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Cranberry Walnut Cake
This is an absolutely fabulous cake!! It's very moist. It doesn't really
need frosting but would be good with a cream cheese frosting or
confectionary sugar sprinkled over the top. I got this recepie from
the Moosewood Cookbook. It can be made with brown sugar or honey.
1 3/4 cups of light brown sugar
OR
1 Cup honey plus 2Tbs orange juice concentrate
1/2 Cup vegetable oil
2 Cups Flour (you can use half whole wheat pastry flour)
1 Tsp Baking soda
1 Tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Tsp Nutmeg
1 Tsp salt
2 eggs
1 Tsp Vanilla
2 cups sliced cooking apples
1/2 Cup walnut pieces
1/2 Lb. fresh whole cranberries
If you are using honey, whip it first at high speed for about 10 minutes
or until it turns white and opaque. Cream together oil and sugar (or whipped
honey plus orange juice concentrate). Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
Sift together the flour and dry ingredients. Add to the first mixture and stir
until thoroughly combined. Stir in apples, cranberries and nuts.
Bake in a well greased 9 X 13" pan, 40-45 minutes at 350.
When I made this cake using a metal pan, I found that the cranberries
stained the pan while baking. If you have a glass pan, you may want
to use that.
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| 1 cup milk
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 tbls honey
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 pkg active dry yeast
1 tsp salt
2 eggs (reserve 1 white for topping)
TOPPING
1/3 cup sugar or powderd sugar
2 tbls soft butter or margarine
1 tbls honey
1 reserved egg white
In sauce pan, heat first 3 ingredients until warm(120-130F).
In large bowl, blend 1 1/2 cups flour, yeast,salt,eggs and
warm liquid. Beat 3 min at med speed. By hand stir in remaining
1 3/4 cups flour. (Dough will be soft and sticky) Cover and let
rise in a warm place until light and double in size, 45 to 60 min.
Generously grease two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans. Stir down dough,
beating 30 seconds. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough side-by-side in
single layer in prepared pans, about 10 rolls per pan.
Combine topping ingredients and drizzle half over rolls. Cover;
let rise again in warm place until doubled in size, 25 to 30 min.
Drizzle remaining topping over rolls before baking. Bake in preheated
350F oven for 25 to 30 min. or until golden brown. Immediately
from pan. aprox. 20 rolls.
NOTE: 1/3/cup honey can be used instead of the sugar
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