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Mango Graham Recipe

This Mango Graham recipe is a delightfully creamy, sweet, and refreshing Filipino style graham cake made with ripened mangoes, all purpose cream, condensed milk, mango flavoring, evaporated milk, and graham crackers. Usually made and or eaten during the summer or hotter months. A quick summery treat that just takes 5 – 6 ingredients some time in the freezer and it’s ready to be enjoyed.

Mango Graham Recipe

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Course: Dessert, SnacksCuisine: Filipino
Makes around

20

servings

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo ripe mangoes

  • 2 cups or cans ( 300ml each ) all purpose cream, chilled overnight

  • 1 can ( 300 ml ) condensed milk, chilled overnight

  • 1 teaspoon mango flavoring ( optional )

  • ½ cup evaporated milk ( to dip the crackers )

  • 1 pack graham crackers

Directions

  • Prepare the mangoes by taking the fleshier sides and scooping out the ‘meat’ with a cup. Then slice these into thin strips. Set aside.
  • In a bowl, place in all purpose cream and beat or whisk till smooth. Pour in condensed milk and a drop of mango flavoring. Whisk well. Set aside.
  • In a low bowl or tray, pour in evaporated milk. Dip the graham crackers for a few seconds just to help it soften a bit.
  • Layer these in a container. Before covering with some of the cream mixture, then a layer of mango slices. Repeat till you’ve covered the container.
  • Freeze overnight, then in the fridge 4 hours before serving.

Mango Graham Recipe :

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Ingredients

  • 1 kilo ripe mangoes
  • 2 cups or cans ( 300ml each ) all purpose cream, chilled overnight
  • 1 can ( 300 ml ) condensed milk, chilled overnight
  • 1 teaspoon mango flavoring ( optional )
  • ½ cup evaporated milk ( to dip the crackers )
  • 1 pack graham crackers

Steps:

  1. Prepare the mangoes by taking the fleshier sides and scooping out the ‘meat’ with a cup. Then slice these into thin strips. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl, place in all purpose cream and beat or whisk till smooth. Pour in condensed milk and a drop of mango flavoring. Whisk well. Set aside.
  3. In a low bowl or tray, pour in evaporated milk. Dip the graham crackers for a few seconds just to help it soften a bit. 
  4. Layer these in a container. Before covering with some of the cream mixture, then a layer of mango slices. Repeat till you’ve covered the container.
  5. Freeze overnight, then in the fridge 4 hours before serving.

How to make this simple Mango Graham Recipe

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Some may know this dessert as “Mango Icebox”, “Mango Float” or “Mango Royale”, sometimes even as “Mango Tiramisu Graham Recipe”, depending on the brand, since MY San Grahams is the most popular graham cracker brand in the Philippines, dub the dessert as “Mango Float MY San Grahams”. A special summer dessert that some also see as a holiday dessert. A nice snack that kids and adults love as well as can make themselves. These are great for those who are not fond of baking, or are just starting since instead of a chiffon cake you’ll be using the crackers as the ‘cake’ replacement.

To start with the Mango Float ingredients filipino style needs to have mangoes, making sure you get ripest ones to make sure these are absolutely sweet, scooping up the meat from the fleshier parts, then slicing these into slightly thin slices set aside to be used later on. To prepare the cream base made of all purpose cream and condensed milk that has been chilled in the fridge overnight to help create a fluffy but still thick and dense like an easy 2-ingredient soft ice cream. A drop or so of mango flavoring can be added for a bit of color and stronger mango flavoring. Whisk everything well till it looks smooth. Set aside to prepare the layer of graham crackers that are dipped in evaporated milk to help soften these and help stick better to the cream. Prepare the container before dipping the graham crackers to be able to place this in right away. Layer as follows, graham crackers, cream, sliced mangoes, repeatedly until you’ve reached the top of the container, or halfway through, depending on how high you’d like the cake to be. Cover with the lid or cling wrap and place in the freezer for a few hours or in the fridge overnight.

