 minutes. The exact time can vary, so keep an eye on the cake. A perfect kladdkaka is very, very soft in the middle, but not runny once it has cooled-but almost runny. The cake will not rise, but it will puff up slightly during baking.
• If you press down gently on the cake, the crust should need a bit of pressure to crack. When this happens, the cake is done. Leave to cool in the pan.
• Serve with whipped cream, dusted with cocoa powder.

Steps:

• Crust: Mix 2 cups graham cracker crumbs and 1 stick melted butter together.
• Spread in 9 x 12 inch Pyrex dish.
• Filling: Beat 2 sticks butter, eggs, and sugar together for 15 minutes and spread on top of crust.
• Drain pineapple and spread on filling.
• Slice bananas lengthwise and dip in pineapple juice.
• Place bananas on top of pineapple.
• Spread on Cool Whip.
• Top with nuts, then drip some chocolate syrup around, and add some cherries.
• So good, you'll die happy!

Steps:

• Using a rolling pin, roll out half of the dough into a 16-inch square on a lightly floured work surface. Cover remaining half with plastic; set aside. In a small bowl, combine spices. In a large bowl, combine dried fruit.
• Spread 2 ounces shortening over top of dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border around perimeter. Sprinkle 6 tablespoons turbinado sugar over shortening. Sprinkle one-fourth of combined spices over sugar. Sprinkle one-fourth of dried fruit over spices. Using the palms of your hands, gently press fruit into dough.
• Fold 4 corners of square into center, creating a smaller square, enclosing filling. Gently press down on dough with rolling pin. Spread 2 ounces shortening over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border around perimeter. Sprinkle 6 tablespoons sugar, another one-fourth of spices, and another one-fourth of fruit. Using palms of your hands, gently press fruit into dough; fold dough into thirds.
• Transfer dough to a piece of parchment paper; roll dough out into an 11-by-17-inch rectangle. Carefully lifting parchment, transfer to baking sheet. Let stand about 20 minutes.
• Repeat steps 1 through 4 with remaining dough, shortening, turbinado sugar, spices, and dried fruit.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine jam and cognac in a small saucepan. Set over low heat; cook until liquefied. Strain jam, discarding solids. Brush surface of lardy cakes with jam.
• Bake cakes until golden and puffed, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving. Lardy cake will keep for up to 1 day, wrapped in aluminum foil; reheat cake before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9 inch round cake pans and line them with wax paper, grease paper. In a 3 quart saucepan, melt chocolate and butter, remove from heat. With wooden spoon, beat in eggs. Stir in sugar, milk, vanilla and salt. Sift flour and baking powder, add to sugar mixture, stir until smooth (be sure all white lumps of flour have dissolved, this is important or you will have white little lumps in your cake). Add nuts. Pour in pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pans for 5 minutes. Remove from pans, remove paper. Cool
• Fudge Filling: Make at least 1 hour before assembling 4 ounces semisweet chocolate 1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/3 cup milk Melt chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat. Remove. Stir in powdered sugar, then milk. I have found that the filling needs to be thick, so keep adding more powdered sugar to make it thicker, or it will run over the edge of the cake when the top layer is applied. Chill 50 minutes, or until spreading consistency. At this point if you want you could go ahead and put the Filling between the two cake layers, then refrigerate and do Chocolate Cream the next day.
• Chocolate Cream: Make 35 minutes before assembling. 2 cups whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup powdered sugar 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa In a large mixer bowl, place cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. Sift cocoa over cream, stir in. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. At high speed, beat mixture until stiff peaks form. To assemble: Place one layer of cake crust side up and top with Fudge Filling. Place second layer crust side down over Filling. Cover top and sides with Chocolate Cream. Refrigerate and chill thoroughly before serving. Its better after sitting, refrigerated, so I make the cake one day, the next day I make the Fudge Filling and Chocolate Cream and serve it that day or the next. I sometimes refer to it as my 3 day cake.