Pineapple Christmas Cream & KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway!

Pineapple Christmas Cream is my German mother-in-law’s famous dessert. Consequently, every year at Christmas the family clamors for this and her other specialty, Gentleman’s Cognac Cream. One day I will get around to also posting that recipe as well.

My mother-in-law always makes an extra bowl of this dessert for family members to divide up and take home. However, rarely is there a spoon left of Pineapple Christmas Cream by the time December 26 rolls around.

My mother-in-law is now 93 years old and her eyesight is almost gone. However,  these creamy desserts continue to march out of her kitchen. Obviously, she is no slacker in the Christmas recipe department.

We travel home to Germany every other year at Christmas time. Consequently, my mother-in-law’s desserts are extra special to my husband and myself. In addition to Pineapple Christmas Cream and the cognac cream, she also makes up a huge bowl of her famous potato salad. Not surprisingly, we delight in grazing on this over the holiday week. However, if the potato salad lasts a week in the fridge without being eaten, that’s a true Christmas miracle. 

In truth, I realize how precious these recipes are to myself and my German family so I am recording them here. This Pineapple Christmas Cream is a quick and simple make-ahead holiday dessert. This dessert is also light, creamy, and goes down easy after a heavy meal.

So below you will find the recipe for Pineapple Christmas Cream. After creating a pineapple gelatin, whipped cream is folded into this family classic dessert. Of course, I used another kitchen classic,  my KitchenAid mixer, to whip the cream. 

Classic Series Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer

I don’t know if it’s bragging or, on the other hand, an embarrassment to admit I actually have three KitchenAid mixers. One in Germany, one in our apartment in NYC and one at our weekend home in Pennsylvania. Therefore, I might be a wee bit KitchenAid addicted. So I’m spreading the KA love this holiday season by participating in this fantastic giveaway with Food Blogger Love.  Here is all the information you need to enter: 

Kitchen Aid Mixer Giveaway Information:

• We are giving away 1 Classic Series Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer in the winner’s choice of white or black plus a $75 Amazon gift card comes with the mixer. The winner can use it to put toward any accessories or attachments they want.
  
• Open worldwide except where prohibited. However, If the winner is outside of the continental U.S., they will receive the value of the mixer + $75 as an Amazon gift card.
• Winner must be 18+ (21+ in some locations) and cannot be an immediate family member living in the same household of a participating blogger. 
  
• Not sponsored by Kitchen Aid, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, or Rafflecopter.
• Open Dec 10 – Dec 21, 2018 at 11:59 PM. Winner will be drawn within 72 hours and has 48 hours to respond to the notifying email or a new winner will be drawn. Prize to ship 45 days after the winner is announced. 
  
• Follows from inactive/spam/bot social media accounts will be disqualified.

The Pineapple Christmas Cream Recipe:

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Pineapple Cream (Ananas Creme)

Course Dessert

Cuisine German

Prep Time 30 minutes

Chill time 2 hours

Servings 6

Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

• 1 20oz can Pineapple, packed in juice.
• 1 package vanilla pudding
• 2 cups pineapple juice (juice from can plus water)
• 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
• 1 packet gelatin powder
• 1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

1. Drain pineapple and reserve the juice.
   

2. Cut up pineapple in thumbnail sized pieces.

3. Place the reserved pineapple juice (top it up with water if it is not exactly 2 cups of liquid) in a saucepan over medium heat.
4. Stir in the pudding powder and the white granulated sugar and cook the mixture until both are dissolved into the liquid. Remove from heat.
5. Pour the gelatin powder into a small bowl. Add warm water to dissolve the gelatin. Stir the dissolved gelatin evenly into the warm pudding.

6. Mix in the pineapple pieces. Let the mixture cool completely. 

7. Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
8. Fold the whipped cream into the mixture.

9. Cover tightly with plastic cling film and transfer to the refrigerator to chill before serving (at least 2 hours)

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