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Petit four with Banana coconut browned butter pound cake and Pistachio ice-cream

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August  month daring baker challenge was to make petit four or baked Alaska with browned butter pancake and ice cream. I made petit four with browned butter pound cake.

As usual the initial concern that one, because of two reasons, first not much space in freezer, second when I made the ice cream without ice cream maker, and they turn out be sorbet not ice cream, I can feel the ice while having it. My hubby dear told me he doesn’t want to eat ice crystal instead of ice cream, don’t waste your energy and time. Homemade ice cream became a proud member of my doomed projects. So this time I asked Eillen whether I can use store bought ice cream, she agreed. So decide to go ahead with my petit fours. My petit fours look okay, not great I wish they should be more beautiful. But Banana brown butter pound cake tastes awesome. They are going hung around in my kitchen more often. 
Making of browned butter is similar to that of ghee/clarified butter. Only difference is that earlier one is heated less time compared to the later one. In this pound cake entire milk solids are used, normally we strain the milk solids while making the ghee only the filtrate is used rest is discarded. Browned milk solids gives out a nice flavor and aroma to the cake.
I used some agave nectar, brown sugar, coconut and two not so pretty looking bananas. In the Texas heat it was a herculean task to sandwich pound cake with ice cream, they starts melting as soon as leaving the freezer. First time thought I made proper ice cream layer in between the pound cake. Next morning when I opened the freezer I found out that, ice cream is sitting not in the middle but they in the bottom after melting from center. So I did it again, I was able to somehow able to cover with chocolate covering. They turned out be great tasting okay looking petit fours. Here is the recipe.

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What you need
Brown Butter Pound Cake 

 Unsalted (sweet) butter: 6 tablespoon
Sifted cake flour: 1 ½ cup ( I made cake flour by adding 2 tablespoon corn starch in 1 cup all purpose flour
Baking powder: ¾ teaspoon
Salt: ⅓ teaspoon
Packed light brown sugar: ¼ cup
Agave nectar: 2 tablespoon
Banana: 2 no (Mashed with fork)
Large eggs: 2 no (I used one whole egg and one egg white)
Vanilla extract: ½ teaspoon
Milk: ⅕ cup
Coconut: ⅓ cup (I used freshly grated coconut)

Chocolate Glaze (For the Ice Cream Petit Fours)

 
Dark chocolate, finely chopped : 4.5 oz ( I used Lindit chocolate)
Heavy cream :½ cup
Agave nectar : ¾ tablespoon
Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
Ice cream : Pistachio ice cream( I used Häagen-Dazs)

How I made

Preheat the oven to 325°F/160°C and put a rack in the center. Butter and flour a 9”x9” (23cmx23cm) square pan.

Place the butter in a sauce pot over medium heat. Brown the butter until the milk solids are a dark chocolate brown and the butter smells nutty. (Don’t take your eyes off the butter in case it burns.) Pour into a shallow bowl and chill in the freezer until just congealed, 15-30 minutes.

Whisk together cake flour, baking powder, and salt.

Beat the brown butter, light brown sugar, and granulated sugar in an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in one egg and one egg white at a time, mixing well, and add milk, vanilla extract and grated coconut and mix everything until combined well.

Stir in the flour mixture at low speed until just combined. Fold in mashed bananas and set aside.

Scrape the batter into the greased and floured 9”x9” (23cmx23cm) square pan. Smooth the top with a rubber spatula and rap the pan on the counter. Bake until golden brown on top and when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

Cool in the pan 10 minutes. Run a knife along the edge and invert right-side-up onto a cooling rack to cool completely.



Assembly Instructions – Ice Cream Petit Fours

Line a 9”x9” (23cmx23cm) pan with plastic wrap, so that no sides of the pan are exposed and so there is some extra plastic wrap hanging off the sides. Spread 1 cup ice cream into the pan. Cover with more plastic wrap and freeze overnight.

Once the brown butter pound cake has completely cooled, level the top with a cake leveler or a serrated knife. Then split the cake in half horizontally to form two thin layers.

Un wrap the frozen ice cream. Flip out onto one of the layers of cake and top with the second layer of cake. Wrap well in plastic wrap and return to the freezer overnight.

Chocolate glaze

Stir the heavy cream and light corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat and add the dark chocolate. Let sit 30 seconds, and then stir to completely melt the chocolate. Stir in the vanilla and let cool until tepid before glazing the petit fours.

