New mix . . . vaping some now in a squonker (with some mango/pineapple).
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Creamy Cannoli (base)
WF Cannoli Shell 2%
FA Zeppola 1.5%
FA Cookie 0.5%
SSA Cottage Cheese 1.2% ---> see substitute below
SSA Clotted Cream 0.7%
INW Custard 0.8%
Steep time = 4 weeks / bakery, creams and custard dictate the time. As always, YMMV.
I've been working on this recipe for several months. It's gone through many iterations using several different flavors and a bunch of tweaking. I took my time with this profile.
WF Cannoli Shell is a really good flavor but in order to taste like a real cannoli shell it needs help. FA Zeppola is a fried sweet dough with hints of powdered sugar. It helped a lot to build up the overall cannoli flavor. FA Cookie at 0.5% adds to the realism and also adds some crunchiness to the cannoli shell.
In real life a cannoli is made with ricotta cheese. In DIY no one makes a ricotta flavor (yet). IRL the 1:1 substitute for ricotta cheese is cottage cheese. SSA Cottage Cheese is very pleasing in this mix. As of today, SSA Cottage Cheese is only available via Nom Nomz (see next paragraph).
I also made a variant of this recipe using 1.2% SSA Mascarpone Cream - it was equally as tasty as the cottage cheese. FWIW, there are cannoli recipes IRL that use mascarpone.
The SSA Mascarpone is a 1:1 substitute. It only changes the overall flavor slightly.
SSA Clotted Cream is a nice thick cream and here it's being used to build up the cottage cheese. I tried other creams, none "hit the note" like clotted cream.
IMO, it is currently one of the top three creams we have in DIY.
INW Custard at 0.8% is there to add a very light egg note as well as its other tasty custard notes. It adds complexity to the overall cannoli profile.
FA Custard Premium at 0.5% is a perfect substitute, I made a variation of this mix using it.
While I have named it as a "base" this mix on its own is Mighty Tasty as a bakery vape. So much so, that I would put this mix up against any commercial bakery mix anywhere, anytime. Yes, it is that good!!!
And I do apologize for tooting my own horn, I honestly do, but this mix just totally rocks. Like I said at the get-go, this mix has been in development for months. I was determined to go slow and easy with it. In the early stages I nearly gave-up, my persistence won out.
Any single fruit or combinations of fruits will work with this mix. Start low with percentages, you don't want a fruit overtaking the main profile. I've tried it with mango/pineapple and also with one of my orange bases.
Adding a chocolate will give you either a tease of chocolate at 1% or a full blown chocolate cannoli at 2% (depending on which chocolate is used). A nut flavor, at 0.5% - 0.8%, depending on the nut flavor, will add a light nuttiness (LOL) to the cannoli. I did a variation using 0.8% FA Walnut (it was tasty).
An ice cream flavor at 1% - 1.5% can also be added, or subbed for the cottage cheese. IRL there are ice cream filled cannoli's.
@Zazie can you please add this to your blog? TIA
ETA: added steep time
