Brazo de Mercedes
Brazo de Mercedes

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, brazo de mercedes. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Brazo de Mercedes is a type of rolled cake (sometimes referred to as jelly roll) made from a sheet of soft meringue with custard filling. This heavenly cake can be considered as one of the all-time favorites in the Philippines. Brazo de mercedes is a type of jelly roll dessert made with a pillowy meringue rolled around a rich custard filling.

Brazo de Mercedes is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Brazo de Mercedes is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have brazo de mercedes using 9 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Brazo de Mercedes:
  1. Make ready meringue
  2. Get 10 egg whites
  3. Get 1 cup granulated sugar
  4. Get 1 tsp cream of tartar
  5. Take filling
  6. Get 10 egg yolks
  7. Get 1 can condensed milk (14 oz / 397g)
  8. Prepare 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  9. Make ready 1/4 cup powdered sugar

It may look intimidating to make but in actuality, it's easy to make. Brazo de Mercedes is another delicious Filipino dessert that is made of soft, pillowy meringue with rich custard filling rolled into a log, jelly-roll fashion. Learn the secret to get that perfect meringue with a super fine foamy texture that easily melts in your mouth like magic! Brazo de Mercedes is a traditional Filipino dessert that consists of a soft and pillowy meringue roll filled with sweet and sticky egg custard.

Steps to make Brazo de Mercedes:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. For the meringue, beat egg whites in a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer on mid setting. Add cream of tartar when eggs are a little bubbly.
  3. Gradually increase beat setting of hand mixer. If eggs starts to get foamy, gradually add sugar.
  4. Continue beating until soft peaks form.
  5. Lay a sheet of parchment paper on a 9"x5" baking tray. Brush parchment paper with a little oil. (You can dip paper towel on oil and spread it thinly on baking tray)
  6. Pour meringue mixture and spread evenly. (Like VERY even)
  7. Using a bread knife, pass through the meringue's surface (for aesthetic purposes, which I obviously, did not do 🤫)
  8. Bake for 25-30 mins at 350°F or until surface starts to brown a little.
  9. On a separate mixing bowl, beat egg yolks. Then add condensed milk and mix well.
  10. Add vanilla extract.
  11. To make custard spread, heat egg yolk mixture on a cooking pot on low heat. Continue mixing until you have a pasty consistency. Set aside to cool.
  12. Once meringue is baked, sift powdered sugar on top. Lay a parchment paper.
  13. Turn the pan upsidedown. Spread custard filling THINLY (Which I didn't do as you can see from the picture above. LEARN from my mistake 😒🤣, Don't worry i'll remake it soon so don't shade me, okay? 😝).
  14. ** If the sides crusted, slice off using a bread knife***
  15. Roll the meringue (like a sushi) placing the end under to make sure the roll stays intact.
  16. Sift a little more powdered sugar making sure top is evenly covered from all that rolling.
  17. Serve and enjoy.

We all have those moments - big and quiet ones - that change everything. For me, it was craving Brazo de Mercedes so bad it got me off my lazy behind and start baking. So I thought it appropriate my. Brazo de Mercedes (spanish for Mercedes' Arms) is a popular Filipino dessert which is made from a sheet of soft meringue rolled around a custard filling. Making this Filipino dessert can be tricky but its well worth the effort once you taste its heavenly goodness!

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