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Instructions

Prep

  • 1. Seitan / Shallots / Green beans – prep as directed. Store separately.
  • (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
  • 2. Tarragon – Finely chop tarragon. Also fine with dried in a pinch.
  • 3. Potatoes – Peel and cube potatoes. Use cold water when soaking.

Make

  • 1. Heat oven to 425°F / 218°C.
  • 2. Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with cold water and some salt.
  • Cover and bring to a boil.
  • 3. Meanwhile, toss green beans with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
  • 4. Heat a large skillet with cooking oil over medium heat. Add seitan and sear on all sides. Sub-steps:
  • sear on all sides
  • baste with butter until golden
  • 5. Add butter to pan with seitan. When butter melts, add shallots and tarragon.
  • Bundt cake test photo

Ingredients

For the seitan

  • 2 cups seitan, sliced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 tbsp tarragon

For the potatoes

  • 1 lb baby potatoes
  • salt to taste (optional)

For the green beans

  • 1 lb green beans
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • Soup reference photo

Notes

  • Adapted from cooksmarts.
  • Don’t make any of the sauce — it’s not good and skip the extra glaze.
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Instructions

Prep

  • Seitan / Shallots / Green beans – prep as directed. Store separately. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
  • Tarragon – Finely chop tarragon.
  • Potatoes – Peel and cube potatoes.

Make

  • 1. Heat oven to 425F / 218C.
  • 2. Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with cold water and some salt.
  • Cover and bring to a boil.
  • 3. Meanwhile, toss green beans with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
  • 4. Heat a large skillet with cooking oil over medium heat. Add seitan
  • and sear on all sides.
  • 5. Add butter to pan with seitan. When butter melts, add shallots and
  • tarragon.

Ingredients

For the seitan

  • 2 cups seitan, sliced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 tbsp tarragon

For the potatoes

  • 1 lb baby potatoes
  • salt to taste

For the green beans

  • 1 lb green beans
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Notes

  • Adapted from cooksmarts.
  • Don’t make any of the sauce it’s not good.

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Instructions

Prep

  • 1. Seitan / Shallots / Green beans – prep as directed. Store separately. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
  • 2. Tarragon – Finely chop tarragon.
  • 3. Potatoes – Peel and cube potatoes.

Make

  • 1. Heat oven to 425F / 218C.
  • 2. Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with cold water and some salt. Cover and bring to a boil.
  • 3. Meanwhile, toss green beans with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
  • 4. Heat a large skillet with cooking oil over medium heat. Add seitan and sear on all sides.
  • 5. Add butter to pan with seitan. When butter melts, add shallots and tarragon.

Ingredients

For the seitan

  • 2 cups seitan, sliced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 tbsp tarragon

For the potatoes

  • 1 lb baby potatoes
  • salt to taste

For the green beans

  • 1 lb green beans
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Notes

  • Adapted from cooksmarts.
  • Make extra sauce; it’s even better the next day.

Chocolate Orange bundt cake

Author: MaryAnn Dwyer https://thebeachhousekitchen.com/chocolate-orange-bundt-cake/#recipe Servings: 10 servings Prep Time 20 minutes mins Cook Time 55 minutes mins Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 2 Tbsp. freshly grated orange zest

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Generously spray a 10-cup bundt pan with nonstick baking spray with flour. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, kosher salt and cinnamon until well combined. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the bowl as needed. Add eggs, one at a time, making sure to beat well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Add the flour mixture in 3 separate additions, alternating with the orange juice, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Fold in the orange zest.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan, tapping the bundt pan on the counter to release any air bubbles. Bake until a toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out mostly clean (just a few crumbs), about 50-55 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let totally cool on a wire rack.

Glaze

  • You could either dust with confectioners’ sugar or perhaps do an orange flavored glaze. I would use 1 cup of sifted confectioners’ sugar mixed with 1-2 tablespoons of orange juice. Enjoy!

Option

  • add a tsp of espresso powder to enhance the flavor of the chocolate

Brown Sugar Maple Pound Cake

Prep Time 15 minutes mins Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins Cooling Time 30 minutes mins Total Time 2 hours hrs https://iambaker.net/brown-sugar-maple-pound-cake/

Ingredients

  • Pound Cake
  • ▢ 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
  • ▢ 1 ¼ cups (2 ½ sticks / 283.5 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ▢ 2 cups (400 g) light brown sugar packed
  • ▢ 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
  • ▢ 6 large eggs, room temperature
  • ▢ 2 teaspoons maple extract
  • ▢ 3 cups (390 g) cake flour
  • ▢ ¼ cup (61 g) buttermilk, room temperature
  • No salt or baking soda or powder needed; for the buttermilk I now use King Arthur’s buttermilk powder with water; this needed 1 Tablespoon per 1/4 cup water
  • Maple Glaze
  • ▢ ¼ cup (½ stick / 57 g) unsalted butter
  • ▢ 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • ▢ 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • ▢ ½ cup (62.5 g) confectioners’ sugar
  • Quick glaze
  • In a hurry glaze: whipping cream –about 1/4 cup; 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp maple extract Add more sugar or cream to get desired consistency

