Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions Clarified butter Cocoa powder 7 oz Valrhona extra-bitter Chocolate 7 tb Soft butter 6 Eggs, separated 1/2 c Almond flour 1/2 c Cake flour 1/2 c Confectioners’ sugar 10 To 12 ounces Valrhona Semi-sweet chocolate Bay leaf sauce (recipe Follows) Gather together 10 to 12 2-inch-high cake rings. Cut strips of parchment […]

Ingredients & Directions 24 Unsalted mini rice cakes 1/4 ts Dried rosemary leaves 1/4 c Softened cream cheese 1/4 ts Dried oregano leaves 1/4 c Reduced-calorie sour cream 1/4 ts Garlic salt 1 ts Dried minced onion 1/8 ts Dried dill weed 1/4 ts Dried tarragon leaves Place rice cakes on baking sheet. Blend remaining […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Starter 1 c All purpose flour 1 Egg; lightly beaten 1 tb Sugar 1 ts Salt 1 tb Oil 1/8 ts Nutmeg 1 ts Vanilla ADD LAST 1/2 ts Baking soda; (more if very -sour) The night before making hotcakes, feed your starter. About 15 minutes before making hotcakes, […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 tb Olive oil 1/4 c Minced shallots 1 tb Chopped garlic 2 c Fresh spinach – (packed); -cleaned, stemmed, And chopped Salt; to taste Freshly-ground black pepper; -to taste 1 c Mashed potatoes 2 Eggs 1 1/2 c Fine dry bread crumbs 1 c Flour Bayou Blast; see * Note 2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Golden raisins 1 c Pitted dates, cut into -1/4-inch pieces 1 c Dried apricots, cut into -1/4-inch pieces 1 c Candied pineapple, cut into -1/4-inch peices 2 tb Each candied lemon rind and -orange rind (this is -optional, if you use it -then reduce the amount of -pineapple to […]

Ingredients & Directions -ALISON SCHIFF (NXCJ10A) -BECKEY O’DAY 1 pk Rapid rise yeast 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 pk Yellow cake mix (about 1 cup 2 1/2 c Bread flour 2 tb Butter 1 1/4 c Very warm water Some people use the Jiffy mix. I’ve also used this mix, and last time, I used the […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Duncan Hines chocolate Pudding mix Butter or deep chocolate 1 c Sour cream Cake mix 4 lg Eggs 3/4 c Pecans, toasted & chopped 1/4 c Coffee 2 12-oz pkgs semisweet choc 2 ts Vanilla, divided Chips (divided) 1 c Water 1 4-oz pkg instant chocolate 1/2 c Oil Coat […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sponge 2 c Flour 2 c Milk 2 Eggs 1 ts Soda 3 tb Sugar 1 ts Salt 2 ts Baking powder Put starter in large bowl. Add 2 cups flour and 2 cups milk. Mix well and cover. Leave in warm place overnight. Next morning take out 1 cup […]

Ingredients & Directions –CAKE– 8 oz Raisins Grated rind of 1 lemon 150 ml Whiskey 6 oz Softened butter 3 Eggs 6 oz Soft brown sugar 6 oz Plain flour 1 pn Salt 1 pn Ground cloves 1 ts Baking powder -ICING- Juice of 1 lemon 8 oz Confectioners’ sugar Warm water as needed Crystallized […]

Ingredients & Directions AVALON’S DELECTABLE LITTLE -CHOCOLATE CAKES ============================ -============== [AKA as VALRHONA MOLTEN -CAPPUCCINO CAKE] ………………………. -……………………… -…………. Chris McDonald says this dessert is the mainstay on Avalon’s dinner menu, where it is billed as “VALRHONA MOLTEN CAPPUCCINO CAKE” (The cappuccino part refers to the cups in which it was originally served). It hails […]