To start the New Year off, we wanted to make Crema de Fruita. It is a Filipino cake that can be enjoyed throughout the year. What better way to start off a New Year with this…

Graham Crackers and Mangos

Back in the Philippines our family used graham crackers for this this. They were easier to use and more readily available. Sometimes we just didn’t have time to bake a layer of sponge cake. If you do, you can substitute sponge cake or even pound cake for this recipe.

Ingredients
1 Pack of Graham Crackers
1 Can of Fruit Cocktail
3 Whole Mangos
1 Can of Cream
1 Can of Condensed Milk
1 3 Inch Deep Aluminum Baking Dish

Steps
Let’s prepare the canned fruit first. Strain the syrup from the fruit and set the syrup aside. We will use it later on. Then, cut your mangos. Three cuts should do it. You can scoop out the meat from the mango and mix it with the canned fruit. Set the fruit aside too.

In a bowl, mix together the cream and condensed milk. Whisk the two together until you don’t see any little clumps of cream.







When you have the two mixed together, take the baking dish and begin to lay out the graham crackers out. Then pour enough of the cream mixture on the first layer of graham crackers.





Next, take some of the fruit and spread it evenly across the cream layer.



For the next layers of graham crackers, take the strained syrup and coat the crackers. You can do this by placing the syrup on a plate and dipping the crackers on both sides. Create another bed of soaked crackers and repeat the previous steps. Your cake should have 3 layers of graham crackers – the bottom, a middle, and the top. The last layer of cream can be left plain just like below.





This gives you an opportunity to decorate the cake a little bit. You can crumble a few graham crackers over the last layer or use fruits to add a little presentation to your cake.

The final step is to freeze your cake overnight. Crema de Fruita is best served chilled. Cut the cake into small squares and serve.

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