Irish Apple Cake
Posted February 17, 2010 – 10:47 am in: Cakes, DessertIngredients:
4 tablespoons butter at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten
4 Granny Smith apples, cored, peeled and diced (2 cups)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup all-purpose flour
Directions:
Preheat [...]
No Comments | Tags:Hundred Dollar Frosting
Posted August 21, 2008 – 12:00 pm in: CakesIngredients:
1/4 cup butter
3 ounces Semi-sweet chocolate
1 large egg
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
Combine butter and semi-sweet chocolate in a double boiler top.
Place over hot water, stirring until melted. Remove and cool well.
Add egg and stir vigorously.
Stir in confectioners sugar, vanilla and lemon juice. Beat until smooth.
Stir in walnuts and [...]
Black Magic Cake
Posted August 21, 2008 – 11:57 am in: Baking, CakesIngredients:
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1/2 cup vegetable Oil
1 cup strong black coffee
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl.
Add eggs, oil, coffee, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat with an [...]
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Posted July 27, 2007 – 8:51 am in: Baking, CakesIngredients:
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1¾ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Topping:
¾ cups brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons chopped nuts
Directions:
Combine sour cream and soda in bowl.
In a separate bowl blend together the butter and sugar, adding sifted dry ingredients alternately with sour cream.
Spread one half the mixture [...]
Watch Out Duff Goldman
Posted April 15, 2007 – 7:51 pm in: Baking, CakesMy wife’s youngest daughter Andrea has taken to cake making and produced this Louis Vuitton purse cake for her sister’s birthday.
Apart from one afternoon class in working with fondant, she’s ha…
6 Comments | Tags:Schamburger Birthday Cake
Posted January 21, 2007 – 5:05 pm in: Baking, CakesWe decided to try Bob Blumer’s Schamburger cake for a birthday dinner today. The “hamburger is made using two white cakes as the bun, a brownie (recipe below) as the meat patty, mango puree as mustard, raspberry puree as ketchup, green and yellow jello as relish and sliced almonds as sesame seeds.
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Brownie Recipe
Ingredients:
1 1/3 [...]
Ganache Frosting
Posted October 18, 2006 – 2:16 pm in: Baking, Cakes, DessertIngredients:
6 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/4 cup whipping cream
3 tablespoons butter, softened
Directions:
Melt the chocolate and whipping cream together in the top of a double boiler over warm water or in a microwave oven on low power for 30-second bursts. Stir often with a rubber spatula to ensure even melting.
When the mixture is smooth, [...]
Lemon Bars
Posted August 11, 2006 – 8:44 pm in: Baking, Cakes, Cookies, DessertIngredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup margarine, softened
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tbsp. flour
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup powdered sugar (for decoration)
Directions:
Heat
oven to 375 degrees. Grease 9×13 pan.
Combine flour, 2/3 cup powdered
sugar and margarine and mix until it comes together in as a ball of dough.
Pat dough evenly into pan. Bake for 20 [...]
Mocha Brownies
Posted February 20, 2006 – 5:33 pm in: Baking, Cakes, Dessert2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup of brewed coffee or espresso
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Frosting
1/2 cup butter
2 tbs. cocoa
1/4 cup milk
1-1/2 cups icing sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 400 F and lightly grease a baking pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour [...]
Carrot Cake
Posted February 20, 2006 – 5:07 pm in: Baking, Cakes2 cups grated carrots
juice of one orange
2 tsps vanilla extract
1/4 cups canola oil (or 1/2 cup apple sauce)
1 cup honey
1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup unbleached flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
Mix the first six ingrediants together in a bowl. Mix the dry ingrediants [...]