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COLLECTION: Cakes Vol.4 (of 5)COLLECTION: Cakes Vol.4 (of 5)

A home-style COLLECTION: Cakes Vol.4 (of 5)COLLECTION: Cakes Vol.4 (of 5) made with Graham Cracker Crumbs, Sugar, Margarine, Cream Cheese Softened, and Chunk Style Peanut Butter. Serves 12. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

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COLLECTION: Cakes Vol.4 (of 5)COLLECTION: Cakes Vol.4 (of 5)

Ingredients

Method (preview)

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    Combine cream cheese, sugar, peanut butter, and flour, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Batter will be very stiff.)

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    Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

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    Blend in milk; pour over crust.

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    Bake at 450 for 10 minutes.

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    Reduce oven temperature to 250; continue baking for 40 minutes.

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    Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.

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    Stir jelly until smooth; drizzle over cheesecake in lattice design.

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    Chill.

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    Place in large mixing bowl: Flour, Sugar, and Salt. (Combine Mixture)

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    Place in saucepan: Margarine, Water, Shortening, and Cocoa. Bring to boil and pour over flour mixture. Mix Well.

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    Place in another bowl: eggs, Baking Soda, Buttermilk, and Vanilla. Mix Well add this mixture to hot mixture. Mix Well.

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    Bake in greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan at 350F for 15-20 min.

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    Melt Margarine and Cocoa in saucepan, but DO NOT BOIL, Mix Well.

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    Take off heat and add powdered sugar, Vanilla, Nuts, and Milk ( add just enough milk to make the icing thin enough to spread).

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    Mix Well.

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    CAKE WHILE HOT.

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    Thirty minutes before serving, lift torta from loaf pan and remove foil.

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    Serve with large slices of French bread.

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    Blend all ingredients in blender or food processor until smooth.

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    Crust: combine indredients. Mix well. Press mixture evenly over bottom and sides of an 8 or 9 inch pan. Chill.

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    Filling: mix gelatin and 1/2 cup sugar in saucepan.

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    Add pineapple juice.

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    Let stand until gelatin has softened.

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    Place over low heat; stir until gelatin dissolves.

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    Remove from heat.

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    In large bowl, beat egg yolks well.

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    Gradually beat hot gelatin mixtures into egg yolks.

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    Let cool.

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    In medium bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffly. Add to gelatin mixture; beat until well blended. Stir in rum and coconut extract.

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    Refrigerate gelatin mixture to chill. Stir frequently as mixture thickens. When gelatin mixture is consistency of unbeaten egg whites, remove from refrigerator.

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    Fold egg whites into thickened gelatin mixture. Turn into prepared crust. Refrigerate for 6 hours or as long as overnight.

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    Topping: combine ingredients in saucepan.

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    Stir until cornstarch dissolves.

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    Cook over medium heat, stirring, until sauce boils and thickens slightly.

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    Chill.

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    Spoon sauce over top of cheesecake.

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    Mix well together

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    Add to liquid mixture (beat well after each addition)

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    Add sifted dry ingredients. Mix well.

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    Pour into greased and floured 9x13-inch pan. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes.

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    To firm up your cake - you can add about a half package of instant pudding mix to it.

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    Cook for 10 minutes the raisins, sugar and water.

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    Add the shortening and let cool.

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    Add the remaining ingredients.

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    Bake at 300 degrees for 45 min.

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    Beat all ingredients together for five minutes. Grease and flour bundt pan. Bake 50 minutes at 325 degrees.

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    Heat oven to 350o F. Grease & flour 2 9"x5" loaf pans Cream butter & sugar.

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    Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

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    In a separate bowl, mix together all dry ingredients, except raisins and poppyseeds.

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    In a measuring cup mix milk, water & flavoring.

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    There should be just over 1 cup liquid.

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    Add dry mixture and liquids alternately to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.

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    Add poppyseeds and blend thoroughtly, then add the raisins and stir them in gently by hand (to prevent the flour-coating from coming off which will send all the raisins to the bottom of the cake!)

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    Pour batter into prepared pans and bake appx.

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    Remove the top piece of wax paper, lay the marzipan, paper side up, on the cake, and peel off the paper.

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    Press the marzipan against the sides of the cake and trim off any excess around the bottom.

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    Dust the top of the torte with sifted confectioners' sugar.

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    PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE (1)

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    Maple syrup and walnut halves for garnish

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    Generously butter a 9 in. springform pan with the softened butter.

