Category: Cookies-Cake-Pastry

TIP OF THE DAY: Uses For Marmalade & Recipe For Marmalade Olive Oil Cake

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[1] The most popular use for marmalade: as a bread spread (photo courtesy Beth’s Farm Kitchen). [2] Olive oil cake with a marmalade topping. The recipe is below. (photos 2 and 3 courtesy Lucero Olive Oil). [3] Mandarin orange agrumato olive oil. Learn about agrumato below. [4] Coconut shrimp with marmalade dipping sauce. Here’s the…
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Cakes, Gateaux, Tortes, Tortas, & Tarts: The Difference

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[1] A torte is a short, dense, single-layer cake. Here’s the recipe for this beauty, a chocolate-pecan torte, which even has its own holiday: August 22nd (photo © All We Eat). [2] An almond coconut torte: one dense layer. The recipe developer called this a cake, which is the broad category. But within the world…
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Valentine Brownies, Quick Or Old School, Plus 5 Brownie Holidays

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[1] Share the love with heart-shape brownies. [2] Dutched cocoa removes the bitterness by adjusting the pH with alkali. [3] Use the best quality chocolate chips. We like Ghirardelli and Guittard (photos 1, 2 and 3 courtesy King Arthur Flour) [4] Dutched cocoa at left, and natural cocoa at right (photo courtesy Silk Road Spice…
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RECIPE: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

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[1] Sink your teeth into this chocolate peanut butter cheesecake (photo © Plugra). [2] Use your favorite creamy peanut butter (photo © Jif). [3] The better the chocolate you use, the better-tasting the outcome will be (photo © Nothin’ But Foods).   National Peanut Butter Day is January 24th. We’ve had many flavors of cheesecake…
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FOOD 101: The Different Types Of Pastry

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January 23rd is National Pie Day, and we’ve been fielding questions about the difference between pies and tarts, and the difference between pie and pastry. To start, we refer you to one of our most popular articles, The Difference Between Pie and Pastry. Now on to pastry. Pastry is a broad category that includes pies…
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