The Quest for the Perfect Retro Dessert: A Journey to Create a Frozen Pineapple Whipped Cream Can

We're going to alternate between our whipped cream mixture and pineapple, whipping it until we get that perfect consistency. We want this can of goodness to be so full that once we have it, we'll pop it into the freezer and let it chill.

As I stand here in front of my frozen can of whipped goodness, I'm excited to see what this retro recipe has in store for me. I take a moment to invert the can, getting ready to remove the lid with an offset spatula that cuts on the inside of the ring. Next, I'll use a wet warmed cloth, heated up by a heating pad, to unmold it.

To toast my nuts, I spread them on a baking sheet and pop them into the oven until they're golden brown. This may seem like a small detail, but trust me, it makes all the difference in texture and flavor. The toasted almonds add a nice crunch to this retro dessert, which is perfect for those who love a little bit of satisfaction with each bite.

Now that I've removed the whipped cream from the can, I'll spread it out on a flat surface. It's time to assemble our masterpiece! I take a moment to admire my work as I arrange the toasted almonds in a pattern around the whipped cream. This is where things get interesting – I'm about to place this entire log back into the freezer and let everything set up a bit.

As I wait for the dessert to firm up, I take a moment to appreciate the beauty of it all. The whipped cream is smooth and creamy, with just the right amount of sweetness from the canned pineapple. And then there are the toasted almonds – crunchy and nutty, adding a delightful textural element to this retro dessert.

Now that my frozen can of whipped goodness has set, I'm ready to slice it up and serve. With serrated bread knife in hand, I carefully cut through the layers of whipped cream and pineapple. The result is surprisingly elegant, with each slice revealing its own unique charm.

Tasting my creation for the first time, I was delighted by the surprise that awaited me. The combination of sweet and tangy flavors, along with the crunch of toasted almonds, created a delightful harmony of textures and tastes. It's no wonder this retro recipe has stood the test of time – it's truly a showstopper.

One of my biggest concerns when creating this dessert was whether it would be sliceable at all. Would I end up with a mess on my hands? Thankfully, my fears were unfounded, and the whipped cream held its shape beautifully, revealing clean cuts with each slice. The toasted almonds added just the right amount of crunch, while the pineapple provided a refreshing contrast to the richness of the whipped cream.

As I take another bite of this frozen dessert, I'm struck by its complexity. It's a bit like an Umberto salad, but with a unique twist – a little punch of saltiness from the Miracle Whip that adds depth and interest. And those candied cherries? They add just the right amount of sweetness and texture to balance out the flavors.

In conclusion, this retro recipe is more than just a nostalgic dessert – it's a masterclass in creativity and experimentation. By combining seemingly disparate elements – whipped cream, pineapple, toasted almonds, and candied cherries – we've created something truly special. So if you're hosting a fun party or simply looking to impress your friends with a unique dessert, give this retro recipe a try. I assure you, it's worth the effort.