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    Sprinkle gingersnap crumbs into the pan and shake to evenly coat the sides and bottom. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.

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    Gradually beat in the brown sugar.

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    Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each.

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    Sift in flour, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and salt.

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    Blenad well.

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    Beat in pumpkin puree and pour into the pan.

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    Bake at 325oF for 1 1/2- 1 3/4 hr. Test center with a toothpick.

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    Remove from oven and cool for 1 hr. Remove the ring and let the cake finish cooling to room temperature.

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    Refrigerate, covered, until chilled.

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    Serve peices drizzled with a little (2 tsp?) maple syrup and a couple of walnut halves for garnish.

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    PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE (2)

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    Cream margarine, sugar until light and fluffy.

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    Blend in egg.

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    Add flour and mix well.

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    Press dough on bottom & 2" high on sides of 9" springform pan or a high sided cake pan.

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    Bake at 400F for 5 min. Reduce temperature to 350F.

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    Combine softened cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer till well blended. Blend in pumpkin, spices and salt.

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    Mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

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    Pour mixture into pastry lined pan; smooth surface to edge of crust.

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    Bake at 350F for 50 min. Take knife and loosen cake from rim of pan.

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    Cool before removing from pan. Chill. Garnish with whipped cream just before serving if desired.

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    PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE (3)

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    Preheat the oven to 400 deg.

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    F. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9 inch diameter 3 inch deep spring- form pan.

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    Cut in butter, egg yolk and extract.

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    Evenly press the dough on the bottom and up the sides (to within 1/2 inchcm" of the top) of the springform pan.

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    Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.

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    Remove and set aside to cool while preparing the filling.

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    Increase the oven temperature to 475 deg.

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    F. Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth and soft.

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    Beat in the sugars, flour, spices and pumpkin until well blended.

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    Add egg yolks and eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

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    Add vanilla extract, beat in well.

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    Stir in the cream.

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    Pour filling into the pastry crust.

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    Bake for 12 minutes.

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    Without opening the oven door, reduce the oven temperature to 200 deg.

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    Remove from the oven, refrigerate overnight.

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    PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE (4)

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    For crust, combine crushed zwieback, 3 tablespoons sugar, and melted butter.

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    Press into bottom and 2 inches up sides of 9-inch springform pan.

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    Bake in a 325 oven for 5 minutes.

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    For filling, in a large mixer bowl combine the softened cream cheese, pumpkin, the 3/4 cup sugar, the 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt.

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    Beat till blended.

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    Add eggs, beating with electric mixer on low speed just till blended.

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    DO NOT OVERBEAT. Stir in the light cream. Turn into crust-lined pan.

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    Bake in a 325 oven for 50 minutes. Combine the sour cream, the 2 tablespoons sugar and the 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; spread over cheesecake.

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    Bake 5 minutes more. Chill.

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    For crust: In medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and butter.

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    Spray 12x8x2-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Press crump mixture onto bottom of dish.

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    For filling: In food processor or mixer bowl, combine cream cheese, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla until smooth and well blended.

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    Pour mixture over crust.

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    Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for 15 minutes.

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    In medium bowl, stir together remaining eggs, remaining sugar, pumpkin, milk, and cinnamon until well blended.

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    Carefully spoon pumpkin mixture evenly over cream cheese layer; smooth top.

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    Return to 350 degree F oven; bake an additional 40 to 45 minutes, or until pumpkin is set.

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    Cool and chill.

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    For topping: Pipe or spoon whipped cream over top; garnish with slivered candied ginger if desired.

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    Cut into squares to serve.

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    May also be served as a frozen desert.

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    Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla. Mix at medium speed until well blended.

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    Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Reserve 1 cup of batter.

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    Add remaining sugar, pumpkin, and spices to batter and mix well.

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    Spoon batters alternately over crust and cut through mbatters with knife to make marble effect.

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    Bake at 350 for 55 minutes.

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    Loosen cake from rim of pan.

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    Chill.

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    In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, oil and eggs.

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    Stir in pumpkin and orange peel.

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    Add to creamed mixture alternating with orange juice.

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    Pour batter into a greased and floured 12 cup bundt pan.

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    Bake at 350F for 50 to 55 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean.

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    Cool 5 minutes; invert onto wire rack.

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    Cool thoroughly.

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    Spoon orange glaze over cake.

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    Blend together to spreading consistency

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    Beat in the eggs one at a time, until mixture is light and fluffy.

