Men's Cream Recipe: A simple, creamy dessert with rum that goes well with any occasion

Not everyone can make unusual desserts themselves, which consist of several ingredients and require different cooking and baking methods. Ultimately, a dessert doesn't have to be complicated to taste good and round off a meal. Today we offer you a super quick and easy dessert idea - the men's cream recipe!

Where does the name of the dessert come from?

Herrencreme is a delicious Westphalian dessert made from vanilla pudding, whipped cream, rum and dark chocolate shavings. Incredibly easy to make, but super delicious in taste - with this dessert you canMenu both on New Year's Eveas well as a simple dinner party.

You may be wondering why this dessert is called “men’s cream.” Since rum used to only be drunk by gentlemen, the dessert was given this name in the 1950s. The recipe is of course also for the ladies today and is perfect if you want to prepare a quick dessert in a glass.

A notice:Since this recipe contains alcohol, it is not suitable for children and pregnant women.

Quick recipe for men's cream

If you need a quick dessert for your party, then the men's cream is an excellent choice! Your guests will definitely like the light tipsiness in the dessert. How to prepare the recipe with pudding powder.

Ingredients for 6 desserts:

  • 0.5 liters of milk
  • 1 pack vanilla pudding powder
  • 2 tbsp sugar (heaped)
  • 50 ml Rum
  • 200 ml cold cream
  • 100 g dark chocolate (or chocolate shavings)

Preparation:

1. In a small bowl, stir 8 tablespoons of milk with the sugar until smooth and set aside.

2. Pour the milk into a pot and bring to the boil. Stir in the milk-sugar mixture and simmer for about a minute until the pudding thickens.

3. Cover the custard with cling film so that the film directly touches the surface. Allow to cool.

4. In the meantime, grate the chocolate using a grater and beat the cream with a hand mixer until stiff.

5. Stir the cooled pudding with a whisk and stir in the rum. Carefully fold the chocolate shavings and cream into the mixture and distribute the men's cream into glasses.

6. Cover the cream until serving and garnish with more chocolate shavings or cocktail cherries.

Men's cream recipe with homemade vanilla pudding

You can of course make the vanilla pudding from scratch. It takes a little more time, but the result is definitely worth it. Here is the recipe for those who prefer to prepare everything themselves.

Ingredients:

  • 350 ml whole milk
  • 120 ml whipped cream
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 100 g granulated sugar
  • 4 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3-4 tbsp brown rum (or more if desired)
  • 1/2 tbsp Vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp softened butter
  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 200 ml whipped cream

Preparation:

1. Put sugar, salt and cornstarch in a small saucepan and mix well.

2. Add milk, cream, rum and egg yolk and mix with a whisk until all dry ingredients are completely dissolved.

3. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until mixture thickens. This takes about 10 minutes.

4. When it starts to bubble in the middle, the mixture is ready.

5. Remove the pan from the heat, add the butter and vanilla and mix well.

6. Transfer the mixture to an airtight container or cover with plastic wrap and allow to cool completely.

7. Grate the chocolate into small graters and whip the cream into stiff peaks.

8. Fold the chocolate and cream into the mixture until the cream is smooth.

9. Pour into individual glasses and refrigerate for a few hours.

10. Sprinkle with chocolate shavings before serving.