What are You Baking the Week of March 26, 2017?

[BakerAunt]

On Saturday, I tried a new recipe, "Cranberry Orange [Pecan] Bread," from a bag of Bob's Red Mill Whole Wheat Pastry Flour. The original recipe used toasted almonds, but I'm still working my way through pecans from our tree. I made it as three small loaves rather than a 9x5 inch loaf and baked for 30 minutes rather than 45-55 minutes. One loaf stuck to the pan and came out in pieces. I ran a spatula around the sides of the other two and they are fine. I must have missed a spot when greasing that one pan. The finished bread has a pleasant bright orange flavor.

I also baked Pecan Pumpkin Squares, based on a recipe that came out of The Los Angeles Times years ago, where it was attributed to Joan Drake. I've changed it around a bit. The original recipe used finely chopped walnuts for the bottom crust, but I've been using pecan meal for years.

[Mike Nolan]

I made a Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake on Saturday.

[Italiancook]

I have a question about your Texas Sheet Cake, Mike. I have my beloved stepmother's recipe. I've baked it twice, and it never turned out like hers. How soon after removing the cake from the oven do you pour on the icing? I think the reason her recipe doesn't work for me is that I'm not putting on the icing at the proper cake temperature. Thanks!

[Rascals1]

BakerAunt you talk about some good sounding recipes. I baked a Georgia cornbread cake last night it has not cornmeal in it just pecans for the texture.

[Rascals1]

has not got cornmeal in it

[Mike Nolan]

Depends on how much of a hurry I'm in, I usually let the cake set for 4-5 minutes at most. If the cake is still hot/warm when the frosting goes on, the cake compresses a bit, which changes the texture.

I do things to my recipe that most printed recipes don't do.

I grease the pan with butter then 'flour' it with cocoa powder instead of flour. (For a white cake I often use powdered sugar -- baker's superfine sugar if I have it -- instead of flour.)

I use 4 tablespoons of cocoa in a batch of frosting rather than 3. For a 13x17 cake I always at least double the frosting recipe, I've been know to triple it.

I always make sure the butter/cocoa/buttermilk for the frosting gets to a good boil before I start adding in the powdered sugar, that way the frosting is more like old fashioned fudge. Then I keep it on low/simmer heat for a while so that it's fairly warm when I pour it on.

How can you make a 'cornbread' cake without corn meal??

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Mike Nolan.

[Rascals1]

Its made with pecans and it kind of gives it the texture of cornbread

[BakerAunt]

Rascals--Would you share the recipe with us? It sounds wonderful.

[Rascals1]

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/233353/georgia-cornbread-cake/print/?recipeType=Recipe&servings=12 My daughter gave me the recipe but I found it here. I didn't want to miss credit it.

[cwcdesign]

Not yesterday, but the Saturday before, I made a batch of KAF brownies with the caramel from the Gooey Caramel Brownies that I wrote about before. They were decadent and delicious! I cut them in about 1-1½" squares. A definite keeper. They were my birthday cake for my birthday on Sunday. No other baking last week.

[RiversideLen]

Those brownies sound delicious CWC, Happy Birthday!

[Joan Simpson]

Happy late Birthday cwcdesign.Rascals 1 I'll be trying that recipe ,let you know how it turns out.

[BakerAunt]

Thanks for the link, Rascals. I'll put that recipe on my list of ones to try.

Happy belated birthday, Cwcdesign! It sounds like the food and dessert were perfect.

[cwcdesign]

Thank You Len, Joan & BA. It was?

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