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    Beat in the pumpkin pie spice and the heavy cream at low speed.

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    Mix in the pumpkin.

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    Pour into prepared pan.

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    Bake in a slow oven (325) for one hour and 35 minutes.

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    While pie is baking, mix the topping ingredients, first the butter and brown sugar until crumbly, then blending in the nuts.

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    After the one hour and 35 minutes, remove the pie from the oven.

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    Spread the topping over it, and return it to the oven for 10 minutes.

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    Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate for several hours, or overnight.

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    For the filling, beat cream cheese, remaining lemon peel, and remaining vanilla till fluffy.

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    Combine the 1 cup sugar, the 2 tablespoons flour, and salt; gradually stir into cream cheese mixture.

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    Add the 2 eggs and 1 egg yolk, beting at low speed just till combined.

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    Stir in milk.

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    Turn into crust-lined pan.

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    Bake in a 450F oven for 10 minutes.

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    Reduce heat to 300F; bake 50 to 55 minutes more or till the center is set.

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    Cool for 15 minutes.

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    Loosen sides of cheesecake from pan with a spatula.

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    Cool 30 minutes; remove sides of pan.

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    Cool about 2 hours longer.

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    Chill thoroughly.

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    Top with raspberries and Raspberry Sauce.

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    Combine raspberries and cornstarch. Add jelly. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Strain and cool.

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    Preheat oven to 325F. In medium bowl, combine cookie crumbs,butter and brown sugar. Press firmly on bottom and sides of a 9" springform pan.

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    In large blowl, beat cheese until fluffy.

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    Beat in sugar, sour cream and eggs until smooth.

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    On low speed, add leomon juice, flour and vanilla, mix well.

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    In medium bowl, stir 1/3 of the batter into strained raspberry filling Mix well.

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    Pour remaining batter into prepared pan; using spoon, drop the raspberry filling into the plain batter.

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    With knife, swirl filling into batter.

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    Bake 1 hour or until center is set.

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    Carefully loosen top of cheesecake from teh edge of pan with a tip.

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    Cool. Chill. Remove sides of pan. Garnish as desired.

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    Stir everything together, then bake one hour at 180-195 degrees Celsius (about 356-383 degrees Fahrenheit).

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    Spread about 4 cups rhubarb pieces in 9x13 pan.

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    Sprinkle with 1 pkg Strawberry Jello (dry powder) as evenly as possible.

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    Sprinkle 1/2 to 1 cup sugar over that.

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    Next layer is 1 pkg yellow cake mix (straight out of the box).

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    Last pour 1/2 to 1 cup water over everything.

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    Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.

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    Good warm, good cold, good plain and yummy with Cool Whip on top.

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    Grease heavily and flour a bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts on bottom of pan.

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    Mix all ingredients and pour into pan over nuts. Bake at 325 for 50-60 minutes.

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    While the cake is baking, get ready to make the glaze. The glaze should be ready at the same time the cake is done.

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    Put glaze ingredients in a small pan and heat til boiling and let boil for 2 minutes, no longer.

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    Pour glaze around outside of cake pan immediately upon removing from oven and let cool in pan for twenty minutes.

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    Remove from pan.

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    Beach Bears, Gummy Worms, and/or Gummy Sharks for garnish (optional)

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    Using soapy water, wash sand buckets and shovels, rinse them and dry them, then set them aside. On a microwave safe dish, place butter.

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    Place in microwave on defrost (or 30% power) for 1 minute.

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    Put butter in large mixing bowl.

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    Repeat softening process with cream cheese and add to mixing bowl. (Note: you can also place butter, cream cheese, and whipped topping on the counter for 1 hour to soften them.) Mix butter and cream cheese together.

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    Uncover frozen whipped topping and place in microwave on defrost (or 30% power) for 1 to 2 minutes.

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    In a medium-size bowl, add milk.

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    Sprinkle pudding over milk and whip or beat until thickened, about 1 minute.

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    Add pudding and whipped topping to the cream cheese mixture and mix until smooth using a wooden spoon or electric mixer.

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    In a food processor, process vanilla wafers until they form a fine even crumb.

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    Or place wafers in a plastic bag and roll them, using a rolling pin, until you have completely broken them up.

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    In the buckets, place a layer of crushed vanilla wafers, then a layer of the cream cheese-pudding mixture.

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    Keep layer until full and end with a layer of crushed wafers.

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    Cover with plastic wrap.

