1 cup sugar ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup vegetable or safflower oil 6 eggs, separated ½ cup matzo cake meal ½ potato starch ½ cup apple juice or wine ¼ cup cocoa ¼ cup strong hot coffee Chocolate Glaze: 8 ounces chocolate 1 tablespoon vegetable or safflower oil 1 stick margarine (1/4 pound), cut into…
Balsamic Berry Strawberry Shortcake for Passover
1 sponge cake or store bought Passover cake or other prepared Passover cake made from the mix 3 cups fresh berries, assorted, or all strawberries 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 4 tablespoons sugar 2 cups pareve whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks In a bowl, pour the balsamic vinegar and the sugar on top of the…
Traditional Sponge Cake
7 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest ¾ cup potato starch 2/3 cup matzah cake meal Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and grease 10-inch Bundt pan. Mix together the egg yolks, granulated sugar, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer, and…
Chocolate Beet Coconut Cake with Chocolate Icing
Recipe created by Levana It is unfortunate that in America, beets invariably conjure up loaded remarks about, uhmmm, never mind . . . I am always looking for ways to sneak them in, as in this cake, where they do their magic even while they totally escape detection: The result is this dense, moist, and…
Jean-Georges Molten Chocolate Cakes
By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman Makes 8 Here is some cool trivia. These cakes were supposedly created when Jean-Georges was creating a new dessert recipe and pulled them out of the oven precipitately. When he cut into it one, instead of the dense crumb he expected, a center of molten chocolate oozed out, and…
Matzah Apple Tea Cakes
4 large eggs 6 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 cup sugar 1 cup unsalted matzah meal 3 tablespoons potato starch 1/8 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and diced Cinnamon sugar, as needed Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil…
