Trim dark crust from top and sides of cake. Cut cake in half horizontally. Using a 3 1/2 inch cookie cutter, cut 3 mini-cakes from each half of pound cake. Place cakes on a wire rack over a large bowl, stir powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Tint with food coloring and flavor with extract […]
Baking
Banana Almond Muffins
-DRY MIX – 1 c Flour 3/4 c Sugar 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 c Almonds; sliced & toasted Preheat oven to 375F, prepare pans. Combine wet mix ingredients & mix well. Add the dry mix to the wet mix until just combined. Spoon into pans & bake for 15-20 mins. Makes 12. Note: […]
Haworth Bilberry Pie
Mix the bilberries and half the sugar. Core the apples and bake until tender. Scrape out the pulp and sweeten with the remaining sugar and mix with the bilberries. Butter and line a pie plate with pastry. Put in the bilberry filling and cover with pastry. Brush with egg white if using shortcrust pastry. Sprinkle […]
Apple Swirl Cake
Peel, core, and chop apples into small pieces. Mix together with 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Set aside. In large bowl, combine sugar and cooking oil; beat. Add eggs, orange juice, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture. Beat until smooth. Pour one third batter into greased and floured […]
Toasted Pecan Scones
In a food processor, process the flour, the baking powder, the sugar, and the butter until the mixture just resembles coarse meal. In a small bowl whisk together the eggs and the milk, add the mixture to the processor, and blend the dough, pulsing the motor, until it is just combined. Turn the dough out […]
Carrot-raisin Loaf
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. (165 degrees C.). Grease a 9 X 5-inch loaf pan and set it aside. In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, the unbleached flour, soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. In a medium bowl combine the eggs, honey, yogurt and oil. Add to the […]
Fruit Custard Pie
Combine the sugar, flour & salt; add the beaten egg. Bring the milk almost to the boiling point and add gradually to the egg mixture. Pour into the unbaked pie shell and dot the berries over the top. Bake at 350 F for about 45 min – until a knife inserted in the middle comes […]
Orange Freeze Pie
Dissolve gelatin in boiling orange juice.Add ice cream by spoonfuls, blending until dissolved.Chill until slightly thickened.Stir in mandarin oranges.Fold in whipped topping.Pour into pie shell.Freeze until firm, about 2 hours.Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serving.Serves 8.
Biscotti Di Prato (little Almond Cookies)
Preheat the oven to 375F. Place both the blanched and unblanched almonds on a cookie sheet and toast in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, until golden brown. Grind 4 ounces of mixed blanched and unblanched almonds very fine, then cut the remaining toasted almonds into two or three pieces each. Place the flour on […]
Wild Rice Cake
Move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease and flour 12-cup bundt cake pan or tube pan, 10 x 4 inches. Beat all ingredients except wild rice and nuts in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir […]