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    Refrigerate several hours. Before serving, decorate with Beach Bears,

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    Gummy Worms, or Sharks if desired. Use shovel to serve.

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    Brown almonds in oven. Chop almonds, raisins, walnuts, prunes, citron and grated lemons. Keep these fruits and nuts each in a separate bowl.

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    Mix flour, sugar, eggs, oil and wine thoroughly.

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    Add some water to make a stiff dough.

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    Roll very thin.

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    Use.

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    Sfogliatelli.

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    Roll out and dip your hand in oil, put on dough.

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    Now put a layer of each fruit and nuts, sprinkle some sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon, roll up and close ends.

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    Bake 375o F oven until light brown.

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    I think this might be a typing error at press.

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    Sorry about the US measurements.

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    [per-fi-dy: n., deliberate breach of faith, treachery]

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    Melt candy in double boiler. In separate bowl, cream butter and sugar.

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    Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Sift flour and soda together.

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    Add, alternating with buttermilk, syrup and candy. Beat well. Add nuts, vanilla and coffee. Bake in greased tube pan 1 1/2 hours at 350.

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    Streusel Mix

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    Cake Mix

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    Mix streusel ingredients well and set aside.

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    Cream the soft margarine, and add the eggs and beat well.

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    Add sugar and beat again, add sour cream. beat all very well, and set aside.

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    Sift together (or stir together gently) the flour, baking soda, and baking powder.

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    Add - flour mixture to marg/egg/sugar mixture.

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    Stir - gently until well mixed.

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    Add - 1 t vanilla and stir in gently.

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    Put - in a buttered and floured pan first 1/2 of batter, then most (80 - 90%) of streusel mix, then rest of batter, then rest of streusel mix on top (use a round pan with the tube/post whatever you call it in the middle).

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    Preheat oven to 350, bake for 45 minutes.

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    Bring sourdough starter to room temperature.

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    Stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

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    In a large bowl beat the butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds.

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    Add sugar and vanilla; beat till fluffy.

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    Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 mintue after each addition.

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    Beat in the melted chocolate.

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    Combine the sourdough starter and milk.

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    Add dry ingredients and milk mixture alternately to beaten mixture beating till well combined.

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    Turn the batter into prepared pans.

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    Bake in a 350F oven about 30 minutes or till done.

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    Cool 10 minutes on wire racks.

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    Remove from pans; cool thoroughly on wire racks.

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    Fill with Cocoa Cream Cheese Filling and glaze cake with Sweet Chocolate Glaze.

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    Drizzle a design atop with reserved cream cheese icing and top with white chocolate leaves.

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    Milk 2 tblsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar

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    In a small saucepan combine the sugar, cornstarch and dash salt.

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    Stir in water and chocolate.

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    Cook; stir till chocolate is melted and mixture is thickened.

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    Cook; stir 2 minutes more.

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    Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.

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    Cover surface with clear plastic wrap or waxed paper.

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    Let stand 10 to 15 minutes or till slightly cooled and of spreading consistency.

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    Spread glaze over top and sides of cake.

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    Chill cake till set.

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    Beat the yolks and sugar until light and creamy.

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    Stir in the rest of the ingredients other than the egg whites.

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    Beat egg whites until they are firm peaks. Mix this with the rest and put it into the tin.

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    Bake at 150C for an hour.

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    The cake should be evenly golden brown on top and feel firm to the touch.

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    If the top should get brown too quickly, cover the top with greased paper or foil.

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    Remove from the oven and leave it in the tin till quite cold. (Do not attempt to take the cake out.) Cut into pieces in the tin and take out the pieces.

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    Optional garnish: Strawberries or other fresh fruit

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    Layers: Line the bottoms of two round 8-inch layer pans with aluminum foil, trimmed to fit; butter or oil the foil and the sides of the pans, dust with flour, knock out excess, and set aside. (If preferred, four pans may be used to bake the layers.)

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    Preheat the oven to 360 degrees, approximately halfway between the 350 degree F and 375 degree F markings.

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    Beat the eggs with a mixer at high speed until fluffy, then gradually beat in the sugar; add the lemon zest; beat the mixture until thick and pale.

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    Meanwhile, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

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    Beat the melted butter into the eggs and sugar, then beat in the dry ingredients and milk alternately at slow speed, starting and finishing with dry ingredients.

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    Beat in the flavoring,

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    Spread the batter in the pans, bang each pan on the counter twice to level the batter, and bake 15 to 18 minutes, until the cake shrinks slightly from the sides and is light gold on top.

