What is this dessert?

July 10, 2006 11:04 AM

Please help me identify this dessert, which is possibly from the Philippines.

My boss was given a homemade dessert by one of her clients from the Philippines. It's in the shape of a massive log, about four inches in diameter and maybe a foot and a half long. The outside is soft, fluffy meringue, slightly browned on the surface. Inside the meringue is a rich, sweet, yellow, custardy substance. I think I can detect flavors of lemon and possibly coconut in the custard. When you take the whole log and slice it, the cross-section looks a lot like a fried egg. What is this thing called?

posted by Faint of Butt to food & drink (4 comments total)

It sounds like a Brazo de Mercedes, cooked with lemon. Did it look like this?
posted by goo at 11:27 AM on July 10, 2006 [1 favorite]

Bravo, goo! That's it, indeed. I love AskMe.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:34 AM on July 10, 2006

Um, yum!
posted by The Bellman at 1:14 PM on July 10, 2006

No worries! And Bellman, indeed.
posted by goo at 1:35 PM on July 10, 2006