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Favorite recipe: Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake


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March 24th, 2010

Lemon Poppy Seed-Sour Cream Cake from Rose's Heavenly Cakes

This is Rose's signature cake ( and mine) made larger and more flavorful. This version adds sour cream to the recipe, that gives it a wonderful mouthfeel. It has a rich buttery flavor, perfumed with lemon... read more >


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The Way to Cook

By Julia Child
Knopf - 1993

26th January 2010

Roast Racks of Lamb

When I make rack of lamb I like to use this recipe for herb and mustard coating. It easy to prepare, the mustard gives extra flavor and the crumb topping gives the rack of lamb an attractive presentation.

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The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Sarah Leah Chase
Workman Publishing Company - 1985

This is a fantastic appetizer. At all of my parties this is a MUST have appetizer. I haven't had on guest that didn't love them. They are quick and easy to make and can be made hours ahead and refrigerated till needed. Give them a try!

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The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Michael McLaughlin
Workman Publishing Company - 1982

20th January 2010 (edited: 23rd January 2010)

Phyllo Triangles

This is a very easy appetizer to make, and delicious. They are so good that a Greek friend of mine remarked that they were better than his mother's. What a compliment! You can make them ahead and then freeze them. Great to have on hand. There are three fillings that you can make, I used the feta and spinach.

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20th January 2010

Pasta Sauce Raphael

If you like artichokes, than you will love this sauce. It has a spicy kick with the unique flavor of the artichoke. It is simple and easy to prepare.

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24th January 2010

Spicy Shrimp

Got Shrimp? Well I have something different you can do with them. It's simple, spicy and delicious.

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24th January 2010

Potato-Cheese Soup

This is a real yummy soup. Moderately easy to prepare and good on a cold winters night. Definitely not low calorie.

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This sauce is very good in the summer when there are fresh herbs from the garden. Very simple to make and delicious.

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24th January 2010

Veal Roll

This is a great dish for a dinner party. It takes a bit of work to assemble the roll and make the tomato sauce. But after you roast the veal you just slice and serve. It makes a beautiful presentation and it will wow your friends and family.

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24th January 2010 (edited: 24th January 2010)

Egg Salad with Dill

This is my favorite egg salad. The combination of mayonnaise,sour cream and dijon mustard is wonderful.
Add the dill and it's perfect.

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24th January 2010

Shrimp and Artichoke Salad

When you need a different salad for the buffet table , try this recipe. It is simple to make and delicious.

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24th January 2010

Profiteroles

The dough for the profiteroles is actually very easy to make. You can use the same dough to make cream puffs. After they are baked, stuff them with whipped cream instead of ice cream.

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24th January 2010

Cheese Straws

Very simple to make and delicious. Two ingredients, store-bought puff pastry and parmesan cheese.

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24th January 2010

Pasta Puttanesca

This is a quick and easy pasta dish. It's strong flavors are not for everyone, but if you like a combination of olives,garlic,capers anchovies, this dish is for you.

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My family doesn't like mayonnaise based potato salads, so this is a great recipe for me. It's lighter and the flavor of the potato shines. It's delicious with or without the bacon.

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24th January 2010

Technicolor Bean Salad

Very simple and easy to make. Nice combination of beans or substitute the beans you like. Garlic dressing is ver flavorful.

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24th January 2010

Garlic Dressing

This dressing is good with the technicolor bean salad on the same page or use it on your own salad.

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24th January 2010

Sherry Mayonnaise

Very simple to make. Good on the shrimp and artichoke salad on page 225. Also good on a sandwich,or as a dip for a vegetable platter.

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Rose's Heavenly Cakes

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
Wiley - 2009

15th January 2010

Whipped Cream Cake

This ia an easy moist and tender cake, but it contains no butter. You use heavy cream to replace the butter ,unusual but delicious. It was fun to make.

