Any Home Bakers Here?

[Jesusfreak101]

Thanks ron!!!

 

[ronott1]

I got into the fall spirit today!

I made Apple Cider Pound cake and Apple cider chocolate caramels.

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yield: 8-10 SERVINGS total time: 1 HOUR
This Apple Cider Pound Cake is fluffy, moist, and tastes like fall! The apple
cider and spices add great flavor, and the cinnamon sugar gives a crunch. It's
like an apple cider doughnut in cake form!

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE CAKE:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cloves
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 cup apple cider

FOR THE GLAZE:

2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/3 cup apple cider

FOR THE TOPPING:

2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line the bottom of a 9x5" loaf pan with parchment paper, then spray it with nonstick cooking
spray (the kind with flour) or grease and flour it.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt , cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a medium bowl. Set aside.
3. Stir melted butter, sugar, and sour cream or Greek yogurt in a large bowl. Stir in eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
Add apple cider and dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Bake for 3440
minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. (Mine took 39 minutes.)
5. While the cake is baking, make the glaze. Heat the sugar and apple cider in a small saucepan over medium heat until it
boils. Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat.
6. Stir together topping ingredients, sugar and cinnamon, in a small bowl.
7. Cool pound cake for 15 minutes in the pan. Use a knife to loosen around the edges, then carefully remove the cake and
place it on a cooling rack set over a cookie sheet. Use a pastry brush to brush the apple cider glaze over the top of the cake.
Immediately sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Let cool before eating.

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Author: Tiffany Bendayan
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 6070

Ingredients

For Cider Caramels
2 cups of fresh cider
2 cups of heavy cream
2 cups sugar
1 cup corn syrup
½ cup ( 1 stick) unsalted butter
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of salt

For Chocolate coating

1 lb. semisweet
or dark chocolate
2 Tablespoons butter
Coarse salt for tops (optional)
Instructions

1. Line an 8x8" square pan with parchment paper leaving an overhang paper on the sides for easy removal.
Spray nonstick spray over the parchment paper
2. In a large saucepan, pour the cider and boil on medium heat until the cider reduces to ½ or ⅓ cup. This
takes about 2025
minutes (watch it closely because the cider can burn)
3. After the cider is reduced, add the butter, corn syrup, heavy cream and sugar. Cook this mixture over
mediumhigh
heat.
4. Insert a candy thermometer and cook until the caramels reach 248 to 250
Degrees F. About 2025
minutes
5. Immediately remove from heat and add the cinnamon and salt. Mix
6. Pour into the square pan and leave it on the counter to set. About 46
hours
7. Remove from mold and cut into caramels
8. Place the caramels on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and place in the fridge for a minimum of 30
minutes to harden
9. For chocolate topping
10. Place all but ⅓ cup of the chopped chocolate in a bowl
11. Add the butter
12. Melt in the microwave by heating 30 seconds, then giving it a stir and heat for 30 more seconds. Repeat
this step until all the chocolate has been melted
13. When chocolate is melted, add the remaining ⅓ cup of chocolate and mix until all the chocolate has been
completely melted and the mixture is smooth and shiny
14. Dip caramels into the chocolate using a fork. Tap the fork on the edge of the bowl to shake off the excess
chocolate
15. Place dipped caramels into a lined sheet pan and sprinkle with coarse sea salt

 

[CuzChickens]

Ummmmm. YES PLEASE!!!!! You are welcome to come over for dinner..........

 

[ronott1]

Ummmmm. YES PLEASE!!!!! You are welcome to come over for dinner..........

Yes!

That was the baking and candy making. I also smoked a rack of baby back ribs--three hours in the smoker and they were amazing!

 

[CuzChickens]

Yes!

That was the baking and candy making. I also smoked a rack of baby back ribs--three hours in the smoker and they were amazing!

YUM!!!!! Sounds sooooo good. I love ribs. But then again, who doesn't?

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning! This is my baking for our fall festival at church. I also did 6 apple crisp but didn't have room on the table

 

[sunflour]

Good morning! This is my baking for our fall festival at church. I also did 6 apple crisp but didn't have room on the table

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That's a lot of baking, love the fall cookies - great job.

 

[DigMyChicks]

.   That's a lot of baking, love the fall cookies - great job.

Thanks Sunflour

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Good morning! This is my baking for our fall festival at church. I also did 6 apple crisp but didn't have room on the table

You've been busy! Those cookies are beautiful! Hope your festival is a success.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Thank you! I love to do those cookies. I have cuttters for about every occasion

we had our fall festival yesterday and we had a nice crowd.