Ann Kathleen Mckay’s Strawberry Cake A La Dacquoise

Ingredients & Directions 1 Genoise, 9-inch ** 2 c Buttercream ** 1/4 c Eau de Vie Framboise — (raspberry brandy) 1 c Creme fraiche 1/2 c Cream, heavy 1 pt Strawberries Strawberry leaves, and — flowers 12 Fraise des bois with stems — (wild strawberries) — (optional) ** Recipes for this ingredient are elsewhere in […]

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Pancakes 101

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c Flour 2 tb Sugar 1 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Salt 1 1/4 c Milk 2 lg Eggs 3 tb Unsalted butter; melted 1/2 c Blueberries; optional 1/4 ts Vanilla 1. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. 2. In another bowl, whisk together milk, […]

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Banana Cake W/chocolate Fudge Icing

Ingredients & Directions CAKE: 1/2 c Unsalted butter 3/4 c Granulated sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Pure vanilla extract 3 Ripe bananas, mashed 2 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking soda 1/4 c Sour cream CHOCOLATE FUDGE ICING: 4 oz Bittersweet or semisweet -chocolate 2 tb Cocoa 1/3 c Milk 1/4 c Unsalted butter 1 […]

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Simnel Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3 oz Margarine; softened 3 oz Demerara sugar 2 Eggs; beaten 8 oz Mixed fruit 4 oz Glace cherries; washed, -dried and ; quartered 2 oz Mixed peel; chopped 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Grated nutmeg 1/2 ts Ground mixed spice Finely grated rind of one -lemon 8 oz Flour 2 […]

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Amaretto Whisper Cheese Cake

Ingredients & Directions -JUDI M. PHELPS 1 1/2 c Chocolate wafer crumbs 1 c Almonds; finely chopped and -lightly toasted 3/4 c Butter; softened 1/3 c Sugar ———-FILLING———– 3 8 oz. packages cream cheese -softened 1 c Sugar 4 Eggs 1/3 c Heavy cream 1/4 c Plus 1 teaspoon Amaretto ———-TOPPING———– 2 c Sour cream […]

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Bread Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 Egg yolk 3/4 c Milk 3/4 c Water 2 1/2 c Dry bread crumbs 1 Egg white 2 c Flour 2 ts Salt 3 ts Baking powder 1 tb Melted shortening Soak dry bread in water until soft. Squeeze as dry as possible. Then crumble and measure. Beat egg yolk, add […]

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Black Russian Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Yellow cake mix 1 pk Instant chocolate pudding 2 ts Cinnamon 2 ts Instant coffee 4 Eggs MILK CHOCOLATE FROSTING 1/2 pk Milk chocolate frost mix (14 2 tb Hot water 2 tb Butter, softened 1 tb Brandy 1 tb Orange Flavor liqueur 1/4 ts Almond extract 2 tb Powdered […]

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Chocolate Cheese Cake

Ingredients & Directions 16 oz Vanilla low fat yogurt 1/2 c Cocoa powder 30 oz Part-skim ricotta cheese 2 tb Flour 1/2 c Chocolate wafer crumbs – 2 ts Vanilla -(about 10 wafers) Non dairy whipped topping 2 Egg whites Strawberry halves 3/4 c Sugar Line two collanders with paper toweling. Place yogurt in one […]

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Cappuccino Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c chocolate wafers — : crushed* 1/8 ts ground cinnamon 1 pk light cream cheese — (8 : ounces) 1 c sugar 1 c unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 c nonfat egg substitute** (=3D : to 2 eggs) 2 1/2 c nonfat sour cream : substitute 2 TB coffee liqueur 1 […]

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