Mock Cream Recipe - Garnish & Decoration Recipes

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How to make mock cream:

A wartime substitute for cream. All dairy products were rationed in the war and this substitute cream gave people a little bit of luxury during the hard times. Does it taste like the real thing? Try making this recipe and see what you think.

Ingredients

1/2 oz cornflour
1/4 pint milk
1 1/2 oz margarine
3tsp sugar
few drops of vanilla essence (see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Mix the cornflour with a little of the milk to form a smooth paste.
- Bring the rest of the milk to the boil.
- Pour the hot milk over the cornflour paste.
- Return to the heat and bring to the boil.
- Cook for 3 minutes.
- Cream the sugar and margarine together.
- Gradually whisk in the cornflour mixture.
- Add the vanilla essence.
- Allow to cool.

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This recipes looks pretty good, just one question, can white melted chocolate be added to this cream?

#3 - madeitwithlove - 07/10/2011 - 11:49

is this like the cream you get in baker's buns? I love baking and my family love cup cakes but i hate the sweet butter cream that is on most recipes. if not does anyone know of a recipe for cream like the bakers use? She.

#2 - shelaghking@googlemail.com - 01/13/2011 - 03:59

i used this with rice milk for a trifle for a lactose intolerant child. the trick is to cover the cooked cornflour with a thin plastic film to prevent a skin forming. if you beat the sugar and butter until it is creamy, then you can mix it with the cooled cornflour, the whip it up. it's very nice, i have always used margarine, and will continue to do so because of a vegan teenager, but the butter does sound delish.

#1 - davena turvey - 12/23/2010 - 20:31

I am just about to make this recipe having made it a lot in the 70's from a post-war cookery book I no longer have .... however, I have to warn people that it is essential to whisk the cooked cornflour and milk mixture UNTIL it is cool BEFORE whisking it gradually into the beaten sugar and butter. Otherwise the butter mixture will melt! And, for what it is worth I make it with butter. This mock cream is more delicious and more-some than real cream. Enjoy!

#0 - Doris - 12/24/2009 - 05:10


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