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Olive Oil, Amaretto, Almond, Orange Cake

My mom got this recipe from Food52 and adapted it while I was studying abroad in France. She made it for my dad for Valentine’s dad and sent me pictures. I was dying to make it since then and we finally got around to remaking it last week. It was incredibly moist and the perfect dessert to go with our homemade Ricotta Possibly the best cake I’ve ever tasted!
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  • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 cup almond flour/meal
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/4 cup whole milk (we used 1 cup whey left over from the ricotta and 1/4 cup heavy cream)
  • 3 lg eggs
  • 1 1/2 tbsp grated orange/tangerine zest
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange/tangerine juice
  • 1/4 cup amaretto
  1. Heat oven to 350° F. Oil, butter, or spray a 9-inch cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
  2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and powder. In another bowl, whisk the olive oil, milk eggs, orange zest and juice and amaretto. Add the dry ingredients; whisk until just combined.
  3. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for one hour, until the top is golden and a toothpick comes out clean. Transfer the cake to a rack and let cool for 30 minutes.
  4. Run a knife around the edge of the pan, invert the cake onto the rack and let cool completely, 2 hrs

Ricotta is highly suggested!       Original recipe: https://food52.com/recipes/26709-maialino-s-olive-oil-cake
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Sesame Balls

hiking the NA PALI coast...

When my mom got a vitamix we went into a crazed vitamixin’ phase. One sunday when my dad was making breakfast we realized we’d finished the peanut butter. After breakfast he likes to have some peanut butter. Not one to just spoon it out of the jar, he artfully modifies his spoonfuls with honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, sometimes some nuts or seeds. Anyways I decided I would whip up (or grind up) some peanut butter in the new handy contraption. The peanut butter was great but it only lasts up to a week and I guess I got a bit overzealous because I made a bit more than we really needed. So, towards the end of the week I solved that problem and turned the leftover peanut butter into these no-bake dessert/energy snacks.

Peanut Butter:      (I used my vitamix but it would probably work in a food processor)

  • 1/2 cup peanuts
  • a splash H2O
  • dash vanilla extract
  • dash cinnamon
  1. blend peanuts w/ a little water until it turns into a paste. eat peanut butter

Aforementioned Dessert/Snacks:

  • peanut butter (you can use store bought if you don’t have home-ground)
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • a few more dashes on cinnamon
  • a dash of salt
  1. spread sesame seeds on a mini baking sheet and toast them for a couple of minutes. not long.
  2. mix the cinnamon with the hot seeds (to bring out the aroma)
  3. add salt to the mix
  4. roll peanut butter into balls then roll in the mixture
  5. keep in fridge

 

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