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Rectangluar sandwich loaf, frosted with cream cheese and mayonnaise, piped around the edges and garnished with cucumber slices and fresh dill fronds.
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Egg Salad Sandwich Cake

Perfect for brunch, lunch or entertaining. Classic egg salad, with a layer of roasted vegetables and a cream cheese 'frosting'.
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Resting time4 hours
Total Time5 hours
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 378kcal

Equipment

  • loaf pan

Ingredients

Bread

  • 24 slices sandwich bread crusts removed or 8 Tramezzini slices.

Egg Salad Layer

  • 5 hard boiled eggs
  • ¼ cup minced onion
  • 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
  • 2-4 Tbsps mayonnaise just enough to hold the egg mixture together
  • 1 dill pickle minced
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper

Roasted Vegetable Layer

  • 1 small eggplant
  • olive oil for brushing
  • 1 large sweet red pepper
  • 2 Tbsps light mayonnaise
  • 3 Tbsps pesto

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 20 oz light cream cheese at room temperature I used Kraft Light Spreadable
  • 2 Tbsps light mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice fresh if possible
  • 1 English cucumber
  • fresh dill weed fronds

Instructions

Bread

  • If using regular sandwich bread, carefully remove crusts from bread. Try to make slices as square and uniform as possible. On a flat surface lay 3 slices of bread end to end with about ¼" overlap. Pinch down the overlap to secure the pieces together to make a rectangle about 4" X 9". Trim to fit your loaf pan if necessary. You will have 8 bread rectangles when you are done.
    If using Tramezzini trim 8 slices to fit your loaf pan snugly.
  • Line a large loaf pan (about 4 ½ " X 10") with plastic wrap lengthwise, with several inches overhang. Repeat lining width-wise with several inches over hang. You are going to use the overlapping wrap to seal the sandwich cake.

Egg Salad Layer

  • Peel and chop cold hard boiled eggs. Combine the chopped egg with the other remaining egg salad ingredients. Only use as much mayonnaise as it takes to bind the egg mixture together. Too much will risk a soggy cake layer.

Roasted Vegetable Layer

  • Preheat broiler or BBQ grill.
  • Wash the whole eggplant. Remove the bulk of the peel on the long sides. Cut strips lengthwise about 1 " thick. The number of strips it will take to cover the loaf will depend on the size of your eggplant.
  • Wash and seed red pepper. Cut it into quarters lengthwise. Press it or trim curved ends to get it to lie as flat as possible.
  • Brush the egg plant slices with oil. Place red pepper skin side down and eggplant slices on pan or grill. Cover if using the BBQ. Grill about 5 minutes. Turn the egg plant slices over. Leave the red pepper with skin side down. Grill another 5 minutes or so.
  • Eggplant will be soft and translucent when done. Red pepper skin should be black and blistering. When done remove them from the grill. Seal red pepper in a bag and allow to cool about 10 minutes.
  • When you can handle the pepper take a small sharp knife and remove all the skin.
  • Combine the mayonnaise and pesto until evenly mixed.

Assembly

  • Place 2 bread rectangles in the bottom of the loaf pan.
  • Then add ½ your egg salad filling and spread it to cover the bread rectangle.  Top the first filling layer with 2 more layers of bread.
  • Lay out your roasted eggplant and roasted pepper to cover the bread rectangle. Spread thepesto topping over the roasted vegetables. Top with 2 more layers of bread. 
  • Spread the last ½ of the egg salad, top with the last 2 bread rectangles. Press the loaf lightly but uniformly. Seal the loaf with the plastic wrap overhand.
  • Allow loaf to rest at least 4 hour and up to 24 hours. When ready to decorate, remove loaf from fridge and unwrap carefully. Transfer the loaf to a serving plate.

Topping

  • Beat the cream cheese, mayonnaise and lemon juice til smooth.
  • Cut about 9 thin slices of cucumber. Then cut each slice in half to get 18 half slices. The exact number you will need will depend on the size of your cucumber and loaf.
  • Cut the remaining cucumber in half lengthwise. With a vegetable peeler make 4-6 long thin strips of cucumber.
  • Cut off some tips of fresh dill fronds.
  • Reserve about ½ cup of the cream cheese mixture. Spread the remaining cream cheese evenly over the top and sides of the loaf.
  • Using a piping bag and tip, take the reserved ½ cup of cream cheese mixture and pipe florettes around the upper edge of the loaf.
  • Position cucumber half rounds along the base of the sandwich loaf. Curl the long strips of cucumber and center them on top of the loaf lengthwise. Position dill fronds decoratively like branches coming off the cucumber curls.
  • Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • To serve cut about a 1" slice at a time. Support the slice with a cake server so it doesn't fall apart when transferring to a plate.

Notes

 Note 1:  To make your own pestosauce blend ¼ cup mayonnaise,  ½ cup fresh basil, ½ clove of garlic and 1 tablespoon pine nuts in a blender till the sauce is uniform.

Nutrition

Calories: 378kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 143mg | Sodium: 718mg | Potassium: 304mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g