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      • Wum= Wasabi Plum

        Posted at 9:04 pm by MLea
        Sep 18th

        So…the 2nd letter of Dr Seuss’ alphabet from On Beyond Zebra.  Finally.  It took 2 attempts.

        The “Um” wasn’t difficult for me.  I always have umeboshi plum paste in my frig.  Finding a compatible W flavor was hard.  Watermelon doesn’t have any flavor beyond “sweet” when it’s cooked, so that wouldn’t work.  White Chocolate.   Wasn’t feeling it.  I decided to go with wasabi since it was also an Asian flavor.  The umeboshi plum is sour and salty and I thought the sharp earthy taste of wasabi would complement it.

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        The cake turned out quite good.  I used a puree of plums and prunes (for color).

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        After mixing all the other ingredients together, I added umeboshi plum paste until it was a little overly salted.

        umepasteThe saltiness wasn’t as pronounced after the cakes were baked.  The plum puree made them very moist and not overly sweet.

        I didn’t want a sweet icing so thought I’d go with a mascarpone frosting.  1st mistake.  I also added too much wasabi.  2nd mistake.  Wasabi powder seems to take awhile to develop it’s flavor.  I couldn’t taste the wasabi at all then suddenly it was overpowering.  It also curdled the mascarpone.  Gross.

        It took a couple of weeks, but I tried again.  This time, I used white chocolate ganache and added a very small amount of wasabi powder.

        The ganache is incredibly sweet due to the sugar content of the white chocolate I used and I think it has a little bit of a throat itch quality from the wasabi.  If the wasabi isn’t pronounced enough, I can call them White Chocolate Plum instead.

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        Posted in Mrs Shuck's Creations | Tagged umeboshi plum, wasabi
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