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    Cool the layers briefly in the pans, then turn onto cake racks, remove the foil, and cool.

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    Filling: Whisk together the sugar, flour and salt.

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    In a saucepan, whisk the eggs to mix well; whisk in the cream, then the dry ingredients. Add the lemon zest.

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    Cook the custard, stirring constantly, over medium heat until it thickens; boil it for a minute or two, stirring.

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    Cool to lukewarm, whisking now and then; add the vanilla.

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    Assembling the cake: With a serrated knife, split each layer in two (if you've made four layers, don't split them).

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    Place a layer on a serving plate; spread one-third of the filling over it in a thick layer, keeping the filling 1/2 inch from the edges; add the remaining layers and filling, topping the cake with the best-looking top surface.

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    Press the top lightly to encourage small swags of filling to emerge between the layers.

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    Sift confectioner's sugar over the top.

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    To make a lacy pattern - a classic prettification - first lay a paper doily on the cake, sprinkle with sugar,,rdserving time.

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    Brush with

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    Add yeast, vanilla, egg, and 2.5 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add rest of flour, and knead until smooth and blisters form (~5 minutes).

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    Place in lightly greased bowl, cover with towl.

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    Let rise until doubled, 40-50 minutes.

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    Turn out on board, knead 10 times till smooth.

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    Roll into 20" x 12" rectangle.

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    Combine filling ingredients, mix well. Grease a large cookie sheet.

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    Spread filling evenly over dough, leaving a 1" margin. Roll up legthwise, place seam down on cookie sheet, in shape of a horseshoe.

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    Let rise until double, about 1 hour.

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    Brush surface with egg mix, sprinkle with almonds.

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    Bake at 375F 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.

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    Remove to wire rack, cover with towel, and cool. Cook: Cut your slice and save it, 'cause it won't last!

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    Sift together the cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl.

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    Add the butter and half the milk.

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    Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for two minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally.

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    Add the remaining milk, the lemon extract, the vanilla extract and the egg yolks. Beat with the electric mixer for another two minutes.

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    Pour the batter into two buttered layer-cake pans that have been lined with parchment paper.

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    Bake in a preheated 350F oven (180 C) for 30 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the centers of the layers comes out clean.

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    While the cake is cooling, wash and hull the strawberries. Chop enough strawberries to make one cup (1/4 liter); reserve the remaining berries.

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    Fold the chopped strawberries into one cup (1/4 liter) of the whipped cream.

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    Place one cake layer, top side down, on a serving plate.

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    Spread it with the strawberry-cream filling.

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    Top with the second cake layer, top side up (I'd put the bottom side up myself, in order to make a flat surface).

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    Slice the reserved strawberries lengthwise.

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    Arrange the sliced straberries on top of the cake, starting at the outer edge and placing the slices with their pointed ends toward the edge of the cake.

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    After the first circle of berries is complete, continue placing the berries in this manner until the top is covered.

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    Refrigerate the cake for 10 minutes.

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    Melt the red currant jelly in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly.

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    Carefully spoon or brush the hot jelly over the strawberries.

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    Spread some of the remaining whipped cream around the sides of the cake.

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    Spoon the rest of the whipped cream into a pastry bag fitted with a No.

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    Pipe rosettes between the strawberry points around the rim of the cake.

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    Then change to a No. 24 star tube and fill in the spaces.

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    If you do not wish to decorate the cake with decorating tips, spoon the remaining cream in small puffs on the top of the cake between the strawberries.

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    Refrigerate the cake until time to serve it.

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    Preheat oven to 350.

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    Grease two 9-by-1.

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    5-inch layer cake pans; dust lightly with flour; tap out any excess.

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    Measure flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a sifter; reserve.

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    Beat cream in a medium-size bowl until stiff; reserve.

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    Beat eggs in a small bowl until very thick and light; beat in vanilla; fold in reserved whipped cream.

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    Sift dry ingredients over cream mixture; gently fold in until batter is smooth.

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    Pour batter into prepared pans.

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    Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until center springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.

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    Cool layers in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; loosen edges with a knife, turn out onto wire racks, and cool completely.

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    Put layers together with strawberry butter-cream frosting; then frost top and side with remainder.

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    Garnish with strawberries.

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    Mash enough strawberries to measure 0.

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    Beat butter in a medium bowl until soft.

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    Beat in mashed strawberries.