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray a 10-inch bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter on medium speed until smooth, about 3 minutes.
  • Gradually add the brown sugar and granulated sugar, mixing until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  • Add the maple extract and mix until well combined.
  • With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the cake flour, mixing just until the flour is fully incorporated.
  • Mix in buttermilk until just combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything is mixed well.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and smooth the top with the spatula. Bake for 75-80 minutes, starting to check for doneness at 1 hour by inserting a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it comes out with just a few crumbs but no wet batter, it’s done. The cake should have a deep golden brown crust on the edges and a lighter center.
  • Once baked, let the cake cool completely in the pan before inverting onto a serving plate.
  • While the cake cools, prepare the maple glaze. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the unsalted butter, maple syrup, and heavy whipping cream. Bring the mixture to a boil and continue boiling for 1 minute.
  • Remove the pan from heat and immediately whisk in the confectioners’ sugar until smooth. Let the glaze cool for 25-30 minutes, or until it has slightly thickened.
  • Once the cake has cooled and the glaze has thickened, drizzle the glaze evenly over the cake.
  • Let the glaze set slightly before serving.

Orange and creme fraiche cake

  • Ingredients
  • 250g ctn crème fraîche = 1 cup
  • 3 eggs, lightly whisked
  • 2 oranges, rind finely grated, juiced or 1 really large orange
  • 375g (2 1/2 cups) plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 200g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature = 1.8 sticks of butter
  • 215g (1 cup) caster sugar
  • 150g (1 cup) icing sugar also called powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp milk
  • Orange zest, to serve

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 F or 180C/160C fan forced.
  • Grease a 2.25L bundt pan.
  • Combine the crème fraîche, egg and 80ml (1 ⁄3 cup) of the orange juice in a bowl.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder and bicarb in a separate bowl.
  • Use electric beaters to beat the butter, caster sugar and 1 tbs of the orange rind in a large bowl on medium speed for 12 minutes or until very pale and creamy.
  • Gradually fold in the flour mixture and crème fraîche mixture, in alternating batches, until the mixture is smooth and combined.
  • Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean.
  • Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Add the milk, 3 tsp of orange juice and the remaining orange rind.
  • Stir until combined.
  • Drizzle over the cooled cake.
  • Sprinkle with orange zest.

www.taste.com.au/recipes/orange-creme-fraiche-cake/rm6kypyl

Alison Adams

White Velvet Cake

It’s an easy, from scratch layer cake that’s fluffy and moist with a velvety, tender vanilla crumb. It is also called Vintage Buttermilk Cake
Course CakeCuisine American – Vintage Prep Time 15 minutes minutes Cook Time 45 minutes minutes Cooling Time 10 minutes Total Time 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes Servings 12 Calories 517k cal Author Marye Audet-White www.restlesschipotle.com/buttermilk-cake

Equipment

  • 3 8-inch round cake pans
  • Stand mixer
  • rubber spatula

    • Ingredients

    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
    • 3 cups sugar
    • 2 tablespoons vanilla I used clear vanilla
    • 2 cups buttermilk room temperature

    Instructions

    • Grease 3 8-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with a circle of wax paper or parchment. Set aside. (Note – My pans are Wilton with high sides. If you have pans with lower sides you may get 4 layers instead of 3).
    • Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl.
    • Set flour mixture aside.
    • Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
    • Beat in vanilla.
    • Add dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
    • Add egg whites and beat at medium speed for two minutes.
    • Divide equally between prepared pans.
    • Bake at 350° for 20 minutes, reduce heat to 325 and bake for 25 minutes more, or until the cake tests done ( a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.)
    • Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out and finish cooling on a wire rack.

    Notes

    • Storage: You can wrap the unfrosted cake layers in plastic wrap and store for 2 days at room temperature or freeze for up to three months. Once frosted it should be fine at room temperature for up to 5 days – depending on the frosting you use. I’ve never had one last that long – they usually disappear by day two! Tips:Expert Tip: Make sure everything is at room temperature for best results.
    • I find it best to start creaming butter and sugar with the paddle attachment and then switch to the whisk attachment to finish it off.
    • It takes about 7 minutes to cream the butter properly.
    • Using a parchment paper or wax paper round on the bottom of the cake pan allows you to remove the cake easily.
    • Use any frosting you like. I used the cream cheese frosting here.