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16th January 2010

Apple Upside-down cake

I made this cake for my husband's birthday (October), he loved it. Easy to prepare,even though there are two steps. First you make the apple and walnut topping and then the batter. Bake the cake,let cool 1 to 2 minutes, invert onto plate and serve with or without the Bourbon Whipped Cream. Simple and delicious.

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17th January 2010 (edited: 24th March 2010)

Chocolate Velvet Fudge Cake

Very easy and quick to make. Moist and very chocolaty. I needed a cake to bring to a friend's house, I had all of the ingredients and the instruction were short. Everyone loved thecake.

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24th March 2010

Miette's Tomboy

This is a small cake (6 inches) perfect for a few people. It is a deep dark fudgy chocolate cake, with vanilla buttercream frosting. It has a good balance of ingredients that combine to give you the most delicious bite of chocolate cake. The frosting isn't too sweet, but complements the cake beautifully. I added a little bit of raspberry preserves to the buttercream for the filling in the cake. Everyone wanted seconds.

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This is Rose's signature cake ( and mine) made larger and more flavorful. This version adds sour cream to the recipe, that gives it a wonderful mouthfeel. It has a rich buttery flavor, perfumed with lemon and an added crunch of poppy seeds. I have made the original recipe (Cake Bible) many, many times over the years, and I'm sure this version will become a family favorite.

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Rose's Christmas Cookies

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1998

26th January 2010

Mexican Wedding Cakes

This cookie melts in your mouth. It is a mixture of ground pecans, powdered sugar, butter, and flour. Its simple to make and delicious.

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Everyone needs a great recipe for sugar cookies, this is it. Use it with your favorite cookie cutters and enjoy.

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27th January 2010

Rose's Crescents

This is one of the Christmas cookies that I make every year. I make two recipes that yield over one hundred cookies. This is a very labor intensive cookie, but they are really worth it. The crescents are very soft and fragile and they melt in your mouth. These sweet buttery morsels disappear in a flash.

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27th January 2010

Lemon Poppyseeds

Rose's signature cake and mine is the lemon poppyseed cake from the Cake Bible. This is Rose's cookie version.
They are crunchy but capture the flavor the cake. They disappear quickly.

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27th January 2010

Lora Brody's Rugelach

This recipe makes the best rugelach you ever tasted. If you buy the book for this recipe it would be worth it. It makes about 4 dozen and they can be frozen and baked when needed.

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Pure Chocolate: Divine Desserts and Sweets from the Creator of Fran's Chocolates

By Fran Bigelow, Helene Siegel
Broadway - 2004

31st January 2010

l'orange

This is a delicious torte that I made for a friend's birthday. Since it contains no flour it was perfect because he is on a gluten-free diet. It has a great flavor combination of chocolate, orange and almonds. The Chocolate Butter Glaze is beautiful topping.

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The Pie and Pastry Bible

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
Scribner - 1998

15th January 2010

Perfect Peach Pie

Great recipe to make when the peaches are sweet and juicy in the farmers market. A little more work to collect and reduce the juices but worth it. Delicious

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Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day

By Peter Reinhart
Ten Speed Press - 2009

20th March 2010 (edited: 20th March 2010)

Pain a l'Ancienne Rustic Bread

I had to make this bread after all the great reviews on this website and others. Well, they were right, this bread is easy as it is delicious. My family loved the bread, and I plan to make the baguettes often. When I cut into the bread and saw the large holes, I was very excited. But when I tasted the bread, I was sold on this recipe.

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The Perfect Recipe

By Pam Anderson Executive Editor, Judith D. Love
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2001

These are the BEST brownies that you ever had. They are everything the title says and more. Everyone raves about them. They are simple to make but you must follow the instruction closely. Do no overbake, you will be rewarded.

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Very creamy and delicious, easy to make.

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The Paris Cookbook

By Patricia Wells
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2001

31st January 2010

The Apple Lady's Apple Cake

This recipe came from the lady that sells apples at a farmers market in Paris. She said she begged for months for the recipe, and I'm glad she did. It has the true flavor apples without too much cake.

