Submariners Recipe Book

BETTER THAN SEX CAKE

FOR THE CRUST:

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 2 tbsn sugar
• 2 cups plain flour
  

FOR THE VANILLA PUDDING LAYER:

• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 cups milk
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter.

FOR THE CREAM CHEESE LAYER:

• 1 250g packet cream cheese, very soft
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 cup cream

FOR THE WHIPPED CREAM LAYER:

• 1 1/2 cup cream
• 3 tbsp icing sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract.

FOR PINEAPPLE CARAMEL LAYER:

• 1 250g crushed pineapple drained
• Caramel or chocolate sauce.

FOR CHOCOLATE GLAZE:

• 60g semisweet chocolate
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 vanilla extract.

1. Butter a 23 x 23cm baking pan. Set oven rack in centre of oven and preheat oven to 180_oC

2. For crust, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add flour and, at low speed on mixer, blend until mixture is pebbly and can be pressedtogether. Press mixture on bottom of buttered pan and bake for 20 minutes or until golden. COOL COMPLETELY. (If using a food processor, process until ingredients are a coarse mixture)

3. For pudding, beat egg yolks and set aside near stove. Whisk the sugar, flour and milk in a medium saucepan with a wooden spatula, just to a boil. Remove from heat and whisk a little of the hot, thick pudding into the beaten egg yolks then pour the yolk mixture back into the pudding, whisking really well. Continue to cook 1 - 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until thick.

4. Pour pudding into bowl and add vanilla and butter, stirring until butter melts.If pudding has lumps, pour through a large, fine mesh strainer. Chill, with plaric wrap pressed directly on surface of pudding, until ready to use.

5. Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice just to blend. In separate bowl, whip 1 cup cream to medium stiff peaks. Fold a scoop of whipped cream into beaten cheese then fold remaining cream into cheese. Set aside.

6. Whip 1 1/2 cream, sugar and vanilla to stiff peaks.

7. Spread crust with cream cheese mixture, top with pineapple, then caramelor chocolate sauce. Spread pudding over pineapple. Spread whipped cream evenly over pudding. CHILL WELL.

8. To make glaze, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring until smooth and completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir vanilla. Drizzle in zigzags across cake's surface.

Makes 12 servings

GREAT FOR THE CHLORESTRAL LEVELS !!!!