    Key Lime Bundt Cake

    This cake makes it into the top 5 favorites!
    Prep time: 30 Minutes; Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes; rest 2 hours 30 minutes; Total time 4 hours, 5 minutes. 12 to 16 slices Source:bakerbynature.com

    What you’ll Need:

    • Key Limes: You’ll use key lime zest as well as key lime juice. If you cannot find key limes, you can use bottled key lime juice and just regular lime zest.
    • Bundt Pan: The key to a great bundt cake is a great bundt cake pan! This cake was developed specifically to be baked in a bundt pan, and I do not know what the results will be like if you bake it in a 9×13-inch cake pan, or try to convert it to cupcakes.
    • Nonstick Baking Spray: Consider this your insurance policy for your cake coming out of the pan. You’ll want to spray every nook and cranny of your pan with this. And spray it RIGHT before adding the cake batter.
    • Flour: All-purpose flour is the only flour I recommend using for this cake. I cannot advise on making this gluten free or using nut flours/oat flours.
    • Baking Powder: Make sure it’s fresh… and never swap baking powder for baking soda!
    • Salt: Just a dash balances flavors and sweetness. Don’t skip this unless you’re using salted butter. See more on that below.
    • Butter: Unsalted works best, but in a pinch, salted butter will work. Simply omit the salt called for in the recipe. Make sure your butter is at room temperature or it won’t properly cream.
    • Cream Cheese: Use the brick variety, and make sure it’s full-fat and at room temperature before you begin baking.
    • Granulated Sugar: Do not cut back on the amount here or your cake will be overly tart. I also don’t suggest using brown sugar. This swap will not only change the appearance of your cake (it’ll bake up much more brown in color) but will change the flavor by adding a molasses undertone, which doesn’t pair well with the key lime flavor, in my opinion.
    • Vanilla Extract: I always suggest using pure vanilla extract, not artificial or imitation vanilla.
    • Eggs: You’ll need 5 of them! Make sure your eggs are of the large variety and are at room temperature.
    • Oil: While I call for canola oil, vegetable oil or coconut oil (refined or unrefined) will all work here. The small amount ensures your cake keeps its moist crumb for days on end.
    • Powdered Sugar: For the smoothest glaze possible, be sure to sift your sugar before use.

    Ingredients 

    For the Cake:

    • 3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 and 1/2 cups (340g) unsalted butter room temperature
    • 1 cup (227g) brick-style full-fat cream cheese room temperature
    • 2 cups (398g) granulated sugar
    • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    • 5 large eggs room temperature
    • 1/2 cup (113ml) key lime juice
    • 3 Tablespoons (36g) key lime zest finely grated
    • 2 Tablespoons (28ml) canola oil

    For the Soaking Syrup:

    • 1/3 cup (76ml) key lime juice
    • 1/2 cup (99g) granulated sugar

    For the Icing:

    • 2 cups (228g) confectioners’ sugar sifted
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 2 and 1/2 Tablespoons (35ml) key lime juice
    • lime zest finely grated, for garnish, optional
    • lime spirals for garnish, optional

    Instructions 

    For the Cake:

    • Preheat the oven to 325°F. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together until well combined. Set aside until needed.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute.
    • Gradually add in the sugar, then increase the speed to medium-high and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla extracts.
    • Reduce the speed to medium, then add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the lime juice, lime zest, and oil. 
    • Reduce the speed to low and add in the flour mixture, mixing just until combined. 
    • Generously grease a 10-inch (12-cup) bundt pan, being sure to coat all of the nooks and crannies. I suggest using a non-stick baking spray that has flour in it, or greasing the pan with shortening or butter, then dusting it with flour.
    • Scrape the cake batter into the pan and, using a rubber spatula, evenly smooth the top. 
    • Bake for 60 to 65 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown AND a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan, set on a wire rack, for 10 minutes. Then invert the cake onto the rack.
    • Slowly brush the warm lime soaking syrup all over the cake, top and sides, allowing it to sink in before adding more.
    • Once all of the syrup has been added, set the cake aside to cool completely, about 2 and 1/2 hours.

    For the Soaking Syrup:

    • In a medium saucepan, combine the lime juice and sugar. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook, whisking frequently, just until the sugar has completely dissolved.  Remove from heat and use as directed above.

    For the Icing:

    • In a large liquid measuring cup or bowl, combine the sugar and salt. Whisk in the lime juice, mixing until just combined. The mixture should be super thick and just barely pourable. If the glaze is too thick, add more lemon juice, a teaspoon at a time. If the glaze is too thin, add more confectioners’ sugar, a Tablespoon at a time.
    • Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake. Decorate with lime zest and lime spirals, if using. Then allow it to set for 20 minutes. Slice and serve! 

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