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Website: Orangette

www.orangette.blogspot.com
 

Really, really good, so much better than store-bought. Easy to make and great to give as a gift. Very additive.

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The New Basics Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins
Workman Publishing Company - 1989

19th January 2010

Hot and Sassy Corn Bread

This is an unusual corn bread in that it contains both cream-style and fresh corn, it also has a little bit of whole-wheat flour and a jalapeno. The corn bread is easy to make and moist and delicious.

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Nella Cucina: More Italian Cooking from the Host of Ciao Italia

By Mary Ann Esposito, Lauren Jarrett
Morrow Cookbooks - 1993

23rd January 2010 (edited: 23rd January 2010)

Timballo di Maccarun

The name of this dish sounds very impressive, but it's just a molded macaroni casserole. This dish takes a bit of time to make, but it's worth the effort. It's a mix of macaroni and two cheeses encased in a meatball mixture with prosciutto or pancetta on top. This is my son's most requested recipe, he loves it.

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Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories: Recipes and Reminiscences

By Nathalie Dupree, Tom Eckerle
University of Georgia Press - 2004

31st January 2010

Cheese Straws

These are the first cheese straws I ever made, delicious then and delicious now. Fun to make too.

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Martha Stewart's Pies & Tarts

By Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter - 1992

23rd January 2010

Raspberry Genoise Tart

Make this tart when the raspberries are in season at the farmers market. It is fairly simple to make, the hardest part is making the genoise batter. Be careful not to deflate the batter when folding the flour and butter into the mixture. If you follow the instructions properly you will have a light and buttery tart, best eaten the same day.

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23rd January 2010

Candied Clementine Tart

This is a simple and delicious tart. The clementines must be made ahead of time, but are easy to make. The filling goes together in a snap, pour into a partially baked tart shell, and float the candied clementines on top. The tart can be made without the clementines, but makes a beautiful presentation and adds to the delicate flavor.

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This is my favorite pie. Her directions are simple to follow and the extra high meringue is spectacular.

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24th January 2010

Red Raspberry Tartlets

If you have fresh raspberries from the farmers market and want to make a simple dessert,this is it. A tart shell, whipped cream and fresh raspberries. Heaven.

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24th January 2010

Cranberry Tart

This tart is very simple to make and it is wonderful on the Thanksgiving or Christmas table.

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The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook

By Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Clarkson Potter - 2000

26th January 2010

Lemon Curd

Easy to make. Use for lemon meringue pie, filling for cake or spread on toast.

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26th January 2010

Best Buttermilk Pancakes

This is my go to recipe for pancakes. Easy to put together with a light and fluffy texture.

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26th January 2010

Lemonade or Limeade

This is a good recipe because it makes a strong drink,so when you add ice cubes the lemonade doesn't get watery. Add some cranberry juice for pink lemonade.

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Website: Martha Stewart

www.marthastewart.com
 

30th January 2010

Lemongrass Seafood Stew

A light main course with the flavors of Asia. There are a number of ingredients but they go together quickly.Delicious over rice.

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Website: Martha Stewart

www.marthastewart.com
 

When I made this recipe, I roasted the chicken instead of poaching it. The sauce is made with the flavors of Mexico, chiles,cilantro,pumpkin seeds, etc. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.

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Website: Martha Stewart

www.marthastewart.com
 

This is a yeast cake so it needs time to rise. They are worth the time it takes to make them. Traditionally they are made on Good Friday, but they are delicious anytime.

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Website: Martha Stewart

www.marthastewart.com
 

31st January 2010 (edited: 31st January 2010)

Honey Madeleines

Very simple and easy recipe for madeleines. You can use different flavors of honey to give this recipe some variation.

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Website: Martha Stewart

www.marthastewart.com
 

These biscotti, with the combination of chocolate and pistachio are delicious. They are softer than a traditional biscotti.

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