Floating Island

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Category:	Other Desserts

Ingredients

	sponge cake or lady fingers
	1 cup chopped blanched almonds
	3 cups milk
	4 egg yolks
	1/2 cup sugar
	1 1/2 tbsps cornstarch
	dash salt
	1 tsp vanilla
	1/2 pint whipped cream, sweetened
	strawberry jelly, optional
	1 tbsp sherry flavoring

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Beth Goike

Lightly Salted

Elmont, NY (pop. 236,271)

lilbeth

Member Since Aug 2011

Beth's Notes:

A dramatic, classic dessert...

In top of double boiler, scald milk. Beat egg yolks until thick, then beat in sugar,cornstarch and salt. Gradually beat hot milk into egg mixture.

Return milk to double boiler and cook until mixture thickens. Stir in vanilla.

Cover bottom of large bowl with broken cake pieces or lady-fingers. Sprinkle with sherry flavoring then pour the custard over all.

Top generously with sweetened whipped cream, and dab bits of strawberry jelly over it, if desired. Serve from the bowl.

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