Turrón Layer Cake

 

As you already know, I love Christmas baking, and with festivities always come spanish sweet specialties, in this case Turrón de Jijona, its a confection made with almonds and honey.  Well I still had some left over packages and decided to make a pound cake, I´ve done it before but this time it will include a Turrón butter icing which turned out great!

So here´s the recipe:

 

Ingredients for the cake:

1 can condensed milk

1/2 cup light brown sugar

160 grs. of "Turrón de Jijona"

1 cup of butter

3 eggs

2 cups of flour

1 Tbsp. baking powder

pinch of salt

1/2 cup of milk

 

Ingredients for the Icing:

90. grs butter

2 cups powder sugar

160 grs. turrón de Jijona

1/4 cup of evaporated milk

 

How to:

Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour two round pans.

In a medium bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and set aside.

 In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, add condensed milk and add eggs one at a time, beating until well combined.

Add the crumbled turrón de Jijona.

Add the reserved flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the milk, beat until combined, divide the batter between the prepared pans.

Bake for about 1/2 hour and check every ten minutes till toothpick comes out clean.

Turn out cakes onto the rack to cool completery, cut them by half and wait till they are cooled down.

 

How to prepare the Icing:

just Beat and cream the butter, add the powder sugar, the evaporated milk and the turrón.

 

Now you can finish the cake by filling the layers with it.

 

Decoration

I just cut a heart with paper and sifted some powder sugar, you can really do what you like, this is a very rich cake and a simple decoration turns out great

 

 

i HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!!

 

 

Apple Cobbler

Apple Cobbler always makes me think of home, almost

everyone love cobblers, at least I do :)

I hope you like this easy recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup butter at room t°

1 cup granulated sugar

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

3 eggs

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 can apple pie filling
1/2 cup of milk

Crumble:

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp.cinnamon

How to:

Preheat oven to 350°F

Grease a 9inch pan, and set aside

Combine butter and sugar untill well blended

add vanilla

Add baking powder and flour

mix well

Spread onto bottom of mold

Add apple pie filling

Spread all over the apple filling and batter

Mix crumble ingredients and spread all over

Bake for 50 min.

let it stand untill cooled

and dust with powder sugar if desired

Enjoy!!!



Brandied Applesauce Muffins

Winter is a marvelous season, I just love being with the family in many events and sharing not only time, talks, but also warmth and delicious treats, I created this muffins to please my love for apples and a delicate brandy glaçe.

muffins covered with brandy glaçe

Just add a delicate coat, you can help yourself with a spoon or a pastry brush

out of the oven

Muffins

1 cup applesauce

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

2 eggs

2 tbsp buttermilk

1tsp.ground cinnamon
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Glaçe

1 cup powder sugar

2Tbsp. brandy

2Tbsp evaporated milk

How to

Preheat oven to 375f or 190c.

Grease 20 muffin cups or line them with partchment paper

Combine the brown sugar with applesauce

add buttermilk

add ground cinnamon

add baking powder and flour

Bake until golden brown and a wooden skewer or toothpick inserted in the middle of muffin comes out clean

Remove from oven and cool

Glaçe

Combine the brandy with the powder sugar and the evaporated milk

just add 1 tsp. of it to each muffin

Add some white sugar sprinkles

Polvorones Sevillanos

Our family tradition is to make Polvorones Sevillanos in Christmas, this tradition comes from Spain.

You can wrap them in all kind of Christmas decorated tissue, and maybe offer them in little boxes as presents.

Ingredients
2 kg all purpose flour
•1 kg good quality lard
•1 kg powdered sugar
• 4 Tbsp ground cinnamon
•1/2 cup powder sugar

How to do them
Preheat the oven to 300ºF.
Measure and pour flour out onto a cookie sheet. Place in oven and "toast" the flour. Occasionally move the flour around on the sheet, so that it toasts evenly. Leave in oven for about 30 minutes. Remove and set aside.
It has to be completely cool to start working.
Cream lard, sugar and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add the flour .
Place a sheet of waxed paper on a cutting board or other flat work surface. Press the dough together to form a ball. Then press the dough onto the waxed paper. Carefully flatten it down to about 1/2 inch. Use a cookie cutter to cut out the cookies the traditional one is round
Use a small spatula to carefully move the cookies from the waxed paper to a cookie sheet for baking they are very delicate
Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet for 25-30 minutes at 300ºF.
Remove cookie sheet from oven and allow cookies to cool completely before removing them.
Sprinkle with powder sugar when ready to serve.
Makes approximately 150 polvorones
ready to wrap
wrap them with tissue paper