It is Christmas with KCC

I had the lucky opportunity to pick the theme for this month’s Kulinarya Cooking Club.  Since this is the month of giving, I left the theme pretty open and picked any dish that you would give as a gift. 

I love baking pastries for Christmas and every year there is a new recipe I try to give to my family and friends.  This year it is pianono.  I grew up having this at a local bakery and I always thought of it as a pancake filled with custard.  I would get it every time The Mother would go to the bakery.  Unfortunately, the bakery closed and I never found it again.  Pianono was one of the recipes I looked for when I started to explore the different pastries of the Philippines.  There are multiple versions of this but I went with a basic recipe and grew from there. 

I went with a brazo de Mercedes favor for my pianono.  The cake recipe is here. 

Here is the recipe for the Filling

(I did find the recipe from somewhere but unfortunately I can’t remember where.  If this is you, please let me know so I could give you credit)

3/4 of a Can of Condensed Milk

1 Cup of Evaporated Milk

2 Tbs. of Unsalted Butter

1 Tsp. of Vanilla

5 Egg Yolk

Direction

1. Place the condensed milk and evaporated milk in a double boiler and cook until it thickens.
2. Remove the milk mixture from the heat and add the butter and vanilla.  Mix until it is well incorporated.
3. Pour part of the mixture into the egg yolks and mix well to prevent the eggs to cook (I used a my stand mixture).  Slowly add the rest of the mixture until it is well incorporated.
4. Add it back into the double boiler and mix until it thickens.  Stir occasionally to prevent burning. 
5. Once it is all thicken, let it cool.

 

I made six of them and I had to double the filling recipe.

The other posts has more pictures of the lovely cake.

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