The first book that came to mind is 'Pure Dessert' by Alice Medrich, a fairly new addition to my collection.
This wonderful cookbook is a collection of delicious recipes such as: almond cake, Italian Chocolate-Almond torte, Honey Caramels, Olive Oil Chiffon cake with Vin Santo to name a few.
The 'Before You Start' section at the beginning of the book is a great write up defining ingredients, equipment and methods. It was a toss up whether to make the olive oil chiffon cake with vin santo or the olive oil pound cake with sherry - but the latter won. I was curious to see how a pound cake would taste made with olive oil instead of butter.
The recipe calls for a tube or bundt pan or two 8 by 4 inch loaf pans. I make three smaller cakes using 7x3 aluminum loaf pans (one to eat, one to freeze and one to give away).
Although I made a couple of substitutions, (lemon zest for orange zest, vin santo for sherry) the cakes came out quite delicious! One was given away but after the second one was sliced and eaten, the third cake did not make it to the freezer as planned!
Olive oil and Sherry Pound Cake
From Alice Medrich’s “Pure Dessert”
From Alice Medrich’s “Pure Dessert”
3 comments:
Isn't this pound cake the best! It was easy and so flavorful. Alice Medrich is my guru...I just love her concepts and methodology.
I have seen a few people make this and love it - I definitely need to try it!
First, good for you and your quest to make things from your cookbooks and blog about them. I truly, truly need to do the same thing. I read cookbooks like novels but then too often, fall into the trap of making the same tried and true things, week in and week out. I think that is largely to do with being single and living alone. I used to cook more when I was married. Why do we so often stop treating ouselves to a complete home cooked meals when we are alone? Hm.
Anyway, this looks lovely and delicious. I'm a quest for a perfect pound cake as I like plain cakes and am not a big fan of chocolate. I've always been curious about these olive cakes. I think I feared they'd be too heavy or dense, but yours doesn't look that way a'tall!
Post a Comment