As promised, here is the Danish Butter Cake. This is good any time of the day from breakfast as a coffeecake, to evening as a dessert or, if you're like us, any time of the day. How can you possibly go wrong with almond filling, pastry cream, remonce, and chocolate? If you are not fond of almond paste, omit it from the remonce.
Last week I posted the Quick Danish Pastry and suggested you make the pastry cream. If you did and thawed it Tuesday or, at the latest, Wednesday, you're all set to make this extraordinary Danish Butter Cake. [Read more...]
Quick Danish Pastry dough is based on the same technique I found for making faster 
Place the flour, sugar, yeast, and salt in the bowl of a processor. Process about 5 seconds to mix.
Pour it over the dry ingredients and process until the dough comes together into a ball. 
Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for about 2 hours or until it is frozen about an inch in from the edge. Do not freeze the entire disc.
Pour onto a work surface. 
Repeat twice more with the remaining ingredients.
Fold the top down make a book turn. The butter will look very ragged at this point. That's as it should be. 
Turn the dough package 90° with the seam on your right.
As a committed chocoholic, this Rocky Road Snack Cake fills the bill. I noticed recently that I haven't posted a chocolate recipe for a while and being short on time came up with this really fast snack cake.
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Scones are a welcome treat anytime, but Breakfast Scones area a special treat.
When I think of Indispensable Kitchen Tools, I think of smaller pieces of equipment that make baking and pastry so much easier. These aren’t mixers and processors but the handheld equipment that makes it easier to do a task.
Chocolate Orange Pudding Cake is perfect for a summer chocolate fix. No matter what time of the year I love chocolate. This cake goes together in minutes after the ingredients are assembled. It uses a bowl and a whisk as well as a few measuring tools.
The other day, it occurred to me that a Peach Curd Tart would be perfect for the summer. The Georgia Peaches have been so good this year I have used them every way I can think of.
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While the month of May is designated Fresh Strawberry Month, you can hardly miss it as you grocery shop. We love strawberries and eat them plain, on ice cream, in smoothies, yogurt parfaits, on cereal - any and every way.
With Mother’s Day upon us, this Vanilla Mousse Torte with Strawberries is a perfect do-ahead dessert to honor her. It is light, full of flavor, not too sweet, beautiful, easy to make and almost no bake. I’m not sure what more could be asked of a dessert.
Buttermilk is what we call a “rounder” in food service. It is a person, or in this case an ingredient, that can do almost everything. Buttermilk makes unbelievably tender pancakes, the flakiest biscuits, superior bread, and extraordinarily moist cakes. It can do all of this because of the presence of lactic acid. 
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If you read this recipe for Vanilla Wafers really early, please check again, as some of the instructions have changed. 
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I couldn’t think of anything that says winter more than Bread and Soup. Being in the middle of a blustery winter with snow, wind, and rain all taking their turn, I went to my Sweet and Hot Red Pepper Bread along with an easy to make Broccoli Cheese Soup.
Set aside until the yeast dissolves and the mixture is foamy.
Place in the processor and process for several seconds. Add the flour and salt. 
Process until it comes together. The bread should form a ball that cleans the bowl. If it does not, add additional flour a little at a time. Process for about 45 seconds to a minute to knead it.
Do not over process as you want the olives coarsely chopped in.
Place it in a container sprayed with baking spray. Turn it over so the top is oiled. 
Place a piece of plastic wrap over the dough and cover the container. 
Refrigerate overnight or up to 3 days. It will rise in the refrigerator.
Allow it to rise for about an hour until somewhat less than doubled.
and stir to a paste along with the veggies. Cook for a minute or so if using all purpose flour. There is no need to for the sweet rice flour.
Special Note for Malted Milk Frosted Cupcakes: A friend of mine recently had a problem with the frosting for the cupcakes. As we explored the problem it came down to the malt powder that was being used. I had used Carnation Original Malted Milk powder with no problem. However, when Janet couldn't get the Hoosier Malted Milk powder she always uses, she ordered the 40 ounce (not the 13 ounce bottle I had used) and after, two attempts the frosting failed. It became loose and runny no matter what she did. A little research found a huge difference between the three bottles. Almost all the comments on Amazon referring to the 40 ounce container of Carnation were negative, very negative. However the comments for the 13 ounce bottle were positive. Everyone loved the Hoosier.
Beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Raise the speed to high and, scraping the bowl occasionally, beat for 2 minutes. Add the egg whites and beat on high for 2 minutes, scraping from time to time.
With a number 40 disher/scooper, drop the white batter in the bottom of the cups. 
Wash the disher/scooper and drop the cocoa batter on top.
Alternatively, drop about 1 ½ tablespoons of batter into the bottom of the paper liner and again into the top. The cups will be about ¾ full.
Black Forest Torte is a classic cake from Germany. Layers of chocolate cake are filled with whipped cream and cherries are strewn over the cream. The Black Forest Torte is then finished with more whipped cream and usually decorated chocolate, often chocolate curls.