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Portuguese Orange-Olive Oil Cake
Post | David Leite on 11.02.09 | 92 Comments
Portuguese Orange-Olive Oil Cake

Last week I was on one of my favorite shows, Connecticut Style, with Desiree Fontaine and Sonia Baghdady. I made my Orange-Olive Oil Cake. It was a huge hit with them, the crew, and even …

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cardamom Cream Cheese Frosting
Post | Linda Avery on 10.20.09 | No Comment
Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cardamom Cream Cheese Frosting

by Sara Engram and Katie Luber with Kimberly Toqe
from The Spice Kitchen: Everyday Cooking with Organic Spices
(Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2009)
Makes 12 cupcakes
Next time your kids mention gingerbread, surprise them with these gingerbread cupcakes with a …

Semolina-Olive Oil Cake with Drunken Grapes
Post | Linda Avery on 09.08.09 | 4 Comments
Semolina-Olive Oil Cake with Drunken Grapes

by Fran Gage
from The New American Olive Oil
(Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2009)
4 servings
This semolina-olive oil cake was inspired by a dessert I had at A Voce restaurant in Manhattan. Semolina flour, the finely ground endosperm …

Crustless Apple Crumb Cake
Post | Donna Desfor on 09.07.09 | No Comment
Crustless Apple Crumb Cake

by Joan Nathan
from Jewish Cooking in America
(Alfred A. Knopf, 1998)
Serves 10 to 12 (pareve) or (dairy)
One recipe from the Temple Israel cookbook was a crustless apple crumb cake. An Americanized apple streusel, also known as …

Blueberries-and-Cream Cupcakes
Post | Linda Avery on 07.07.09 | No Comment
Blueberries-and-Cream Cupcakes

by Martha Stewart Living
from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes 30 standard or 60 mini
The summery combination of blueberries and whipped cream tops berry-filled cupcakes. The muffin-like cakes, which can also be served for breakfast or …

Raspberry Marble Cheesecakes
Post | Linda Avery on 07.07.09 | No Comment
Raspberry Marble Cheesecakes

by Martha Stewart Living
from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes 32
Smaller adaptations of favorite desserts, such as raspberry-swirled cheesecake, are always appealing. Everyone gets his or her own, with plenty of buttery graham-cracker crust in each …

Mocha Cupcakes
Post | Linda Avery on 07.07.09 | No Comment
Mocha Cupcakes

by Martha Stewart Living
from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes 24
Dramatic peaks of coffee-flavored seven-minute frosting and a single coffee bean crown mocha cupcakes; the coffee variation of Swiss meringue buttercream and chocolate-covered espresso beans would …

Raspberry, Ginger, and Honey Shortcakes
Post | Linda Avery on 05.28.09 | No Comment
Raspberry, Ginger, and Honey Shortcakes

by Carole Bloom
from Bite-Size Desserts
(Wiley, 2009)
Makes fourteen 1 1/2–inch round shortcakes
convert Ingredients
For the shortcakes
3/4 cup (3 1/4 ounces) all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon (1/4 ounce) firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) …

Portuguese Mini Lemon-Orange Cakes
Post | David Leite on 05.15.09 | No Comment
Portuguese Mini Lemon-Orange Cakes

Queques de Limão e Laranga
by David Leite
Makes about 2 dozen 2-inch cakes
Queques are small cakes that can be flavored with most anything: vanilla, lemon, orange — even savory bits such as chicken, chouriço, or presunto. …