Bruno’s Chocolate Cake – Plain

Ingredients & Directions 9 Eggs, separated, room temp. 1 tb Rum, dark 1/4 ts Extract, vanilla 1/4 ts Cream of Tartar 8 tb Sugar 12 oz Chocolate, semi-sweet, — melted 6 tb Butter, unsalted, melted 3 tb Cornstarch 2 tb Cocoa, unsweetened 2 1/2 oz Amaretti (about 10 Italian — macaroons), finely — ground For […]

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Tiramisu “pick-me-up” Cake

Ingredients & Directions 2 Egg yolks 1 Genoese – (genoese) cake, 1/2 c Sugar -sliced in 3 layers 1 c Mascarpone cheese 1/4 c Sugar 1 pt Whipping cream – chilled 3/4 c Espresso – or strong coffee 1 ts Vanilla 1 oz Rum CAKE: 2 tb Cocoa powder This is very similar to the […]

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Easy Rum Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Pecan pieces 1 Box yellow cake mix 1 pk Vanilla pudding mix 1/2 c Dark rum 1/4 c Banana Liqueur 1/2 c Vegetable oil 4 Eggs; extra large RUM SYRUP 1/4 lb Butter; melted 1/4 c Dark rum 1/4 c Banana liqueur 1 c Sugar Lightly butter and flour inside […]

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Danish Pancakes – Baked

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Butter 4 Eggs 1 c Milk 1 c Flour Preheat oven to 425. Divide butter into two pie plates. Blend together eggs, milk, flour. Melt butter in pie plate. Divide batter between pie plates. Bake 20 minutes. We had thickened spiced (cinnamon, cloves) peaches over the top. Yields 4 Servings

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Jujube Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 lb Dried jujubes 2 tb Ginseng powder 1/2 lb Glutinous rice flour Knead the jujube with the glutinous rice flour, add Ginseng. Make dough into any form of large biscuit, place in biscuit molds. Steam cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Cakes should be very soft but keep their shape. Yields […]

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Russian Tea Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter/margarine (2 sticks) 2 1/4 c Sifted flour 1/2 c Sifted powdered sugar 1/2 t Salt 1 t Vanilla 3/4 c Finely chopped nuts 1 t Almond extract Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and almond extract together thoroughly. Sift flour and salt together. Blend all ingredience together. Mix in nuts. Chill […]

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Cashew/pecan Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions 2 c VANILLA WAFERS or -BUTTER-TYPE COOKIE CRUMBS 1/3 c SUGAR 1/2 c CASHEWS, chopped 6 tb BUTTER, melted Mix and pat into 10 inch -springform pan, bottom and -sides. CAKE 2 lb CREAM CHEESE, unwrapped and -warmed in Microwave 2 minutes on high 1 1/4 c BROWN SUGAR, packed 5 JUMBO […]

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Mexican Wedding Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 2 Sticks unsalted butter; at -room temperature 1/2 c Confectioner’s sugar 2 c All-purpose flour 1/4 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla Confectioner’s sugar Beat butter with wooden spoon in a bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar until smooth. Beat in flour, salt and vanilla; mixture will be stiff. Pinch off small […]

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Lekach (honey Cake For Rosh Hashana)

Ingredients & Directions 4 Eggs 1 c Brown sugar 1/2 c Strong coffee 2 tb Oil 1 c Honey 3 1/2 c Flour 1/4 ts Salt 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Allspice 3/4 c Blanched almonds 3/4 c Mixed candied fruit 3 tb Brandy From: Ruth […]

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Chocolate Cake #3

Ingredients & Directions 250 g Unsalted butter; melted 250 g Quality dark chocolate; -broken into small blocks 200 g Castor sugar (granulated) 1 c Hot espresso coffee (or one -cup of hot water with a -couple of spoonfuls of -instant coffee dissolved) 200 g Self-raising flour 50 g Cocoa powder 2 ts Vanilla essence 2 […]

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