DoDo Beginnings : 2015

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

My Go To Thank You Cake

Thank yous should always be sweet and sincere.

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Introducing the Madera Cake with Lemon Syrup

This cake has received many praises.

"The sugar-crusted cake is soaked in lemon syrup, so it stays moist and is infused with tangy citrus, serve it sliced with tea for one of those 'caring and sharing' sessions."

I suggest a tall gorgeous milk (of your choice).

Perfect for Sunday brunches, afternoon snacks, and anytime you want something sweet, but not so over poweringly and tart, not squint your eyes and shake your head sour. This cake is light and refreshing perfect for the summer.

It lives up to it's gold color and tastes like it looks, warm sunshine.

SWEET

SINCERE

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BEAUTIFUL

DELICIOUS

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SERVES TEN

INGREDIENTS
1 cup plus of 2 tbsp butter, softened
1 generous cup of caster (superfine) sugar
5 eggs
2 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
salt

For the sugar crust
4 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp golden (light corn) syrup
2 tbsp granulated sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 2 1/4 lb loaf tin. Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy, then gradually beat in the eggs.

2. Mix the sifted flour, baking powder and salt, and fold in gently. Spoon into the prepared tin, level the top and bake for 1 1/4 hours, until a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean.

3. Remove the cake from the oven and, while still warm and in the tin, use a skewer to pierce it several times right the way through. Warm together the lemon juice and syrup, add the sugar and immediately spoon over the cake, so the flavoured syrup soaks through but leaves doe sugar crystals on the top. Chill the cake for several house or overnight before serving. (OR DON'T sometimes I can't wait and don't wait to eat this one)

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COOK'S TIP
Make double the quantity of cake. Omit the syrup from one and leave plain. Simply cool, wrap and freeze.

Whenever us DoDos make this cake we double the syrup and substitute maple syrup for the corn syrup. We also enjoy the cake hot and crumbly without the syrup.

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PERFECT

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This cake will have those you are thanking wanting to help you out again just to get some seconds!

Seriously so good you'll want slice after slice. I would break my no eating off the floor rule for this yellow awesomeness. (But I kicked that habit when I realized that I am not a dog.)

Sending you a big thanks (a slice of sunshine) your way! ;) Please make and enjoy soon!

Love,

The DoDos

Complete Comfort Food

Bridget Jones

This has such great hearty homey recipes! We use this cookbook so much the binding is coming undone!

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My Go To Thank You Cake

Thank yous should always be sweet and sincere.

So you write the sincere, but you should bake the sweet.

Introducing the Madera Cake with Lemon Syrup

This cake has received many praises.

"The sugar-crusted cake is soaked in lemon syrup, so it stays moist and is infused with tangy citrus, serve it sliced with tea for one of those 'caring and sharing' sessions."

I suggest a tall gorgeous milk (of your choice).

It lives up to it's gold color and tastes like it looks, warm sunshine.

SWEET

SINCERE

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BEAUTIFUL

DELICIOUS

SERVES TEN

INGREDIENTS
1 cup plus of 2 tbsp butter, softened
1 generous cup of caster (superfine) sugar
5 eggs
2 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
salt

For the sugar crust
4 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp golden (light corn) syrup
2 tbsp granulated sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 2 1/4 lb loaf tin. Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy, then gradually beat in the eggs.

2. Mix the sifted flour, baking powder and salt, and fold in gently. Spoon into the prepared tin, level the top and bake for 1 1/4 hours, until a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean.

3. Remove the cake from the oven and, while still warm and in the tin, use a skewer to pierce it several times right the way through. Warm together the lemon juice and syrup, add the sugar and immediately spoon over the cake, so the flavoured syrup soaks through but leaves doe sugar crystals on the top. Chill the cake for several house or overnight before serving. (OR DON'T sometimes I can't wait and don't wait to eat this one)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/032328048X/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469304165&sr=1-1&keywords=ferris+clinical+advisor+2017

PERFECT

This cake will have those you are thanking wanting to help you out again just to get some seconds!

