Cooking
Another breakfast treat for Matt, ONTBIJTKOEK, from Perfect Cakes.
Didn't take much to sell this cake to Matt...cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, brown sugar and crystallized ginger! Some of his favorite things...
Also included, of course...flour, baking powder, and milk.
Bake, cool, then cover in plastic wrap overnight. According to the recipe, if you skip this step the cake will be rubbery. Hmm...perhaps they shouldn't have created a recipe with potential for rubberiness?
Anyway; Matt enjoyed the cake. Said it was very dense. However, in the future, we will not be putting the chopped crystallized ginger in the batter. He says it too drastically changes the texture of the ginger. We might consider scattering some on the top, but not inside.
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ONTBIJTKOEK, or Dutch Breakfast Cake
Another breakfast treat for Matt, ONTBIJTKOEK, from Perfect Cakes.
Didn't take much to sell this cake to Matt...cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, brown sugar and crystallized ginger! Some of his favorite things...
Also included, of course...flour, baking powder, and milk.
Bake, cool, then cover in plastic wrap overnight. According to the recipe, if you skip this step the cake will be rubbery. Hmm...perhaps they shouldn't have created a recipe with potential for rubberiness?
Anyway; Matt enjoyed the cake. Said it was very dense. However, in the future, we will not be putting the chopped crystallized ginger in the batter. He says it too drastically changes the texture of the ginger. We might consider scattering some on the top, but not inside.
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So what was that I was saying last week? Oh yeah, "I'm going to be good". Ha! This is one of those weeks. It started with a cookout at my parents, followed the next night by dinner out with my family to celebrate three birthdays, and then I had to...
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I've been a neglectful wife. A good wife takes care of her husband, being sure to meet his needs. And I've been lacking in that area lately. Hey, gutter-brain; you can cut that out right now. I'm talking about breakfast. I've already...
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A few months ago, my mother-in-law gifted me with a pretty neat cake pan, called a Mary Ann Cake Pan. I kept thinking of ways to use it, but never got 'round to it. Finally, I decided I just had to come up with something...and since I was giving...
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Another another recipe from this book, a nice, old-fashioned, Gingerbread cake. Flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger and salt mixed together, with a bit of shortening cut in till crumbly. Set some aside, and to the rest mix in egg, molasses,...
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