Lemon Berry Cake

Posted: March 7, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Breakfast- Sweet, Cakes | Leave a comment

I know I haven’t posted in ages and ages, but I assure you that I haven’t lost my interest in food blogging. School this term was very busy. However, I have to share two delicious recipes for a berry lemon cake. The obsession started last August when I wanted to make a birthday cake that combined berry and lemons-two things that epitomize summer in my head. At that point, I used Smitten Kitchen’s Lemon Yogurt Anything Cake and added raspberries.

The Smitten Kitchen Raspberry rendition.

This weekend, I wanted to make another birthday cake with blueberries and lemons. I found a recipe on TasteSpotting on this blog, and added blueberries.

Blueberry Orangette Recipe from this weekend.

Both cakes were absolutely delicious (I think the addition of yogurt in both is key!) and it’s very hard to determine which was better. However, the version I made this past weekend was more simple to make. For both, use discretion when soaking the cake in the lemon-sugar glaze. I definitely would have had a soggy mess of a cake had I used all of the glaze I made! I highly recommend either recipe for a weekend brunch or a birthday.

It sank in the middle when it was cooling because I didn’t have a large enough pan. The very gooey piece in the middle was equally delicious in my opinion.

Apple Pancake Contest

Posted: August 9, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Breakfast- Sweet | Leave a comment

During a recent weekend in Chicago, my mom and I developed cravings for a diner-like breakfast. Some scouting around the internet had me drooling for the apple pancake at Sally’s Waffle Shop in the Jefferson Park neighborhood. Even the 45 minute wait for the amazing piece of heaven wasn’t enough to quell my love for this! We feasted on its crisp and sweet exterior and cake like inside.  Back at home, we embarked on a competition to re-create it. My mother insisted it was a Swedish Apple Pie… I won the competition with this delicious pancake, but it wasn’t close to the heaven we had at Sally’s. Perhaps fewer eggs would have helped. (http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/2/16195/restaurant/Jefferson-Park-Norwood-Park/Sallys-Waffle-and-Pancake-Shop-Chicago)

Filling:
3 or 4 tart green apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
1 cup granulated sugar
2 T ground cinnamon
1/4 t nutmeg
1/4 cup butter

Batter:
5 large eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 T granulated sugar
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1 cup milk
2 T melted butter
1 t vanilla extract
~2-3 T brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 425°F and combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a saucepan and cook for about 15 minutes or until apples are tender and fragrant.
2. While the apples bake, melt 1/4 cup butter in the oven in a large frying pan. Remove pan from oven and carefully swirl melted butter to coat all sides. Pour in the apple mixture.
3. Beat the eggs, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and vanilla until well mixed.
4. Pour egg mixture over the apples, sprinkle liberally with brown sugar, and bake for 15 minutes at 425°F; reduce heat to 350°F and cook an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown on top.

Serve immediately! With ice cream, if you’d like 🙂
Makes 4 to 6 servings.