Homemade Prinjolata | Best Maltese Carnival Dessert | Malta Families Favorite Recipe 🇲🇹

whipped cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: coconut cream

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

chocolate

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chocolate chips

Dark chocolate has less sugar and more antioxidants

maraschino cherries

🥗Healthier: fresh cherries

💰Cheaper: canned cherries

Fresh cherries are lower in sugar and more nutritious

Make the Italian meringue by combining egg whites, icing sugar, water, lemon juice, and cream of tartar and whipping until stiff peaks form.

Prepare the cake batter by mixing plain flour, unsalted butter, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest, orange zest, mandarin zest, salt, and milk until smooth.

Bake the cake until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool the cake completely on a wire rack.

Layer the biscuits, chopped almonds, hazelnuts, roasted pine nuts, and candied peel in a serving dish.

Spread a layer of buttercream made from unsalted butter, icing sugar, vanilla, and whiskey between the layers.

Top the assembled cake with Italian meringue, halved glace cherries, roasted pine nuts, and blanched almonds.

Melt dark chocolate and drizzle over the top as decoration.

Cooking Techniques

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