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    Add confectioners' sugar slowly, beating until smooth.

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    1 Angel Food Cake (cook your own, or buy one cooked, it doesn't matter)

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    2 pkgs Dream Whip topping OR 1 contianer Cool-Whip

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    Take cake (already cooked and cooled, and removed upside down from pan on a dish) and with a long bread knife, slice roughly 1/2" off the top of the cake. (When done, you'll have a donut, the diameter of the cake and 1/2" thick.) Put aside on another plate.

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    Pour jell-o into a heat-proof bowl and add 1 cup boiling water.

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    Take strawberries, (washed if fresh, thawed if frozen) and add to jell-o mixture.

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    If desired, you can slice strawberries.

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    Mix well and set in fridge.

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    You want this to thicken, but NOT set.

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    If using Dream Whip, prepare two packages per directions. If using

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    Cool-Whip, read on.

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    Once jell-o mixture has thicken somewhat, mix 2/3 of Dream/Cool Whip into jell-o.

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    With spoon, put a layer of jell-o mixture into bottom of cake, then a layer of torn-up cake, and repeat until cake is full. (Any leftover jell-o, strawberries or cake, eat it up:) Place "donut" back on top of cake and frost cake with remaining

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    Dream/Cool Whip.

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    Cool in fridge for a few hours to let jello set.

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    Fresh fruit (I like to use either strawberries or blueberries)

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    Beat cream cheese until smooth.

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    Slowly add milk, beating until creamy.

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    Add pudding mix; beat until smooth and thickened.

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    Pour half of this mixture into the prepared pie shell.

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    Spread a layer of fresh fruit on top of this (if you use strawberries, chop them into small pieces).

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    Then spread remaining mixture on top of fruit.

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    Top with whole fresh fruit. Refrigerate. Enjoy!

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    Add the sugar, cinnamon and salt and process briefly to blend.

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    Transfer to a bowl, pour the butter over the crumbs and toss with a fork to moisten evenly.

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    Gently press the crumbs evenly over the bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan.

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    Preheat the oven to 350F.

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    In a food processor, combine the cream cheese, sugar, salt and eggs; blend until smooth, scraping down the sides of the container as necessary.

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    Add the sour cream (see note), lemon juice, bourbon, vanilla and butter and blend.

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    Pour the filling into the cookie-crumb shell and bake in the middle of the oven for 45 minutes.

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    Cool on a rack and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.

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    If the container of the food processor is not large enough, add only 1 cup of sour cream.

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    Pour about half the mixture into a mixing bowl; add the remaining 2 cups of sour cream to the processor and blend.

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    Combine both batches in the mixing bowl and stir to blend.

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    In large mixing bowl, beat thoroughly with electric mixer

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    Add, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition

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    Sift flour mixture into egg mixture. Beat thoroughly.

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    Stir in

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    Pour batter into well-greased and floured 9x13-inch pan, or 2 loaf pans.

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    Bake in preheated 350 F oven for 1 hour, or until cake passes toothpick test.

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    Let cool in pan 5 minutes.

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    Turn onto cake rack to finish cooling.

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    Strawberry Puree by Rose Levy Berenbaum from "The Cake Bible"

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    Cream 1.

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    Add, beat mod-high for 1-2' 3/4 c sugar.

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    Add one at a time, beating well 5 egg yolks.

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    Add chocolate on low, then nuts, gradually.

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    Beat to stiff but not dry 5 whites and a pinch of salt.

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    Stir a bit into chocolate, then fold in rest in 3 or 4 batches.

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    Level into pan by rotating rapidly.

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    Bake 1 hr at 350. Cool 15', remove from pan and cool.

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    Melt 3 oz semisweet chocolate. Whisk in 2 T butter (room temp), then 1 yolk and 1 t rum or cognac.

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    Drop in ten mounds on wax paper. Stand 30-60' until firm enough to handle.

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    Coat hands with cocoa, roll into uneven ball, roll in cocoa

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    Melt 6 oz semisweet chocolate and cream 1 stick butter.

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    Beat in chocolate and 1 egg yolk and 1 T rum or cognac.

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    Beat briefly at high until a bit ligher in color.

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    Frost cake, arrange truffles on top.

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    Place in 4 c heatproof container, microwave to reduce to 1/4 c. Can do it in a saucepan over fire, but microwave is better).

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    Serve Truffles Torte (aka meatball) with Strawberry Puree ('tomato sauce')

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