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Happy holidays from my kitchen to yours!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engreetings my beautiful lovelies and happy holidays it's Emmy welcome back today's video is sponsored by hella fresh the food delivery service that brings pre-measured ingredients and step-by-step instructions right to your doorstep it makes making homemade meals a reality so hellofresh starts at 566 per serving and it's a great way to get out of dinner recipe reps and every week you can choose from over 20 different chef's curated seasonal recipes and tala fresh is flexible you can order extras like cookie dough or garlic bread or if you need to change your delivery date or if you'd like to skip a week it's super super easy and simple so this week my family enjoyed the creamy and dreamy mushroom cavatappi to get started with nine free meals or $90 off your first month of hella fresh click the link down below or go to hell afresh calm and use the code Emme made 9 big thanks to hello fresh responsive in this video now today I'm going to be attempting a retro recipe it is for a frozen Yule Log many of you have gotten in touch with me via social media to attempt this recipe thank you so much for bringing it to my attention because it is quite that number if you've missed my other retro recipe test be sure to check out the playlist I'll put up above and down below this would also be an excellent time to subscribe so this recipe is of a Yule Log now it's almost the holidays here and Yule logs are quite popular and they are essentially traditionally a kind of sponge cake that is nice like on a jelly roll and it's filled with some kind of cream or whipped cream and it's rolled so you get a nice cylinder and then it's decorated to look like a Yule Log a Christmas log and sometimes it's decorated with little meringue mushrooms super cute this particular recipe is a 1970s take on the Yule Log it consists of sliced canned pineapple rings that are encased in a combination of whipped cream almonds candied cherries all that sounds fine a cup of Miracle Whip Miracle Whip calls itself a salad dressing it's all very similar to mayonnaise and consistency and color but it is quite sweet so many people use it in the same way they would use mayonnaise if they're making tuna fish salad egg salad something like that all righty let's go ahead and get started in a large bowl you're gonna combine one cup of Miracle Whip mmm along with your quarter cup of reserved syrup whip that up until you get this nice vinegary pineapple smell and then you're gonna take some cherries these are candied cherries they are kind of amazing in color I mean how do you get cherries to look this green color do you bleach them first cuz cherries do have a color but they are not acid green so what do they do exactly to get this green color I'm not sure I think they have to bleach them and then resew Clemen food coloring and corn syrup to get them candied I don't know if you are a candied cherry expert let me know I am truly fascinated about this at any rate I got some green and red cherries and you're going to quarter these you can add those to your Miracle Whip and pineapple mixture along with 2/3 of a cup of slivered almonds before you add your almonds you want to toast them up so they have a nice golden color and a lovely nutty flavor this altogether along with 1/4 cup of honey little extra sweetness now you're going to add 2 cups of whipped cream or whipped topping gently fold this in you don't want to overwork this one keep things fluffy so the recipe calls for a two pound coffee can now when I went to the grocery store at many of the coffee cans nowadays they are still made out of metal but they're squat and more kind of fat and look more like a drum rather than being kind of cylindrical and long we want this to look like a Yule Log and I wanted to taller can so I actually had a hard time finding one but then when I looked in my pantry I had this can of purple yam powder I said perfect next we're going to take our whipped cream mixture place them in the bottom of our clean can and then press a whole pineapple ring into it given press and smooth it out we want to try to work out any air pockets then we're going to alternate between our whipped cream mixture pineapple whipped cream mixture pineapple stack stack stack all the way to the top of our can so once we have our can full of goodness we're going to pop this into the freezer and allow it to kind of chill up here is my frozen canned of whipped goodness I'm going to invert it so get yourself a can opener you want to make sure this can afford the type that cuts the lid on the inside of the river cut this all the way around and next I'm going take an offset spatula and go around the perimeter I'm gonna do that on this side too now the recipe says to take a wet warmed cloth I'm gonna use a heating pad and then just heat this up a bit so that we can unmold it I'm gonna spread out some armies toast your nuts toast your nuts there's so much better that way all right now we're gonna poop this thing out ready here we go oh yes you got it oh yes okay gently remove that now we're gonna take that almonds cover this whole log press them in there after I do this to the outside I'm gonna place this back in the freezer just allow everything to set up a bit already so here it is it's looking pretty gnarly the thing is how do we transfer this to this without okay I'm sure use my hands here we go boom gotta be fearless we decorate this with some pine boughs clipped from my Christmas tree there we go alrighty so now we're gonna do our best to slice this and see how successful we are in getting a nice slice here we go all using serrated bread knife it's frozen it pretty solid I thought they'd do this