When I was a kid a bakery had a treat called Cherry Dutch Cake or Cherry Custard cake. It was a butter bread, with cherry filling covered with a yellow sweet custard. It was great, the baker has since died I can't find it anywhere.I am looking for a recipe for Cherry Dutch Cake?
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DANISH PASTRY
Beat well 2 eggs at room temperature. Add 3/4 cup 85 degree water; dissolve 2 packages yeast. Put in refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
Blend with pastry blender: 1 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. sugar 1/2 c. butter 1 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom seed
Make a ring of the blended flour; pour chilled yeast mixture into center and work gradually into dry ingredients. Knead about 2 minutes.
Form into a ball and let rest, covered, 20 minutes in refrigerator. Roll dough into oblong shape about 3/8-inch thick.
Beat 1 1/2 cups butter until creamy. Dot the dough over 2/3 of its surface with 1/4 of butter, then fold the double portion over the remaining third of the butter-dotted portion. Swing the layered dough a 1/4 turn; repeat this process 3 times. Cover and chill 2 hours.
Roll out, fill, and let rise again. Bake at 350 degrees 25 to 30 minutes.
EGG CUSTARD
Beat well 4 eggs.
Add stirring well 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, sprinkle of nutmeg.
Add gradually stirring 3 cups scalded milk.
Pour onto danish pastry before baking.
Cherry Filling
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups fresh pitted cherries
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
PREPARATION:
In a saucepan, cook cherries in water for 10 minutes.
Mix together the sugar and cornstarch; add to cherries.
Cook cherry mixture until thickened.
Cool before spooning onto baked pastry with custard.
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