While the glaze cools, trim ¾” (2cm) off each side of the ice cream cake to leave a perfectly square 7.5” (19cm) ice cream cake. Cut half of the cake into fifteen petit fours of 1.5”x1.5” (4cmx4cm) each. Set aside.

Glaze the petit fours one at a time: place a petit four on a fork and spoon chocolate glaze over it.
Place the petit fours on a parchment-lined baking sheet and return to the freezer for one hour.

Preparation time: Brown Butter Pound Cake – 2 hours (includes cooling time)
Chocolate Glaze – 15 minutes, Assembly of Ice Cream Petit Fours – Ice cream must be frozen overnight, then the cake and ice cream freeze overnight. After dipping, the petit fours freeze for one hour.
Yield: 15 no
Verdict: cake is awesome.
Will you make it again: I will make the cake, not petit fours.

Swathi

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  1. Catalina says

    I love your combination of flavours! I only read the title and immediately started to drool 😀 The pistachio ice cream and coconut in the dough sound fabulous!

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  2. San says

    Sinfully delectable with rich combo ,appears to be so mesmerizing.

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  3. Uma says

    looks soo mouth-watering.

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  4. Ameya says

    That looks so decadent and delicious!!! As if I'm not eating enough dessert already 🙂

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  5. Faith says

    These are so elegant! I would love to make petit fours, your recipe looks delicious!

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  6. kothiyavunu.com says

    wow!! Adipoli...oru piece enkil onnu fedex cheythal athilum adipoli akum 🙂

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  7. Jay says

    absolutely stunning...love to grab d whole plate...excellent presentation dear..Tasty Appetite

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  8. Nitha says

    Lovely.. Wonderful combo..

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  9. Jaisy James says

    wow looks grt dear. mouthwatering

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  10. sanjeeta kk says

    Lovely combination, like the presentation.

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  11. Anu says

    Lovely Recipe...i have a surprise for you in my blog..

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  12. Hamaree Rasoi says

    That's a droolworthy picture Dear....love the way you have explained

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  14. Reeni says

    I bet these were just delicious Swathi! The pound cake does sound like something extra special! I'm impressed that you tackled them anyway in the heat.

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  15. Silence Sings says

    I am going to make it..you have also described it so nicely....looks too tempting....

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  16. Madhura Manoj says

    Nice combo & tempting cake.

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  17. Jagruti જાગૃતિ says

    Superb and mouthwatering..!

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  18. simply.food says

    Looks sinfully delicious.

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  19. Usha says

    Looks fantastic and so so tempting 🙂

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  20. Pushpa says

    You are just amazing...Super yummy petit fours.

    Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

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  21. Priya says

    Very tempting petit fours..makes me drool..

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  22. meeso says

    That looks super tasty!

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  23. Panchpakwan says

    Looks so yummy...

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  24. Gulmohar says

    Yesterday I was thinking about petit fours and today you are here with a recipe 🙂 looks wonderful Swathi

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  25. Rachana says

    OMG! I am drooling... these petit four look so inviting... Yummmmm!!!!

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  26. Jen says

    my favorite part is the chocolate part! gosh - I'm craving for some melted chcoolate now 🙁 not good not good. must resist!!

    Have a fabulous week!
    jen @ http://www.passion4food.ca

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  27. Sushma Mallya says

    Looks superb swathi,really tempting...

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  28. Sreelekha Sumesh says

    Yumm..great recipe with mouthwatering pic.

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  30. aipi says

    They look absolutely beautiful..you are a great baker swathi..kudos!

    US Masala

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  31. Sayantani says

    very well explained step by step post. the petit fours look so so good.

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  32. Hari Chandana says

    Truly Delicious.. Awesome !!

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  33. Kairali sisters says

    wow..drooling here swathi..Yummilicious cake...

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  34. alison says

    so delicious,drooling!:))

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  35. sinfullyspicy says

    very tempting and mouthwatering cake Swathi.Looks very beautiful.I am going to try this soon.

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  36. Priscilla says

    it looks amazing, I loved the combination!

    Have a great day!
    Priscilla

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  38. kitchen queen says

    lovely mouth watering pound cake.

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  39. reciperoll.com says

    Yummy treat with full of flavors...Good one

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