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Applesauce Cake

Applesauce cake
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
salt (dash)
1/2 cup cultured unsalted butter
3/4 cup demera brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup applesauce
1 cup raisins

1. Mix dry ingredients.
2. Cream the butter and brown sugar and mix under fluffy.
3. Add egg and beat well.
4. Alternately add the dry […]

Soup, then Berry Angelfood Cake

More of the green lentil soup wit broccoli, saltless-top soda crackers and boiled mushrooms.

Some thawed raspberries, strawberries and other field berries piled on top of angel food cake makes a quick spur-of-the-moment dessert from the freezer to fill the gap.
You can make whole wheat angel food cake too. It takes 15 eggs and, like […]

Poffertjes

Poffertjes are these teeny Dutch pancakes. They can come from a mix or recipe.

They are cooked in this pan which looks rather like what you would set out devil’s eggs on. It’s called an aebleskiver pan. The best are cast iron the lady at the kiosk said, for durability and even heat. […]

Pecan Ice Cream

One cannot live on ice cream alone, but how pleasant to contemplate trying…
[This was store-bought but if you want to try, a recipe]

Tulip Festival Fare

The food fare part of the Tulip Festival is around the world. We tried out Cheese Tamales, beans and rice thanks to Azteca Mexican restaurant…

….red bean paste sticky rice thanks to the Chinese Cultural Center and this

Indonesian drink with lychee and durian and gelatinous flavored bits.

Fortune

Fortune cookies with original fortune and a second to dialogue with the first, such as “Tomorrow busts the balls of ghosts.” and “Your uniqueness is more than an outward appearance.” Some chimed more, some less.

Banana Breakfast

One must play with one’s food.