without messing it up I don't know here we go I had some structural loss here at the bottom but I'm gonna doctor that up all right my lovelies it turned out hey so my biggest concern was that this was not gonna be sliceable and if I did slice it I wouldn't get clean cut but this surprised me this froze pretty solidly and when I actually did slice through the pineapple it did show up nicely I thought I was gonna get like I'm just slice of whipped cream stuff rather than getting the nice ring to show up now let's give this a taste shall we all right here we go so this is a frozen dessert make sure we get a bite of everything there we go happy holidays there doc he was the nuts add a nice crunchy counterpoint to the kind of frozen I'm a sorbet like quality of this the pineapple is frozen but it's not frozen solid so it's a little bit like a sorbet it's a little bit icy and then you get the crunchy nuts which is nice because it's a different kind of crunchy texture the flavor is interesting it's like an Umberto salad if you ever had those kind of whipped cream fruit salads it's like that but there's a little punch of saltiness in it and just tiny little bit of vinegar enos just a tiny tiny bit it's actually not bad especially if you grew up eating salads like this I think you would love this a little bit of salt that the Miracle Whip adds to this is actually nice because you've got a lot of sweetness from the whipped topping from the canned of pineapple and of course those candied cherries when I was mixing this initially with the Miracle Whip I thought oh my gosh this is gonna be wild because it had that very strong kind of vinegary salad dressing the smell to it but it's really less noticeable and now that it's been frozen and the canned pineapple in this dessert actually works I'm really surprised by that it cut some of the sweetness in the desert because it's pineapple and singing it's got some acidity to it and then you've got the Miracle Whip in there too alright let's have a candied cherry in this dessert I really don't taste any cherry flavor at all the candy cherries just add more sweetness and a slightly gummy texture to it all so I would say between the toasted almonds and the frozen pineapple rings this retro recipe actually works so if you're hosting a fun party you might actually want to attempt to make this because look it's your showstopper I mean come on already so there you have it another retro recipe I hope you guys enjoyed that one I hope you guys learned something thank you guys so much for watching and big things to hell a fresh response to this video get 9 free meals that's 90 dollars off your first month of hella fresh by heading over to hell afresh calm and using the code any made 9 thanks again for watching happy holidays and yeah please share this video with your friends follow me on social media like this video subscribe and I shall see you in the next one to take a this could be a new candles in pine fresh Miracle Whipgreetings my beautiful lovelies and happy holidays it's Emmy welcome back today's video is sponsored by hella fresh the food delivery service that brings pre-measured ingredients and step-by-step instructions right to your doorstep it makes making homemade meals a reality so hellofresh starts at 566 per serving and it's a great way to get out of dinner recipe reps and every week you can choose from over 20 different chef's curated seasonal recipes and tala fresh is flexible you can order extras like cookie dough or garlic bread or if you need to change your delivery date or if you'd like to skip a week it's super super easy and simple so this week my family enjoyed the creamy and dreamy mushroom cavatappi to get started with nine free meals or $90 off your first month of hella fresh click the link down below or go to hell afresh calm and use the code Emme made 9 big thanks to hello fresh responsive in this video now today I'm going to be attempting a retro recipe it is for a frozen Yule Log many of you have gotten in touch with me via social media to attempt this recipe thank you so much for bringing it to my attention because it is quite that number if you've missed my other retro recipe test be sure to check out the playlist I'll put up above and down below this would also be an excellent time to subscribe so this recipe is of a Yule Log now it's almost the holidays here and Yule logs are quite popular and they are essentially traditionally a kind of sponge cake that is nice like on a jelly roll and it's filled with some kind of cream or whipped cream and it's rolled so you get a nice cylinder and then it's decorated to look like a Yule Log a Christmas log and sometimes it's decorated with little meringue mushrooms super cute this particular recipe is a 1970s take on the Yule Log it consists of sliced canned pineapple rings that are encased in a combination of whipped cream almonds candied cherries all that sounds fine a cup of Miracle Whip Miracle Whip calls itself a salad dressing it's all very similar to mayonnaise and consistency and color but it is quite sweet so many people use it in the same way they would use mayonnaise if they're making tuna fish salad egg salad something like that all righty let's go ahead and get started in a large bowl you're gonna combine one cup of Miracle Whip mmm along with your quarter cup of reserved syrup whip that up until you get this nice vinegary pineapple smell and then you're gonna take some cherries these are candied cherries they are kind of amazing in color I mean how do you get cherries to look this green color do you bleach them first cuz cherries do have a color but they are not acid green so what do they do exactly to get this green color I'm not sure I think they have to bleach them and then resew Clemen food coloring and corn syrup to get them