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Nov
4
Posted by the Misanthropic Hostess.
…you black-out that apple cake you made. Apples! I’m talking about apples…what did you think I was talking about? So frenzied and absorbing has my baking with apples been in the last few weeks that I actually forgot about this apple cake.
This is the last apple recipe. I promise.
I have to admit, what first drew me to this recipe was the opportunity to shred things with my food processor.
The shredded apples get set aside for a bit in a colander. …
Nov
1
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We know I have a baking weakness for shortbread and sables. So, I couldn’t resist this recipe. Shortbread and toasted coconut? I’m in. The smell of coconut toasting in the oven is a beautiful thing. Along with the nuttiness you would expect come a heady, floral scent that makes me think of warm sand and salty breezes.
Simple dough, a hallmark of shortbread.
Two logs. One for now, one still in the freezer for a later post.
Seriously good stuff!
Toasted Coconut Shortbread
adapted from …
Oct
27
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You realize I couldn’t resist saying that right?
This week we round out the apple-o-rama with a cake that is really a pie. I found this recipe while looking for another in Dorie Greenspan’s Baking from My Home to Yours. It was one of those recipes that I knew I had to try the moment I saw it. She’s named it Russian Grandmothers’ Apple Pie-Cake after a version her own grandmother made when Dorie was a child. And it has a …
Oct
25
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I don’t know about you, but I like having a little trick with my treat. And this, is a good one.
You know that orange spice up there? Guess what it is.
Okay fine. Let’s back up. You can tell what is in the next photo right?
That’s right, chocolate. And, from the this photo, I bet you can guess where we are going (any references to the movie the Sandbox will be completely ignored. This isn’t that kind of trick).
Returning to the …
Oct
20
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Do you mind if we stay in Normandy a bit longer? What if I offer another version of tarte aux pommes?
As I mentioned last Thursday, TD and I were in France a decade ago. Sadly, we have yet to return, but that isn’t the point of this post. Or maybe it is. You see, TD is a bit of a francophobe. Despite everything having turned out pretty much okay, he still hasn’t gotten over World War II. So, the only …
Oct
18
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This cake!
Things start to get a little frenetic around this time of year what with the big holiday season approaching. So, here’s what were going to do: two-a-weeks from here through the end of 2011. We’ve got a lot to cover. So, sit-up, pay attention and let’s do this.
I love Halloween. Well, I love fall in general, but especially Halloween. It’s fun, there are costumes, it’s a little scary. I like a little scary. Of course, there are lots and …
Oct
13
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Apple of my eye. How about them apples? The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Don’t upset the apple cart. It’s like comparing apples and oranges. The big apple. Criss-cross applesauce! An apple for the teacher.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s move on to a month of apples.
To tell the truth, I was feeling a little uninspired in the baking department. However, a friend and colleague (thanks GMS!) made a simple suggestion: tarte aux …
Oct
6
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I swear there is a really great story behind the inspiration for this recipe. But, every time I try to write it down it almost immediately devolves into a “you had to be there but it was really hilarious” tale. Let’s just say it involved giant head sculptures, lots of rain, a certain non-hierarchical leadership model and an incident in a candy aisle at a grocery in a town that shall remain nameless (but shares an eerie commonality with the …
Sep
29
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I procured this recipe from David Lebovitz who borrowed it from from Baked: New Frontiers in Baking. Sadly, I can claim no stake its bizarre and wonderful brilliance. I will say that based on the rather odd surprise guest ingredient in this recipe and, well, the name of the book itself, I’ve surmised that its authors just might have been in an altered state of mind when they developed it. Perhaps caused by another type of brownie or edible substance?
The …
Sep
26
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Name an ice cream flavor after him and suddenly, he’s every where once again.
I would be remiss if I did take this opportunity to remind you that I too, have Schweddy balls. And so can you!
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