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Walter Mitty Clementine Cake – Cathy Merenda. Ok so I work for the studio that made The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Walter Mitty Clementine Cake – Cathy Merenda

So right upfront you’d think I’d be biased towards the film. Well working for Fox has nothing to do with it. I really love every second and every frame of this movie. To quote Sophia Grace, it is SOOOO good. The cast, the acting, set design, cinematography, dialogue, etc etc etc are great. One of the through-lines in the film is this cake.

This really is a unique cake. 375 grams clementines (approximately 5 small)6 eggs1 1/4 cup (225 grams) white sugar2 1/4 cups (250 grams) ground almonds1 teaspoon baking powderPreheat the oven to 375ºF. 2 cups confectioners sugar3 tablespoons softened butter1/2 cup clementine juiceMix everything in a bowl adjusting clementine juice and sugar to make a loose but thick glaze 3 clementines2 cups sugar1 cup water Slice clementines very thinly.Put sugar and water in a heavy bottomed pan on medium heat. Though clouds do appear. Tahini Bread Roll. Recipes I feel very privileged to be blogging about Turkish food as there is just not enough written about this massive topic.

Tahini Bread Roll

Especially when it comes to the Turkish recipes which one may say are all over and nowhere at the same time. I can rarely find reliable recipes for the Turkish food I want to cook. Most of the time it looks like this: I have eaten a dish somewhere and I want to recreate it at my kitchen so I’d love to find a recipe. My mother-in-law? Online I will come across something which everyone calls Greek and cooks a bit differently. This is why I there is a lot of “re-inventing the wheel” at my kitchen when I am simply trying to translate the flavors I have learned into the recipes that can be shared, replicated and enjoyed.

Poğaça Turkish Cheese Pastry. The whole week I am playing a kitchen patroness.

Poğaça Turkish Cheese Pastry

Because I am replacing one. Anne has got her cancer treatment and at a rehabilitation right now. She would not be able to go outside for a few weeks. When leaving she said, “Now, you are on duty“. Swedish Sticky Chocolate Cake Kladdkaka) Recipe - Food.com - 503491. Chocolate-Almond Saltine Toffee Recipe - Nicole Plue. Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread Recipe. Cranberry Upside Down Cake Recipe. Baking times will vary, depending on the brand of flour, size of pan, thickness of sour cream.

Cranberry Upside Down Cake Recipe

The batter should be gloppy, not runny, so add a little more flour to get to gloppy if your batter is too thin. Some readers have needed to cook this cake longer than the baking times indicated, so definitely test before turning out! Method 1 Generously butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch diameter cake pan. 2 In a small saucepan, place the 1/4 cup of butter and the 3/4 cups of packed brown sugar. 3 Pour the brown sugar butter mixture into the prepared cake pan. 4 Preheat oven to 350°F. 5 In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter until light. 6 Mix a third of the dry ingredients into the mixture. 7 Pour batter over the cranberries in the cake pan, and smooth the surface. Harvest Apple Challah. 1) To make the dough: Combine all of the dough ingredients and mix and knead them, by hand, mixer, or bread machine, until you have a soft, smooth dough. 2) Allow the dough to rise, covered, for 2 hours, or until it's puffy and nearly doubled in bulk.

Harvest Apple Challah

If you've made the dough in a bread machine, allow it to rise in the machine for an extra hour after the dough cycle is completed. 3) Lightly grease a 9" round cake pan that's at least 2" deep. Or grease a 9" or 10" springform pan. 4) Toss the apple chunks with the sugar and cinnamon. 5) Gently deflate the dough, transfer it to a lightly greased work surface, and flatten it into a rough rectangle, about 8" x 10".

Cream Cheese Cinnamon Buns. 1) To make the dough: Mix and knead together all of the dough ingredients to make a smooth, soft dough. 2) Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl or in an 8-cup measure; the measure helps you judge how much it's risen.

Cream Cheese Cinnamon Buns

Let it rise until it's almost double in size, about 2 hours. 3) To make the filling: Combine the nuts in one bowl, and the Baker's Cinnamon Filling and water (or substitute ingredients) in another. Pumpkin Pecan Scones with Brown Butter Glaze. I’ve always wanted to be the kind of girl that can get away with saying ‘y’all’.

Pumpkin Pecan Scones with Brown Butter Glaze

You know… like, ‘I made Pumpkin Scones, y’all!’. Being from California, I feel like I can only reasonably get away with something like, ‘Hey dudes, I made you these Pumpkin Scones! Now, let’s go surfing.’ Mostly annoying, but kinda true.