Tag: Jello

Pineapple Angel Cake Dessert

1 pint milk
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks, beaten
1/4 tsp salt
1 package lemon Jell-O®
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
2 1/2 cups crushed pineapple, drained
1 large angel food cake, cut into 24 or more slices

Combine the egg yolks, sugar, salt, and milk in the top of a double boiler. Cook over boiling water until mixture coats the spoon. Slowly sprinkle in the dry Jell-O Powder. Stir until dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Chill until slightly jelled.

Line the bottom of a very large pan with thinly sliced angel food cake. Whip the whipping cream stiff, set aside for a moment. Whip the egg whites until stiff, then combine with the Jell-O mixture, drained crushed pineapple and whipped cream.

Cover the angel food cake with 1/2 of Jell-O mixture, cover with another layer of thinly sliced angel food cake, and spread remaining Jell-O mixture over top. Cover, place in a refrigerator overnight to chill and set. Makes 16 to 8 servings of Pineapple Angel Cake Dessert.

Frozen Fruit Salad

3 ounces orange-pineapple flavored gelatin
dash of salt
1 cup boiling water
8 3/4 oz pineapple tidbits
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 cup whipping cream
1 medium banana, diced
1/2 seeded grapes, cut in half
1/4 cup maraschino cherries, diced
1/4 cup chopped nuts

Dissolve gelatin and salt in boiling water. Drain pineapple, measuring syrup; add water to make 1/2 cup liquid, if necessary. Stir pineapple and juice into gelatin along with lemon juice. Blend in mayonnaise.

Chill until very thick but not set. Whip cream. Fold fruits, nuts, whipped cream into gelatin. Pour into 9 x 5 x 3″ loaf pan. Freeze until firm — at least 3 to 4 hours.

To serve cut into squares or slices. Makes 8 servings.

Rainbow Prism Cake Recipe

1 package Orange Jello
1 package Cherry Jello
1 package Lime Jello
3 cups hot water
1 1/2 cups cold water
1 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 package Lemon Jello
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup graham craker crumbs
1/4 cup melted butter (or margarine)
2 cups heavy cream

Prepare the first 3 packages of jellp separately usining 1 cup hot water and 1/2 cup cold water for each; chill until firm in 3 separate 8 x 8 x 2″ pans. Combine pineapple juice and sugar; heat until sugar is dissolved.

Remove from heat and dissolve lemon jello in hot mixture, add 1/2 cup cold water and cill unmtil syrupy.

Mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press graham cracker crumb mixtue over bottom of a 9″ spring-form pan.

Whip the 2 cups of cream and pour into the syrupy lemon jello mixtue. Using a knife dipped in hpt water, cut the orange, cherry, and lime Jello into 1/2″ bits. Fold the cubed Jello into the whipped cream mixture. Pour into spring-form pan, chill for 8 hours in refrigerator before servign. Makes 15 to 16 servings of Rainbow Prism Cake.

Pineapple Lime Salad Recipe

1 package lime Jell-O
2 cups water and pineapple juice
9 ounces crushed pineapple
3 ounces cream cheese
16 large marshmallows
1 cup pecans, chopped

Drain pineapple, add water to make one cup; boil; add marshmallows and Jell-O and stir until dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water and chill until partially set. Soften cream cheese, stir in pineapple and chopped nuts; add Jell-O mixture and refrigerate overnight. Recipe makes 12 servings of Pineapple Lime Salad.