Cream Puff Swans
Dear Aunt Daisy, I wonder if you could help me with this query? I noticed in a baker’s shopwindow some little cakes made in the shape of swans! The mixture appeared to be in cream puff ingredients. They looked so realistic. I wonder if you could tell. me how they are shaped; or are there some special tins to bake these in and if so where could I procure some? With all sood wishes.
B.
S.
Outram.
Yes, I remember broadcasting this recipe a couple of years ago. The swans make a very pretty table decoration, especially if arranged on a big, fair-sized’ mirror, oval or oblong, in the centre, to give the illusion otf floating on a lake. Water-lilies made of plastic icing may be placed appropriately. Make the pufts according to your usual recipe. Save out some of the mixture and push it through a biscuit-forcer on to greased baking sheet in big S-shaped pieces, or like question-marks, to form swan _ necks. Force out also sufficient small, pointed pieces for tails. Bake puffs, etc., in hot oven (450 degrees) for first 20 minutes, then reduce to slow, and bake about 20 minutes longer. Cool. Cut off 1-3rd of top of cream puffs; fill puffs with whipped cream; cut the top pieces in halves and press into the filling to represent wings. Insert a neck and a tai] into the filling of each swan. With a little practice you can make them very lifelike.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 813, 25 February 1955, Page 23
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248Cream Puff Swans New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 813, 25 February 1955, Page 23
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