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Shortcut MIL Cake (Pineapple Layer Cake)

One of many things my late mother-in-law was really good at was making cakes. One of her specialties was this 12 (yes, twelve!) layered cake, made from dough, whipped cream, and some fruit (pineapple or sour cherry), and walnuts. This "Winnie The Pooh" cake, that's how she called it, was always a hit at parties, and she was nice enough to share the recipe with me.

Her recipe calls for making 4 very thin dough, and then you layer each of them with whipped cream and fruits, with walnuts on top. As for me, I don't have the time nor patience to make the dough, so I quickly figured out a shortcut by using lady fingers biscuits instead.

Update: I've tried this recently (enough) with malkist crackers instead of lady fingers. They worked well too, if not better!

Ingredients:
  • 2 packages of lady fingers biscuits or malkist crackers
  • 250 ml carton of whipping cream or sour whipping cream
  • 1 small can of pineapple or sour cherry, chopped to 1/4" cubes, save the juice.
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
Assembly
  1. Whip cream with sugar until stiff
  2. Dip lady finger biscuits in fruit juice and arrange them at the bottom of a pan, I used a deep 6"x8" glass dish
  3. Spread 1/3 of the whipped cream to cover the lady fingers. 
  4. Arrange 1/2 of the fruits on top of the whipped cream, spreading evenly.
  5. Repeat steps 2-4.
  6. Repeat steps 2-3.
  7. Sprinkle walnuts on top.
  8. Refrigerate overnight.
Partially consumed cake

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