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February 6, 2011 by trissalicious

Frozen Brazo de Mercedes Cake

Being invited to someone’s house for dinner always poses a problem for me. I often wonder, what’s the best thing to bring? Given a choice between bringing the standard wine, flowers or food, I’ll inevitably resort to bringing food. Then there’s the dilemma of what dish to bring. Do I bring an entree or dessert? And God forbid if I bring the same dish that the host is cooking! Being asked to guest blog is just as nerve wracking. Especially when the one asking has such a beautifully written and photographed blog like Xiaolu from 6 Bittersweets.

After much internal debate, I managed to settle on this Frozen Brazo De Mercedes, a very much loved layer cake from the Philippines. I wanted to make a dish that showcased one of the most unique (and delicious) desserts that the Philippines had to offer. What to take a guess as to what the layers are made of? Well, I’m not going to spoil it for you – just head on over to Xiaolu’s blog for the recipe of this Frozen Brazo De Mercedes Cake. And while you’re there, make sure the check out the rest of her lovely blog!

Frozen Brazo de Mercedes Cake

Posted in Bake | Tagged brazo de mercedes, cake, dessert, frozen brazo de mercedes, frozen cake, frozen dessert, guest post, philippine dessert, recipe | 32 Comments

32 Responses

on May 5, 2012 at 4:06 am | Reply m&m

Really beautiful photos!!
on October 20, 2011 at 5:56 pm | Reply jsc

send me your ingredients and how to prepare it
on March 1, 2011 at 7:03 am | Reply gj.morris@frontier.com

I have made the regular Brazo de Mercedes and found it very rich. This recipe went together easier and the vanilla ice cream cut the sweetness a lot! Very good and I gave it to a coworker who had given me the original recipe. Thanks a lot!
on February 20, 2011 at 11:28 am | Reply Arudhi@Aboxofkitchen

I want this!! It looks just as gorgeous (and fancy!) as the name 🙂
on February 16, 2011 at 11:24 pm | Reply nadine

This sounds like BdM on steroids! I’d like to attempt making it. I’m a bit gun shy though because in the past,I have had difficulty keeping my meringue stay ‘poofed’ up. It comes out of the oven about an inch thick and then deflates to about 1/8th of an inch??? Any advice?
on February 12, 2011 at 8:39 pm | Reply Sara @ Belly Rumbles

looks gorgeous
on February 10, 2011 at 1:26 am | Reply lemonsandanchovies

I’ll check it out but first I had to let you know how beautiful this cake is. Filipino desserts don’t ever look this good in stores!
on February 9, 2011 at 4:39 pm | Reply Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

I saw this on Xialou’s site and thought that it looked lovely!
on February 9, 2011 at 9:44 am | Reply Peter G @ Souvlaki For The Soul

You two make a great team…this is stunning!
on February 8, 2011 at 9:58 am | Reply oneordinaryday

I love Xiaolu’s blog and I think you’ll be a perfect guest blogger. This dessert looks amazing. Heading to see more!
on February 8, 2011 at 7:07 am | Reply Susan

Just beautiful, Trissa! Your frozen cake is a stunner! Thanks for introducing us to a new and wonderful blog, too!
on February 8, 2011 at 4:54 am | Reply Lacey @ dishfolio.com

Looks so yummy 🙂 We’d love for you to submit this recipe to dishfolio.com!
on February 7, 2011 at 8:45 pm | Reply Trisha

Oh be still my beating hear! Trissa… I know people have told you this already but you are a genius! So… when’s our next awesome foursome dinner? 🙂
on February 7, 2011 at 4:58 pm | Reply Maria @ Scandifoodie

This is perfection Trissa! Beautiful work!
on February 7, 2011 at 3:11 pm | Reply noobcook

beautiful and elegant! love the exchanges of guest posts!
on February 7, 2011 at 3:09 pm | Reply Anna Johnston

Stunning colour combo’s for this layer cake, truly elegant.
on February 7, 2011 at 8:02 am | Reply Forager @ The Gourmet Forager

Omigod – the perfect dessert for the last weekend we had. Except between hungry mouths and the heat, it would have lasted a millisecond.
on February 7, 2011 at 6:51 am | Reply Barbara

How gorgeous, Trissa. I haven’t gone over to look at the recipe yet, but I bet anything there’s condensed milk in there someplace.
Am I right? I’ll find out in a sec!
on February 6, 2011 at 11:13 pm | Reply foodie and the chef

How unusual – I’ve never heard of this before. The photos are stunning, and it looks absolutely delicious. What a great contrast in textures!
on February 6, 2011 at 9:47 pm | Reply penny aka jeroxie

That is a gorgeous cake… going over to check it out now.
on February 6, 2011 at 8:50 pm | Reply Paula

when I`m looking at this I`m really hungry 🙂 with such delicious combo it must be awesome! I`m so glad I found your blog and I`m going to stop by your blog more often 🙂
on February 6, 2011 at 2:11 pm | Reply huntfortheverybest

looks delicious!
on February 6, 2011 at 11:51 am | Reply A Canadian Foodie

I will go an take a look. I was thrilled with the post she did for you – and wrote a little apology to her for giving you all the credit and not reading as carefully as I usually do!
🙂
Valerie
on February 6, 2011 at 10:37 am | Reply Shirley@kokken69

Trissa, this is a really beautiful cake and what a name! Heading over to Xiaolu’s to check out the recipe!
on February 6, 2011 at 9:30 am | Reply Meggy

I just adore layer cakes, my partner is malay and we often make layer cakes together, this is worthy of a medal. it looks gorgeous.
i’d have you over to dinner anytime
on February 6, 2011 at 9:00 am | Reply amy

This cake looks and sound wonderful. I bet it tastes just as delicious as it looks! Can’t wait to try.
on February 6, 2011 at 8:37 am | Reply Marilen lopez

Forgot to tell you…. This was one of your grandmother s favorite desserts
on February 6, 2011 at 8:26 am | Reply Marilen lopez

I like this frozen brazo soooo unique….
on February 6, 2011 at 7:10 am | Reply Asha@FSK

Awesome!!! This would be perfect to take to anyone’s! Come home soon ;-DDDD
on February 6, 2011 at 7:10 am | Reply something_good

it looks heavenly
on February 6, 2011 at 2:59 am | Reply ninetteenrique

Wow that looks incredible. I want to make it now!
on February 6, 2011 at 2:51 am | Reply Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets

Thanks so much for sharing this unique and fantastic cake with us, Trissa! I’m beyond honored to have you as my guest poster, and it’s already clear from the comments on my site that my readers are as delighted with your talent as I am =D

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