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amarula pumpkin spice cake

Amarula Pumpkin Spice Cake
Amarula Pumpkin Spice Cake Rocks!

This is one of those recipes that you need three bowls… one for the dry, one for the wet ingredients and one for the frosting.

  • Wet ingredients bowl:

1/2 cup Amarula Liquor
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup heavy cream
4 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 can 15 ounce solid pumpkin
4 teaspoons pumpkin spice blend

( my blend is 6 parts, cinnamon; 2 parts each of nutmeg, allspice and cloves; 1 part each of mace, cardamon and ginger)

  • Dry ingredients bowl:

2 – 2 1/4 cups bread flour ( start with 2 then check)
2 cups fine sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda


  • Basic process:

gradually blend the dry into the larger bowl with the wet ingredients


  • Baking:

350 degrees for around an hour


  • Frosting:

3 ounces cream cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 cups powdered sugar. (Or as needed to be firm bu pourable)
ADD enough Amarula Liquor to make the frosting thick but pourable ( around 1/4 cup)

top off with sliced Almonds

  • RESULTS:

I made this for my wife’s 60th birthday and all 130 pounds of her had three huge servings… when she thought she’d just have a ‘taste.’

  • Bon Appetite!
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Fight On for ol SC

Nothing like the fun of a Trojan Football Game… here’s our experience in just 60 seconds! CLICK on the picture to see what happened!

My daughter  Karen  — SC Trojan record holder in the women’s shot put — has taught me a lot about social media. Certainly, we on the second half of the century mark have enjoyed facebook, linked in, twitter… and now  PTCH.  Pitch gives us a way of telling and posting our story in pictures and to music using nothing more than your iPhone ( smartphone).

I am sure this ap will just keep getting better and better. FIGHT ON!

 

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the Rabbi Sandwich

the Rabbi Sandwich courtesy of the Nautical Bean!
the Rabbi Sandwich courtesy of the Nautical Bean! CLICK on the picture above to watch the 1 minute build-it-yourself VIDEO!

Sandwiches – by definition — are usually easy things to build and this is by no means an exception. The video made on PTCH …the latest and greatest video site… was easy to make and I think you will get the idea!

There really isn’t too much to learn in putting this sandwich together… and you can buy some smoked salmon rather than curing and smoking it by hand as I did… but it is fun to make and delicious to share with someone you love!

I would like to thank the Nautical Bean in San Luis Obispo for sharing me this fun way to prepare a very traditional sandwich. So much more than just Lox and bagels. Enjoy!

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a Monte Cristo for you

A Monte Cristo with Lingonberries is a meal and a dessert! CLICK on the above picture to see how I make it.

I grew up loving the Monte Cristo served at Disneyland and although memory can fool you, I just don’t think they make it the way I remember over 40 years ago. So I decided to try to recreate this fabulous meal for myself.

Although the Monte Cristo is distinctively American it has some rather popular European roots. Some version or another is prepared fondly in nearly every country. In France , it started off as the “Croque-monsieur” which means something like Crunch-mister… let me know if you figure that out?

It is a fun little meal that really doesn’t take all that time and energy to make… but makes everyone happy!

HERE is the recipe!