Name: Cream Horns Recipe
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 packet puff pastry; 1 egg lightly beaten; 2.00 vanilla bean; 100 g sugar; 40 g cornflour; 1 egg; 2 egg yolks; 300 ml milk; 200 ml cream whipped; 2 1/2 cups sugar; 1 1/2 cups water

by mrs_bobo Last updated on 07/09/2019

They're sweet and tasty, once you eat one you will want more. I make them every Christmas and never get enough time to take a photograph of the end product because by then they are already gone. - mrs_bobo

Ingredients

Cones

1 packet puff pastry
1 egg lightly beaten

Cream filling

1 vanilla bean
100 g sugar
40 g cornflour
1 egg
2 egg yolks
300 ml milk
200 ml cream whipped

Syrup

2 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 vanilla bean

Method

Step 1

You will need metal cone moulds otherwise, you can make your own as outlined in recipe notes. For the cones: Preheat an oven to 180C and line a tray with baking paper. Get the metal cone moulds ready. Cut pastry sheets into strips 3-4cm long. Adding some water to the metal cone helps it to stick better to the mould. Wrap the strips of pastry around the cone and brush them with the beaten egg. Bake for 20-25 minutes you will know they are ready by their golden colour. Set them aside to cool.
Step 2

For the custard cream: In a saucepan heat milk, cream and vanilla pod, sliced lengthways. In a bowl combine the sugar, corn flour and eggs. Once the ingredients in the pot have come to a slight boil, remove it from the stove and gradually put it into the bowl, stirring continuously. Once it takes the temperature of the milk pour in remaining milk, put the pot back on the heat and continue stirring until the cream begins to boil.Transfer the cream into a pan to cool, cover with thin cling film so it form a crust on top.
Step 3

For the whipped cream filling: Set aside half the whipped cream for topping. Combine the other half of the whipped cream with 200ml milk and custard cream in previous step. Beat with a whisk or electric mixer until smooth and soft.
Step 4

For the Syrup: Put the ingredients for the syrup into a pot or saucepan and cook on a low heat for about 25 minutes.
Step 5

By this time your cones should have cooled. Dip the cones into the syrup, but don’t soak them. As you go put each cone you have dipped on the tray again and allow to dry slightly.With a piping bag ,fill each cone with the cream at least halfway. Then top them with the whipped cream.
Step 6

Garnish: Garnish with glazed cherries or in summer, fresh cherries. Refrigerate before serving.

Equipment

baking tray
heatproof bowl
bowl
baking paper

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

If you know how to make your own pastry they are even tastier.

Metal cones can be found from a Cake Supply Shop , Ebay or you can make your own moulds as outlined below.

Other ideas for garnishing include: Chocolate Maltesers, Jaffa’s, chocolate or coloured sprinkles, almonds, pistachio nuts , or just sprinkle the cones with icing sugar. Either way they taste delicious.

Make your own moulds.
Cut a long piece of baking paper.
Bring the Left and Right corners to together thus folding them into a triangular shape
Then with a knife, scissors or thin metal spatula (cut the baking paper so that you end up with two triangle shapes of baking paper.
Grab the one piece of paper and use the same process as above only this time you will form it into a cone shape.
Fold the top of the cone inwards a little so the paper is a little thicker in that area. (At this point it can be used as a piping bag.)
Finally cut some aluminium foil and cover it around the cone you just made so you have moulds you can use that one time only.

If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like these Easy Apple Pecan Croissants.