
It's being a while since I wrote my last post. Believe me, it wasn't my intention, in fact following Darren Rowse's advice on How to become a better blogger or something like that I created a whole calendar of posts for the past month. Actually, April was supposed to be like really important to this blog, on April 29th, aromasysabores and me, turned 1 year old, yes.! We, blog and blogger. Turn out that indeed this month has being quite important, not just for this blog but for my personal life.
So, as I was telling you, I specially planned a very significant post for my first bloggoversary where my bf will be finally introduced to you, and more important he would create and bake a cake just for us (you guys and me). But as the wise saying says: "Si quieres que Dios se ria, haz planes" (If you want to make God laughing, do some plans).
Today May 2nd we are dealing with moving companies, farewell parties and lots of visas paperwork (and bureaucracy). We're moving to a warmer place than Shanghai :-). Still in Asia. That's ALL I will tell you for now. If you want to know which exotic place we will be calling home for the next couple of years, you will need to keep coming back.
And just because I don't want to leave you with empty hands, I will share with you a very easy cake recipe which is one of my favorites. It's a Pastel de Elote (Sweet Corn Cake).
Almost impossible to track back the origin of this cake, but since it has some condensed milk on it, I assume is not a very old recipe of the Mexican Repertoire but more the result of the excelent marketing of La Lechera condensed milk. I asked my friends on Facebook and Twitter for the best Pastel de Elote recipe and I received plenty of them. This particular one is an adaptation from the recipe Cristina Rey shared with me.

Pastel de Elote (Sweet Corn Cake)
Fresh whole kernel corn of 5 corns on the cob or
2 cans of sweet whole kernels (Mexican Brand not American)
90 gr unsalted melted butter
4 eggs
1 can sweetened condensed milk (La Lechera)
2 teaspoons of cornstarch
2 teaspoons of baking powder
Preheat oven to 200C. Grease and flour a cake mold.
Mix all the ingredientes together with a blender.
Bake at 180-200 C for 1 hour and 25 minutes or until you insert a toothpick and it comes almost dry. This cake has more of a pudding like consistency so toothpick will never come totally dry.
In another note, wonderful food blogger and hot Mamma Kristen, from food blog Dine and Dish is hosting the 3d edition of Adopt-a-Blogger and I'm luck enough to be part of it. My super veteran and mentor is of Cooking by the seat of my pants (wow, that's a catchy name, isn't it?. Don't forget to visit their blogs!.
Spanish plis!!

Ya hace un buen rato desde que escribi mi ultimo post. Creanme, no era esa mi intencion, de hecho siguiendo el consejo de Darren Rowse de Como ser un mejor blogger o algo por el estilo, cree todo un calendario de los posts del mes pasado. De hecho, Abril tenia que haber sido un mes especial para este blog, el 29 de Abril, aromasysabores y yo cumplimos un anio. Pero bueno, reulto que eh hecho este mes fue muy importante en mi vida personal tambien.
Como les iba diciendo, planee con especial atencion hacer un blog muy significativo para mi primer bloggoversary, donde finalmente les presentaria a mi media naranja, y mas importante, mi adorado tormento crearia un pastel de cumpleanos para nosotros (ustedes y moi). Pero como dice el sabio adagio: "Si quieres que Dios se ria, haz planes".
Hoy 2 de Mayo mon cheri y yo nos encontramos envueltos(y revueltos) entre mudanzas, fiestas de despedida y cientos de papeleo para obtener nuestras nuevas visas (y cientos de burocracia). Nos mudamos, vamos a vivir en un lugr mas calido que Shanghai :-) (viva, viva!!) pero todavia en Asia. Eso es TODO lo que puedo decirles por ahora. Si desean saber mas sobre el exotico lugar que por los siguientes anios llamaremos casa, tendran que regresar.
Y solo porque no quiero que os vayais con las manos vacias (por mi..), les comparto esta receta de un pastelillo muy sencillo que es uno de mis favoritos. Pastel de Elote.
Realmente es casi imposible rastrear el origen de este pastel, pero como tiene dentro de sus ingredientes claves la leche condensada, me hace pensar que no es una receta tan vieja del repertorio de pasteles mexicanos (casi inexistente) y mas bien tiendo a creer que es el resultado del excelente marketing de La Lechera. Le pregunte a mis amigos en Facebook y Twitter que me compartieran su mejor receta de Pastel de Elote y recibi cientos de ellas. Esta en particular es una adaptacion de la receta de Cristina Rey.

