Cracker Cake Recipes

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and line with parchment two 9 inch round pans.
• Combine the crumbs, 1/2 cup pecans, flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and the light brown sugar until fluffy. Slowly beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla. Alternately add the milk and the crumb mixture while beating on low.
• Beat the egg whites in a bowl until foamy. Add the sugar slowly, and beat to soft peaks. Fold into the crumb batter, and pour into the pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in the pans on a rack about 10 minutes, then invert and cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the 2 tablespoon sugar until it turns golden. Remove from heat, and add 4 tablespoons of the butter; swirl. Whisk in the dark brown sugar, and place back on the heat. Bring to a boil, stirring all the time. Add the cream, and bring back to a boil. Boil 1 minute, and remove caramel from heat.
• Place the confectioners' sugar in a large bowl, and mixing on medium speed, slowly drizzle in the caramel. Beat until the bottom of the bowl is just barely warm, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining 1 1/4 cups butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat until smooth, and chill frosting until ready to ice the cake. Frost the cake, and press the pecans into the sides.

SALTINE CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
• In a large bowl, beat 5 egg yolks with sugar.
• Place crackers in a plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin until crushed to fine crumbs.
• Add to sugar mixture.
• Add almonds, almond extract and salt and combine well.
• In another bowl, beat 5 egg whites until stiff and glossy.
• Fold into almond batter.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until cake tests done; check at 30 to 35 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• When cake is cool, remove sides of springform pan.
• Spread top of cake with apricot jam and sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
• Whip cream and spread over top of cake.

CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170°C.
• Line the base of a round cake tin with baking paper.
• Then butter and flour the tin.
• Prepare the crackers and pecans, mix them together; set aside.
• Put the egg whites and salt in mixer bowl and whip until foamy; then slowly shake in the sugar a little at a time- beating all the while.
• Once it's all added, continue to beat until it is stiff and glossy (as though you are making meringue), it will take about 5 minutes.
• With a spatula swirl in the vanilla, then very gently fold in the crackers and pecan mixture only until just combined- so the egg whites don't deflate too much.
• Scoop into prepared tin and smooth down gently.
• Bake for about 40 minutes until the top feels crunchy when lightly pressed and the middle seems to set.
• Leave to cool in the tin on a rack for about 19 minutes, then carefully loosen around the edges and turn onto a rack.
• Remove paper and cool completely.
• When cool transfer to a serving plate and top with cream and strawberries.