Culinary Recipes — dessert

Hollywood Marmalade Poundcake It is about baking weather here in LA and I made a Hollywood Marmalade Poundcake with the NYTIMES recipe by Melissa Clark. Time to take that last train to YUMSVILLE - I'll meet you at the station! ;-) INGREDIENTS 215 grams Laura Ann's Hollywood marmalade (2/3 cup), divided 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus 1/2 tablespoon for glaze, and more for greasing pan 150 grams granulated sugar (3/4 cup) 2 teaspoons grated lime zest ½ teaspoon grated orange zest 3 large eggs, at room temperature 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice 190 grams all-purpose flour (1 1/2 cups) 7 grams baking powder (1 1/2 teaspoons) 3 grams fine sea...

Laura Ann’s Lo-Fi Strawberry Artisan Fruit Spread (or your favorite berry flavored Laura Ann's Jams)

1 large English hothouse cucumber, peeled and cut into pieces

for the cake:

2 cups cake flour, sifted

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon turmeric

2 tablespoons mild curry powder

1/2 cup golden raisins (I personally soaked them in Sailor Jerry's for 24 hours...but you do you)

1/4 cup unsweetened large coconut flakes

1/4 cup of candied ginger, chopped into pieces the same size as the raisins

2 tablespoons butter, plus more for the pan

1/3 cup vegetable shorteneing

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs, well beaten

1 (10.5oz) caned condensed tomato soup

for the icing:

1/4 cup powdered sugar

2 tbsp Apricot Ginger Jam (3 if you want it more bold)

3 tbsp or more Heavy Cream