The first thing that came to mind with cucumber and black pepper was tea sandwiches. However, tea sandwiches often taste bland and boring. So I decided to improve on the classic cucumber sandwich by spicing up the cream cheese spread and using home made multi-grain bread. But in order to make it Foodie Fight ready, I also reinvente
d the look of the sandwich. Lately entries for the battles have been composed of mostly desserts and seeing how this is my first entry into the Foodie Fight world, I thought I'd make something that at least liked dessert. Behold, "Not Your Granny's Cucumber Tea Sandwich" Cake. This little guy is a cake with toasted multi-grain bread rounds, sliced cucumbers, and a black pepper and smoked paprika "frosting."A few words before I give the recipe. The "cake" tastes great but if I were to make this again I would definitely skip the cake design and go more for a timbale or stack design. Because while the mini cake looks cute and awesome it's a major time consumer to construct.
"Not Your Granny's Cucumber Tea Sandwich" Cake Recipe
3 slices bread 1/2 T fresh cracked black pepper
1/3 c cream cheese, softened 1/4 t salt
1 t smoked paprika 1 medium cucumber
1 t mayo
1) Using a large biscuit cutter cut rounds in each of the bread slices. Toast briefly in oven.
2) Slice cucumber into thin slices. (The number of slices needed will depend mostly on how much cucumber you want on your sandwich or in your "cake")
3) Combine cream cheese with mayo, salt, pepper, and paprika.
4) To assemble: Place some frosting on plate in order to stabilize cake. Place a toast round on frosting, frost top of round, arrange cucumber slices in an even layer. Repeat with remaining rounds and cucumber slices. Top with toasted round and use remaining frosting to cover cake.
5) Let cake sit in fridge for 5-10 minutes in order to set frosting.
And there you have it, a no cook snack, perfect for the summer heat.
1/3 c cream cheese, softened 1/4 t salt
1 t smoked paprika 1 medium cucumber
1 t mayo
1) Using a large biscuit cutter cut rounds in each of the bread slices. Toast briefly in oven.
2) Slice cucumber into thin slices. (The number of slices needed will depend mostly on how much cucumber you want on your sandwich or in your "cake")
3) Combine cream cheese with mayo, salt, pepper, and paprika.
4) To assemble: Place some frosting on plate in order to stabilize cake. Place a toast round on frosting, frost top of round, arrange cucumber slices in an even layer. Repeat with remaining rounds and cucumber slices. Top with toasted round and use remaining frosting to cover cake.
5) Let cake sit in fridge for 5-10 minutes in order to set frosting.
And there you have it, a no cook snack, perfect for the summer heat.
