My sister requested creme brule for her bday next week. Anyone have an idea for a creme brule cake or a creme brule FLAVOR for a cake...?

I was hoping she'd ask for something more creative than a non cake dessert...sigh...oh well it's her bday... any ideas anyway?

Howdy neighbor! And we have the same bday!
Your sister sounds like my mother in law who also decorates cakes and is slightly jealous that I'm better than her She asked for a cheesecake for her bday. Look lady!
Oh well, I'm w/your sister though, I love creme brulee!!! It's basically caramel flavored but I don't know if that alone would be similar to creme brulee.
How are you at making cheesecakes? I've seen a recipe around that I could find again for you. Or are you wanting to make a cake-cake?

I found this... http://recipes.egullet.org/recipes/r1012.html?PHPSESSID=e5ac5aee241f399df30e8140f3256117 How about using it as a filling? You would have to cut the recipe down, this looks like it makes alot, and you probably wouldn't be able to carmalize the top either, but it sounds yummy as a cake filling!

Hey thaks! That is something to think about...

I can't really blam eher.. I LOVE creme brule myself!

How about a cake with a pretty little dish of creme brulee on top?

I've used creme brulee creamer in bc before. It smelled amazing and tasted great too! Just had to adjust the recipe for the added sweetness. It was a hit!

If she asked for Creme Brulee specificly then I'd fix that for her. I'm a huge fan of Creme Brulee, and if I asked for it I think I'd be dissappointed if I didn't get it.

If you really want to make her a cake, why don't you do something small in addition to the Creme Brulee?

you could do a dessert tray and tempt her with little creme brulees and petit fours maybe some cheese cake too. I'm all for more desserts (its one of my Hazards in life)

I saw this and was like ohh ohh ohh, I can actually help for once!!

My Julie Child baking bible had a cake with a creme brulee centre. Let me go find the recipe. One minute please....

Ok back, thanks for waiting. Since I am not a big fan of Julia's cake recipes (except for the vanilla chiffon) I'm just going to post her method.

So she uses a chocolate bundt cake, but I'm sure you could use any flavour. French vanilla would be awesome IMVHO. You do need to bake it in a bundt pan though. You also need to make a vanilla custard sauce. If you need a recipe I have one here.

Anywho.... Just before serving pour the custard sauce into the centre of the bundt (which of course is on a platter or other sort of flat serving thingy) and also drizzle it down the sides of the cake. Then sprinkle with white sugar all over, and use your husbands handy-dandy blowtorch to carmalize the sugar. I would suggest doing the sugar in stages so it doesn't dissolve in the custard.

I hope this helps, I've been wanted to try it for a while but haven't had a reason to.

oops sorry reposted 2 times by accident. Dont know how it happened LOL

oops sorry reposted 2 times by accident. Dont know how it happened LOL

You could do a pumpkin roll cake and use a buternut squahs/honey custard for the filling; then ladle the custard over the whole roll and carmelize some sugar on it. Kinnda crazy though :-/

EASY CREME BRULEE'

Ingredients:

2 cups heavy cream
5 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup or so of light brown sugar.
Directions:

I've tried many recipes. All ended in yuckness. Granted, I'm no master chef. I'm sure those other recipes work fine if you really know what you're doing. But I don't want to have to go to culinary school. I just want a creme brulee.

So I called up Aunt Carol, got the recipe, gave it a shot, and what do you know? Perfect. So unless you're a master chef, return that double-boiler, forget about scalding the cream, don't fret about scrambling your eggs. Just follow this easy recipe for a creamy, great-tasting creme brulee:

Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Whisk the cream, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Mix it all up until it gets nice and creamy. Pour this mixture into ramekins (those little ceramic dishes). I got it evenly distributed between 4 7-ouncers. I suppose you could pour it all into one smallish casserole dish too. Place the ramekins in a baking pan Fill the baking pan with hot water, about halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Place the pan with the ramekins in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour or so. After 45 minutes or so check them every ten minutes. You'll know they're done when you can stick a knife in one and it comes out clean. Remove the ramekins from the baking pan, set them on the counter, and let them cool for 15 minutes or so.

Then put them in the refrigerator and let them chill overnight.

Sprinkle a thin layer of the light brown sugar on the top of each. Make sure it's a THIN layer, but also make sure it completely covers the custard. Now torch it! Or, if you don't have a torch, you can supposedly put them under the broiler for a minute or so. I haven't tried this. You can get those little kitchen torches at Williams-Sonoma for about 25 bucks. It's fun!] The point is, you need to caramelize (melt and let harden) the sugar.

Anyway, that's it. They came out just right the first time. Easy. And they tasted GREAT. The consistency was perfect. Enjoy!

This recipe for Easy Creme Brulee serves/makes 4.

since fresh friut is available what about trifle.
my fav is
layered to your liking
cubed pound cake, creme brulee, raspberry puree, mango puree and
mango puree.
It's sooooooooooo good. When i have parties I make them in individual mini hurricane glasses.
M

Thanks for all those recipes guys!!! The cake shaped like a ramekin would be adorable!