Pastel de Elote
Granos de elote dulce y tierno (5 elotes) o
2 latas de elote en grano (Marca Mexicanan)
90 gr de mantequilla sin sal derretida
4 huevos
1 lata de leche condensada endulzada La Lechera
2 cditas de maizena
2 cditas de royal
Mezclar todos los ingredientes en la licuadora. Moler bien. Verter al molde previamente engrasado.
Hornear a 180-200 C por 1 hora 25 minutos o hasta que al insertar un palillo este salga casi seco. Este pastel tiene una textura mas de flan por lo que el palillo no saldra totalmente seco. Excelente al dia siguiente (no olviden refrigerar).
En otra nota, la maravillosa y hot Mamma Kristen del blog Dine and Dish es la anfitriona de la #a edicion de Adopt-a-Blogger y yo he corrido con tan buena suerte que he sido invitada a participar en el. Mi super veterano y mentor es Jerry del blog Cooking by the seat of my pants (que tal con el nombre eh!). No olviden visitar sus blogs!
10 Comments:
This corn cake sounds delicious and sounds perfect! I love the dense, sweet look of it.
Everyone seems to be moving these days! We move early July and it already seems way too daunting!
And first bloggoversary? Wow! You should be very proud!
@Jamie, it's dense but think more eggy-like, more of a cross between a cake-a custard- and a pudding.Quite different I know.
You know some studies says that moving (or stress related to moving) is one of the top fear on people?. I love to live in different countries but when you need to do all the paperwork and moving in 2 weeks is challenging!!!
Thanks! :-)
Bookmarking this recipe Heidy. Sounds so delicious!
MMMMMM....Está delicioso! Está muy rico!
Saludos de Sophie en Bruselas!
Wow, the corn cake looks delicious...we use similar kind in Brasil. I'll definitely try your recipe. Thanks!
Heidi querida:
¿te vas de Shanghai?...mmm ... :(
A esperar el siguiente post...
Buenísima la receta... en Chile hay una versión muy parecida llamada pastelera, solo que no se hace con Leche condensada (esa es la mejor idea) Ya estoy pensando hacer tu receta cuando regrese a Chile para sorprender a mi familia. También en Bolivia hay un pastel parecido, que lo preparan con trocitos de queso...
(¿que nueva sorpresa acerca de tu vida nos tendrás en la siguiente publicación...?)
Your cake looks delicious! I've never tried a sweet cake with corn kernals, but I want to now.
@Elra yes, modesty apart, it worth the bookmarking I guess.
@ Gracias Sophie! Merci Beaucoup de m'ecrire en spagnol!!
@Juliana really? Wow, why don't you share your brazilian recipe with us? I would love to try i!! I recently read "Dona Flor y sus dos maridos" and I've being willing to learn some brasilian dishes :-)
@anonymous, hola querida. pues si, nos vamos, pero estaremos cerca todavia ;-).
Oye y tienes esa receta de la pastelera? Me encantaria conocerla!! Tengo muchas amigas chilenas y uno de mis tortas favoritas ultimamente es la "torta merengue-frambuesa" que mis amigas I. y C. preparan siempre.
@lisaiscooking hi there, I know. Corn is not such a sweet baking repertoire ingredient. It might taste "funny or weird" for you at the beginning but it worth the trial.
besos a tod@s!
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Sounds wonderful. I'll keep this in mind for when fresh corn becomes available here.
I do something sort of similar to this, but I steam it and then shape them into patties and pan-fry them.
I wonder where you'll be moving? And can't wait to read your story about your romance.
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