Desserts
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Apple Spice Cake
3 1/4 c flour
2 1/2 c sugar
3/4 c butter -- softened
3 med eggs
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Combine above then
add:
6 c tart apples --
chopped
2 c walnuts -- chopped fine
Sauce for warm cake:
2 tsp orange rind -- grated
1/2 c orange juice
1/4 c rum
1/4 c sugar
1. Mix first 7 ingredients
together well then add apples and walnuts. Mixture will be very dry. Put
into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake at 350 for 1 1/4 hour.
2. Combine remaining
ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer 10 minutes and pour over warm
cake.
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Bigelow Tea Cake
Recipe By : Bigelow
Constant Comment
Preparation Time :0:50
5 tea bags -- Constant
Comment
1/2 c milk
8 tbsp butter,
unsalted -- softened
1 c sugar
3 lg eggs -- room temperature
1 2/3 c flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1. Preheat oven to
350, grease and flour a 9" round cake pan.
2. Place milk in
small saucepan and heat until bubbles begin to form around the edges.
Do not boil. Remove from heat and add teabags. When cool, squeeze teabags
out and remove.
3. Cream butter and
sugar until smooth. Add eggs and whisk to blend. Add cooled milk mixture
and whisk until completely combined. Finally, mix in flour and baking
powder and mix until smooth.
4. Bake for 35 min
or until center of cake springs back when touched. Remove cake from pan
5 min after removing from oven and cool completely before serving.
5. Great with fresh
berries and whipped cream.
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Chocolate Cheesecake
1 chocolate wafer
pie crust (9 inch)
1 1/2 lb cream cheese -- softened
1 c sugar
3 eggs
2 tbsp butter
12 oz semisweet chocolate
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 c heavy cream -- whipped
1. Whip together
cream cheese and sugar. Add egg and mix.
2. Melt together
chocolate, butter and vanilla. Mix into creamcheese mixture.
3. Whip cream and
fold into above mixture.
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Chocolate
Cookie Crust
1 pkg Chocolate
wafer cookies
1/3 c butter
1. Finely process
wafers and mix with melted butter.
2. Fill one 9 inch
springform pan.
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Flan
Recipe By : Authentic
Mexican by Bayless
Preparation Time :2:30
2 qt milk
1 c sugar
6 eggs
6 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c sugar
1/3 c water
1. Place milk and
1c sugar into a saucepan and boil until volume reduced by 50%.
2. Use 1c sugar and
water to carmalize in the bottom of baking dish.
3. Beat together
remaining ingredients, add to milk and strain into baking dish.
4. Bake, covered
at 350 for 30-50 min in a water bath. Flan is done when a knife inserted
into center comes out clean.
Variations:
1) Double carmal and bake in 10 small molds.
2)
Add 2" cinnamon stick to simmering milk and add 2T each Kalua and dark
rum with the vanilla.
3) Add 6 oz finely ground almonds to reduced milk and simmer 2-3 min then
blend. Add 1 tsp almond extract with vanilla. Bake 40 min uncovered for
first 20 minutes.
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Flourless Chocolate
Cake
Recipe By : Bon Appetite
Preparation Time :1:15
1 1/4 c sugar
1 c butter
6 oz chocolate, semi-sweet
3 oz chocolate, unsweetened
4 eggs
1 tbsp flour
1. Whisk sugar and
eggs together until smooth.
2. Melt chocolate
and butter together and add to egg mixture.
3. Add flour.
4. Bake in a greased
and sugared 9" springform pan at 325 in a bain marie for 1 hour.
5. Serve with raspberry
sauce.
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Fudge Brownies
Preparation Time
:0:50
4 oz chocolate, unsweetened
3/4 c butter
2 c sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c flour
1. Heat butter and
chocolate until melted. Add sugar then stir in vanilla and eggs.
2. Mix in flour until
well blended.
3. Bake at 350 in
a 13 x 9" pan for 35-40 min.
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Orange Basil Ice
Recipe By : CLC
Preparation Time :0:35
3 c orange juice
-- fresh
1 c sugar
5 lg basil, fresh
1. Bring to a boil
and let infuse over 30-45 minutes. Strain and process.
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Party Spiced Pecans
Recipe By : Jo Anne
Merrill
Preparation Time :0:30
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg whites
1 pound pecan halves
Combine sugar, cinnamon
and salt in a small bowl; set aside.
