Ingredients for Butterscotch Bake:
1. Cornflakes smashed – 4 cups
Butter – ½ cup
Honey – ¾ cup
For filling:
2. Brown sugar – 1.5 cups
Butter – ¼ cup
Thick cream – ½ cup
3. Milk – 1.5 cups
Cornflour – 3 big spoons
4. Eggs – 2
5. Vanilla essence – ½ small spoon
6. Cashews broken – 2 big spoons
7. Sugar – 3 big spoons
How to prepare Butterscotch Bake?
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Mix ingredients no: 1.
3. Grease a pie dish of 10-inch size.
4. Transfer the above mixture to the dish and press it well.
5. Place it in the freezer for half an hour.
6. To prepare filling, mix ingredients no: 2 in a saucepan with a thick bottom.
7. Place the saucepan in flame, reduce it to a low flame and keep stirring.
8. When it turns thick and golden brown in colour, turn the flame off.
9. Mix milk and cornflour in a bowl without lumps.
10. Separate the white and yellow yolks of eggs.
11. Beat the yellow yolks well, and add to the cornflour-milk mixture.
12. Mix it well and finally add the brown sugar mixture little by little.
13. Mix it well and place on a low flame, and keep stirring till the mixture thickens.
14. Add vanilla essence and turn off the flame.
15. Allow it to cool. This is the filling.
16. Take the pie dish from the refrigerator and pour this filling on top.
17. Beat egg whites in a bowl and add 3 big spoons of sugar little by little.
18. Keep beating the contents till foam forms.
19. Spread this meringue on the top of the filling.
20. Using a spoon, make small hill shapes on its top.
21. Spread cashews on top and bake in a pre-heated oven.
22. The bake should turn light brown.
23. Take it out and serve hot.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine June 15-30, 2010
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