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ITALIAN RAINBOW COOKIE CAKE RECIPE - FOOD NETWORK



Italian Rainbow Cookie Cake Recipe - Food Network image

The Italian bakery cookie's iconic almond flavor and colorful stripes are on display in this giant-sized twist on the dessert. Store-bought almond pastry filling takes the place of almond paste here, offering extra richness and a superbly moist texture.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Total Time 3 hours 20 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Yield 8 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

8 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips, finely chopped
2/3 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon kosher salt
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the pans (see Cook's Note)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
One 12-ounce can almond cake and pastry filling, such as Solo brand (1 cup plus 2 tablespoons)
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon green liquid food coloring
1/2 teaspoon yellow liquid food coloring
1/4 teaspoon red liquid food coloring
1/2 cup seedless raspberry or apricot jam

Steps:

  • Make the ganache: Place the chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring the cream and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil in a small saucepan, then pour over the chocolate. Shake the bowl so the chocolate is fully submerged in the cream, then let stand 1 minute. Using a small rubber spatula, slowly stir the chocolate and cream in the center of the bowl until it forms a shiny, smooth ganache. Cover the ganache with plastic wrap and let stand in a cool place in your kitchen until it is thick like pudding, but still pourable and spreadable, up to 2 hours. (See Cook's Note about timing.)
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut three 8-inch circles out of parchment paper. Using 2 tablespoons butter, grease and flour three 8-inch round cake pans and line each pan with a round of parchment paper.
  • Whisk the flour, baking powder and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl until evenly combined. Combine the sugar and remaining 14 tablespoons butter in the bowl of a mixer and beat on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the almond filling, lemon juice and almond and vanilla extracts and beat until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture, then stir with a rubber spatula until the batter is combined.
  • Divide the batter equally among 3 bowls. Add the green, yellow and red food colorings to the batter in their separate bowls, then stir the colorings. Scrape each batter into a prepared cake pan and smooth the top with a small offset spatula or rubber spatula. Bake until the cakes are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the middle of each cake comes out clean, 20 minutes. 
  • Transfer the cake pans to a wire rack and let cool 15 minutes. Invert the cakes onto the rack, remove the cake pans and discard the parchment paper rounds. Let the cakes cool completely, about 30 minutes. Flip the cakes right-side up and trim the top of each cake with a serrated knife so that it is flat, if necessary.
  • Place the green cake on a cake stand and spread 1/4 cup jam evenly over the top. Place the yellow cake over the green and spread the remaining 1/4 cup jam evenly over the top. Place the pink layer on top, then loosely wrap the cake in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Unwrap the cake and scrape the ganache on top (the ganache will be the consistency of thick pudding). Using an offset spatula, spread the ganache evenly over the side and top of the cake, leaving a slightly thicker layer on top. Once the ganache is smooth all around, drag the tines of a fork in a wavy pattern across the top of the entire cake. Refrigerate the cake to set the ganache, about 30 minutes. Allow the cake to come to room temperature before serving.

ITALIAN TRI-COLOR COOKIES (RAINBOW COOKIES) RECIPE - FO…



Italian Tri-Color Cookies (Rainbow Cookies) Recipe - Fo… image

When I lived in New York, I used to get this delicious tri-color cookie from the Italian Bakery every year for the holidays. Once I moved down south, I was no longer able to get them. I found this recipe in Good Housekeepings "100 best Italian Recipes". The directions seem long and scary, but these cookies are actually very easy to make. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and friends do.

Total Time 1 hours 10 minutes

Prep Time 1 hours

Cook Time 10 minutes

Yield 36 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

7 ounces almond paste
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3/4 cup margarine or 3/4 cup butter, room temp
3 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour, Sifted
1/4 teaspoon salt
15 drops green food coloring
15 drops red food coloring
2/3 cup apricot preserves (pressed into a coarse sieve to remove any large pieces of fruit)
3 ounces semisweet chocolate
1 teaspoon vegetable shortening (butter flavored Crisco preferably)

Steps:

  • Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease 3 8"x8" metal baking pans. After greasing, line the bottoms of the pans with wax paper, smoothing the paper down onto the pan. Grease the tops of the wax paper and then flour the pans. Put aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, Beat together on medium-high speed the Almond Paste, Sugar, Almond Extract and butter until well blended. (there might be some small lumps of Almond Paste remaining and that's fine.).
  • Reduce speed to medium and beat in the eggs one at a time until blended.
  • Reduce speed to low and then add the flour and salt slowly to the mixture until combined.
  • Take two small bowls and add 1 rounded cup of batter into each bowl. (there should be another rounded cup of batter still in the original mixing bowl.).
  • Add 15 drops of red food color to one bowl and 15 drops of green food color to the other. Stir each bowl until evenly blended with color.
  • Spoon the untinted batter into one pan. With metal spatula spread batter evenly (layer will be about 1/4 inch thick). Repear with red batter in second pan and green batter in remaining pan.
  • Bake until set and toothpick inserted in center of layers comes out clean. 10-12 minutes.
  • Cool in pans on wire rack about 1/2 hour. Cake should be cool to the touch.
  • Run tip of knife around side of pans to loosen layers.
  • Lay a piece of wax paper on a flat surface that will be able to fit in refrigerator.
  • Take the green layer and flip over pan onto wax paper. Gently pull off the wax paper. Spread 1/3 cup of apricot preserves onto the green layer.
  • Take the untinted layer and remove from pan. Place it onto the green layer with the wax paper side up. Press down gently and then remove the wax paper.
  • Spread remaining 1/3 cup of Apricot preserves onto the untinted layer.
  • take the remaining red layer and remove from pan and place upon the white layer again with the wax paper side up. Press down gently and remove the wax paper.
  • In a 1 quart saucepan, heat chocolate and butter flavored crisco over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted.
  • Spread melted chocolate mixture on top of the red layer evenly. Do not put mixture on sides.
  • refrigerate until chocolate is firm, at least 1 hour. (at this point, if you want, you can cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days before serving).
  • To serve, with a large sharp knife, trim about 1/4 inch from the edges. Cut the stacked layers into 6 strips. Cut each strip crosswise into 6 pieces. You will get 36 square cookies from this.
  • Place the cookies in a single layer in a waxed paper lined container. They can be refrigerated for up to one week or freeze up to 3 months. These cookies must be kept in the fridge.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 123, FatContent 7.2, SaturatedFatContent 1.9, CholesterolContent 15.5, SodiumContent 70, CarbohydrateContent 14.2, FiberContent 0.8, SugarContent 8.9, ProteinContent 1.8

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