Questions :

  • How much will it cost to make graham cake?

The Mango Graham recipe ingredients average prices are :

  • Mangoes – Php 350
  • 2 All purpose cream – Php 120
  • Condensed milk – Php 35
  • Optional mango Flavoring – Php 54 ( a bottle )
  • Evaporated Milk – Php 35
  • Graham Crackers – 50

Making this final Mango Graham Cake price amount to Php 600 to 644. The prices will differ depending on the season since mangoes do go up or lower in price depending on the type and the province it has been grown/sold in. As well as some ingredients differ depending on the brand. Do also note that all the ingredients can make around 15 – 20 servings.

  • What to use to help stabilize this refrigerated graham cake recipe more ?

Some who prefer no refrigeration or are in a hurry to freeze this dessert try making a “Mango Float with Gulaman” or “Mango Float recipe with Gelatin”. Melt a pack of unflavored gelatin or gulaman in cold water, let it sit till it looks wrinkly, before placing it in the microwave or over a pot of hot water, mix and melt until smooth. Pour this over the cream mixture. Making sure to mix well. Using this immediately to avoid it from solidifying to an almost jelly mixture. This technique can help cut freezing time in half or faster, depending on how cold the freezer or fridge is.

  • How long does mango graham cake last ?

This lasts in the fridge for a week or 2, and in the freezer for over almost a month. If it’s kept in the freezer make sure to let it defrost for a bit to make it easier to slice. Do note to seal the cake in an airtight container or cling wrap the top of the container used.

If you do see it being watery, do not worry, this is just the moisture from the fridge. Pour the water out. To know if it has turned bad, the dessert will smell a bit sour, and you might see green or gray fluffy molds on the cream or mangoes.

  • What containers to use ?

You can use a simple metal or glassware container, to small bowls, or make a mango graham float in a cup recipe which just means that each cup is weight or measured to make sure each cup has the same amount. Measuring the cream to mango ratio helps when one is making a small business (pang negosyo) of mango graham cakes, you can also place these in plastic translucent boxes to showcase each layer, some more delicate cafes aesthetically place the mango float in a jar (glass jar) with a ribbon tied on the lid.

  • Other fruits to use ?

Because this is a mango float freezer cake, thus using sliced mangoes. This does not mean that you can’t use other fruits. Some examples of other fruits used is mangoes are not on season are other frozen fruits that have been thawed and strained, fresh fruits like kiwis or strawberries, canned goods like peaches, or a Christmas favorite, the fruit cocktail (fruit cocktail graham recipe), and any fruit of choice.

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Other Yummy Mango Recipes!

Mango Graham Resipi: (Tagalog version)

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Mga Sangkap :

  • 1 kilo mga hinog na mangga
  • 2 tasa o lasa (300ml bawat isa) all purpose cream, pinalamig magdamag
  • 1 lata (300 ml) condensada, pinalamig magdamag
  • 1 kutsaritang mango flavoring ( opsyonal )
  • ½ tasa evaporada ( para isawsaw sa crackers )
  • 1 pakete graham crackers

Paano Lutuin :

  1. Ihanda ang mga manga, hiwang ang mga malaman na gilid at isandok ang mga laman ng mangga. Hiwain ng maninipis na piraso. Itabi.
  2. Sa malaking mangkok, ilagay ang all purpose cream at batihin or haluin hanggang malinis tingnan. Ibuhos ang condensada at mango flavoring. Haluin ng mabuti. Itabi.
  3. Sa mababang mangkok or trey, ilagay dito ang evaporada. Isawsaw ang mga graham crackers ng ilang segundo para lumambot ng konti. 
  4. Ilagay ang mga ito sa lalagyanan at ilayer bago takpan ng hinalong cream na mixture, ipantay ang cream bago ilayer ang mga mangga. Ulitin hanggang mapuno ang lalagyanan.
  5. I-freeze magdamag, pagkatapos ay ilagay sa ref ng 4 na oras bago ihain.

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