![]() ![]() Note: Because this cake is a little dry it is best served with whipped cream or ice cream, it also tasted marvelous with blackberries. ![]() I suppose that’s the educational part of baking, learning from mistakes and making adjustments until a proper recipe takes shape. I tossed the plums in a touch of honey before placing them at the bottom of the spring form pan, though I imagine soaking them in a little brandy would also be quite good, since the honey did make them stick a little to the pan. ![]() These are powerful, intimate poems of thirst: for alcohol, for other bodies, for knowledge and for life. My favorite spice is cardamom, so I used this along with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, almond extract, vanilla extract and a small amount of cocoa powder for flavor. Tracking the joys and pains of the path through addiction, and wrestling with desire, inheritance and faith, Calling a Wolf a Wolf is the darkly sumptuous debut from award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar. I'm not supposed to eat much sugar, so I used less than half a cup of coconut sugar, and for the fat I used olive oil, this made for a dense cake that cut cleanly without crumbling and yet had enough air in it to still have a nice springy texture. I’ve been told experimenting in baking tends to lead to failure-lopsided cakes, breads that don’t rise, etc… So I was very surprised when my plum cake actually looked and tasted quite delicious even though I made up the recipe on the spot, drawing from a few different recipes and doing my own thing. ![]() Brunch: Olive Oil Plum Cake: I rarely bake as it requires measuring things and following recipes, and I’d rather experiment. ![]()
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