Culinary Recipes — dessert
My NEW Favorite Spice Bundt Cake
Laura Ann Masura

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
Blueberry Basil Chocolate Buttercream Cake
Laura Ann Masura

- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1-1/2 tsp vanilla
- ⅔ cup LAJ blueberry basil jam
MUSSO & FRANK Signature dessert: MUSSO TORTEN
Laura Ann Masura

A stop at Musso & Frank is Hollywood is a MUST if you ever come to LA. I was honored when 10 years ago they took the 100 year old recipe to "update it" and the ONLY change was to add my jam. :-)
INGREDIENTS:
- 3 (4-inch) puff pastry rounds
- 3 tablespoons of cinnamon sugar
- 1/2 c powdered sugar
- 2 cups of Laura Ann's Strawberry Vanilla Jam
- 1/2 pint of fresh strawberries