candied I don't know if you are a candied cherry expert let me know I am truly fascinated about this at any rate I got some green and red cherries and you're going to quarter these you can add those to your Miracle Whip and pineapple mixture along with 2/3 of a cup of slivered almonds before you add your almonds you want to toast them up so they have a nice golden color and a lovely nutty flavor this altogether along with 1/4 cup of honey little extra sweetness now you're going to add 2 cups of whipped cream or whipped topping gently fold this in you don't want to overwork this one keep things fluffy so the recipe calls for a two pound coffee can now when I went to the grocery store at many of the coffee cans nowadays they are still made out of metal but they're squat and more kind of fat and look more like a drum rather than being kind of cylindrical and long we want this to look like a Yule Log and I wanted to taller can so I actually had a hard time finding one but then when I looked in my pantry I had this can of purple yam powder I said perfect next we're going to take our whipped cream mixture place them in the bottom of our clean can and then press a whole pineapple ring into it given press and smooth it out we want to try to work out any air pockets then we're going to alternate between our whipped cream mixture pineapple whipped cream mixture pineapple stack stack stack all the way to the top of our can so once we have our can full of goodness we're going to pop this into the freezer and allow it to kind of chill up here is my frozen canned of whipped goodness I'm going to invert it so get yourself a can opener you want to make sure this can afford the type that cuts the lid on the inside of the river cut this all the way around and next I'm going take an offset spatula and go around the perimeter I'm gonna do that on this side too now the recipe says to take a wet warmed cloth I'm gonna use a heating pad and then just heat this up a bit so that we can unmold it I'm gonna spread out some armies toast your nuts toast your nuts there's so much better that way all right now we're gonna poop this thing out ready here we go oh yes you got it oh yes okay gently remove that now we're gonna take that almonds cover this whole log press them in there after I do this to the outside I'm gonna place this back in the freezer just allow everything to set up a bit already so here it is it's looking pretty gnarly the thing is how do we transfer this to this without okay I'm sure use my hands here we go boom gotta be fearless we decorate this with some pine boughs clipped from my Christmas tree there we go alrighty so now we're gonna do our best to slice this and see how successful we are in getting a nice slice here we go all using serrated bread knife it's frozen it pretty solid I thought they'd do this without messing it up I don't know here we go I had some structural loss here at the bottom but I'm gonna doctor that up all right my lovelies it turned out hey so my biggest concern was that this was not gonna be sliceable and if I did slice it I wouldn't get clean cut but this surprised me this froze pretty solidly and when I actually did slice through the pineapple it did show up nicely I thought I was gonna get like I'm just slice of whipped cream stuff rather than getting the nice ring to show up now let's give this a taste shall we all right here we go so this is a frozen dessert make sure we get a bite of everything there we go happy holidays there doc he was the nuts add a nice crunchy counterpoint to the kind of frozen I'm a sorbet like quality of this the pineapple is frozen but it's not frozen solid so it's a little bit like a sorbet it's a little bit icy and then you get the crunchy nuts which is nice because it's a different kind of crunchy texture the flavor is interesting it's like an Umberto salad if you ever had those kind of whipped cream fruit salads it's like that but there's a little punch of saltiness in it and just tiny little bit of vinegar enos just a tiny tiny bit it's actually not bad especially if you grew up eating salads like this I think you would love this a little bit of salt that the Miracle Whip adds to this is actually nice because you've got a lot of sweetness from the whipped topping from the canned of pineapple and of course those candied cherries when I was mixing this initially with the Miracle Whip I thought oh my gosh this is gonna be wild because it had that very strong kind of vinegary salad dressing the smell to it but it's really less noticeable and now that it's been frozen and the canned pineapple in this dessert actually works I'm really surprised by that it cut some of the sweetness in the desert because it's pineapple and singing it's got some acidity to it and then you've got the Miracle Whip in there too alright let's have a candied cherry in this dessert I really don't taste any cherry flavor at all the candy cherries just add more sweetness and a slightly gummy texture to it all so I would say between the toasted almonds and the frozen pineapple rings this retro recipe actually works so if you're hosting a fun party you might actually want to attempt to make this because look it's your showstopper I mean come on already so there you have it another retro recipe I hope you guys enjoyed that one I hope you guys learned something thank you guys so much for watching and big things to hell a fresh response to this video get 9 free meals that's 90 dollars off your first month of hella fresh by heading over to hell afresh calm and using the code any made 9 thanks again for watching happy holidays and yeah please share this video with your friends follow me on social media like this video subscribe and I shall see you in the next one to take a this could be a new candles in pine fresh Miracle Whip\n"