serves 10
You might need to buy:
- chopped pecans or 1 cup chopped walnuts
- cold water
- cooking oil
- amber rum or 1/2 cup 1873 rum
- Glaze
- water
- amber rum or 1/2 cup 1873 rum
serves 40
You might need to buy:
- granulated sugar
- water
- vegetable oil
- real vanilla
- almond extract
- sour cream
- large egg whites
serves 20
You might need to buy:
- flour
- milk
- vegetable oil
- vanilla extract
ready in about an hour and 15 minutes;
serves 2
You might need to buy:
- melted butter
- brown sugar OR honey
- vanilla extract
- zest of 1 orange
- whole wheat flour
- white flour
- salt
- baking soda
- baking powder
- nutmeg
- ground cinnamon
ready in about an hour and 15 minutes;
serves 1
You might need to buy:
- flour
- sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- sunflower or corn oil
- milk
- egg
- chocolate chips
ready in about an hour and 20 minutes;
serves 16
You might need to buy:
- eggs
- applesauce
- molasses
- ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg
- ground cloves
- finely shredded orange peel
Please do test different times out for your own microwave – there’s a scale that goes something like:
cake goop → self-saucing pudding → delicious cake! → heavy, not-so-good cake → stale, crunchy “cake” → dear lord what have we done?
(The last three are pretty much guaranteed to leave you unhappy.)
ready in about 5 minutes;
serves 2
You might need to buy:
- cocoa
serves 14
You might need to buy:
- kirsch or 2 tablespoons hot water
- cake flour
- vanilla extract
- almond extract
You might need to buy:
- half and half
- sugar
- margarine or butter
- semisweet chocolate chips
- vanilla
- eggs
serves 12
You might need to buy:
- Chocolate Cake:
- brown sugar
- vegetable shortening
- buttermilk
- sifted all-purpose flour
- Hot Fudge Sauce:
- unsweetened chocolate
- unsalted butter or 8 tablespoons unsalted margarine
- powdered sugar
- evaporated milk