In a large mixing
bowl, lightly beat egg white. Add pecans and stir until coated. Sprinkle
sugar mixture over pecans; mix well.
Spread in a single
layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove nuts
from baking sheet while warm to cool on waxed paper.
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Pumpkin Pie
Recipe By : Elizabeth
Powell
Preparation Time :1:15
1/2 batch pie pastry
-- enough for a 9"pie
2 cups mashed pumpkin
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs -- beaten
3/4 cup light cream
1/4 cup dark rum -- (optional)
Roll out pastry and
line a 9" pie pan with it.
Bake at 450 degrees
for 10 minutes. Cool shell.
Combine pumpkin,
sugar, and spices. Beat in eggs and cream. If desired, stir in rum.
Bake at 325 degrees
for 1 hour or until a knife inserted into pie comes clean.
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Sorbet, chocalate
Preparation Time
:0:40
3 c water
1 1/4 c sugar
1 c cocoa -- Dutch process
1. Bring to a boil
to dissolve cocoa and then process.
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Tart Apple Brown
Betty
Recipe By : Jo Anne
Merrill
Preparation Time :0:45
2 cups bread crumbs
1/4 cup margarine -- melted
4 cups apple slices -- tart
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 lemon -- juice and peel
1/2 cup apple juice
* Use whole grain
bread to make the crumbs. Substitute 1-2 tablespoons wheat germ for equal
amount of crumbs if preferred.
1. Prepare apples:
peel, core and slice thinly to equal 4 cups. Use Granny Smith or other
tart apples.
2. Grate the rind
of 1/2 of the lemon, being careful not to include any of the pith just
below the peel. Juice half the lemon, or all if it is a small lemon.
3. Mix bread crumbs
with melted margarine and blend.
4. Mix sugar with
nutmeg, lemon peel and juice; blend.
5. Grease a casserole
dish with margarine. Put a layer of crumbs on bottom, spread half the
apples atop then half the sugar mixture. Put the rest of the apples, then
the sugar and top with remaining crumbs. Add 1/2 cup very hot apple juice
or water. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 40 minutes or until done.
Cover loosely with foil tent for first 20 minutes to prevent crumbs browning
too quickly.
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Tarte Tatin (apple
tart)
Recipe By : Dunja
Preparation Time :1:20
2 c flour
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c butter -- softened
1 egg
1 pinch salt
4 large apples -- tart
3 tablespoons apricot jam
3/8 c sugar
1/4 c butter
1. Pre-heat oven
to 425
2. Add flour, 1/2
cup sugar, salt and 1/2 cup butter and egg in bowl. Create dough (with
your hands) and form into a ball. Wrap and refrigerate for 20 min.
3. Take remaining
butter and sugar and spread in the bottom of a pie pan. Place in oven
and carmalize (3-5 min). Be careful not to burn.
4. Peel and core
apples. Slice and place on pie pan.
5. Roll the dough
and place over top of pan.
6. Bake ar 400 for
25-30 min until golden brown.
7. Turn over and
put apricot jam on top of tart.
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Tiramisu
Recipe By : Vince
Tyler of Carlucci in Rosemont (Chicago), IL
Preparation Time :0:30
3 tablespoons sugar
2 egg yolks
2 ounces cream cheese
5 3/8 ounces mascarpone cheese
3 teaspoons marsala wine
7 ounces heavy whipping cream -- whipped
2 cups espresso or strong coffee
1 ounce additional marsala
2 tbsp additional sugar
1/2 c warm water
24 French-style ladyfinger cookies
3 tbsp powdered sweetened cocoa mix
STEP ONE: Prepare
Cream Mixture-- In an electric mixer, prepare cream mixture by whipping
sugar and egg yolks on high speed until pale yellow and thick. With mixer
on medium speed, add cream cheese and whip until smooth. Add mascarpone
and Marsala. Mix until incorporated. Fold in whipped cream. Refrigerate.
STEP TWO: Prepare
Espresso Mixture-- To prepare espresso mixture, combine espresso, additional
Marsala, sugar, and warm water.
STEP THREE: To assemble,
dip ladyfingers in espresso mixture. Place one layer of dipped ladyfingers
on bottom of serving platter. Top with one layer of cream mixture. Add
another layer of dipped ladyfingers, topped with a second layer of cream
mixture. Sift cocoa over top.
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