Seriously so good you'll want slice after slice. I would break my no eating off the floor rule for this yellow awesomeness. (But I kicked that habit when I realized that I am not a dog.)

Sending you a big thanks (a slice of sunshine) your way! ;) Please make and enjoy soon!

Love,

The DoDos

Complete Comfort Food

Bridget Jones

This has such great hearty homey recipes! We use this cookbook so much the binding is coming undone!

http://www.amazon.com/Parissa-Strips-Legs-Body-Count/dp/B0002PU85U/ref=sr_1_22_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1460339598&sr=1-22&keywords=wax+strips

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Hi Readers! New Blog!

We are moving! Come check out new posts at our new location! Link below!

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All of Our DoDo Love,

Dobie and Dominique

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Brewing the Buch! (How to make Kombucha)

Make your own Kombucha!!!

It's really easy and fast once you get the hang of it!

OPTIONS:
1) Find a friend with a scoby (the mother mushroom) and after each batch of brewing the mushroom duplicates and you can divide it.

Ask people at your local health food store. That's where I got my first shroom.

2) Buy a starter kit from your health food store. It's about $10-$15.

3) Order from Williams and Sonoma, they have the whole starter kit and just the scoby.

I personally like the third option because you know that the glassware is safe when you buy the whole kit. Since you don't want any lead oxidization to take place during fermentation.

Anyone interested in my shroom. Email me and I will ship to you! :)

INGREDIENTS:

1 GALLON OF WATER
1 CUP OF SUGAR
4 TEA BAGS
1 CUP OF SCOBY/MUSHROOM/CULTURE

INSTRUCTIONS:

I boil about 1/3 gallon enough to melt the sugar and to allow the tea to steep. Add both the 1 cup of sugar and tea bags to the boiling water. I use a stainless steel mixer bowl for this step. Stir until the sugar melts and more water if needed. Wait 20 minutes although 10 is probably enough to maximize the flavor of the tea.

Once cooled, remove the tea bags and use metal or plastic utensils avoiding wood. Then add the remaining water and the starter kit (the mushroom and some of the fermented tea) to a clean* kitchen glass safe gallon jar.

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Too high temperatures are bad for the mushroom killing good bacteria.

Some people do up to 10-12 tea bags/1 ounce of tea leaves. I find that four is enough flavor.

*Should be washed throughly preferably in a dishwasher. Then just to be sure. I pour boiling water all over the utensils. I add a small amount of boiling water to the glass jar and swivel it so the temperature and pressure does not escalate allowing the glass to adjust. Then I repeat those steps with white vinegar. And ALWAYS wipe with a fresh towel.

Cover the glass container with a clean cloth thin enough to allow some ventilation (old t-shirt,cheese cloth,etc.)and brew anywhere from 7-30 days. The longer it brews the more strong and less sweet it becomes.

Store in a dry place. Warm temperatures are the best, 70ish-80ish works. 80-85 is ideal and a faster process.

After you have already made a batch to continue the process just pour out the kombucha into more gl. Be sure to leave about a cup or more of the original batch of the kombucha and mushroom and then add more sugar, water, and tea bags and repeat the process!

Then add fruit to bottles/containers and let it sit over night it will take on the fruity flavor!

My favorite flavor is strawberry lemon. I add a full lemon to the batch and some lemon rind.

This batch is strawberry lemon. However, mixed berry and it tastes like the lemon berry slush from sonic.

My sad attempt at a lemon twist.

Lemon Ginger is my next attempt!

The main health benefit is the probiotics and the mushroom 'eats' all the sugar so I deemed it safe when detoxing or avoiding sugar.

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P.S. I obviously didn't know how to spell Kom-BUCH-A. Or was it that I was too lazy to erase a few letters? You'll never know ;)

Happy Brewing!

All my love, health and happy blessings to you in the TWO-OH-ONE-FIVE!

Dom

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

My Go To Thank You Cake

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My Go To Thank You Cake

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Hi Readers! New Blog!

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Brewing the Buch! (How to make Kombucha)

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