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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
How To Make floating island
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Step 1In 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.
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Step 2Return milk to double boiler and cook until mixture thickens. Stir in vanilla.
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Step 3Cover bottom of large bowl with broken cake pieces or lady-fingers. Sprinkle with sherry flavoring then pour the custard over all.
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Step 4Top generously with sweetened whipped cream, and dab bits of strawberry jelly over it, if desired. Serve from the bowl.
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