Amaretto–Almond Pound Cake
- 1 1/4 cups organic butter, softened
- 3 ounces organic cream cheese, softened
- 2 1/2 cups maple sugar (or sweetener of choice)
- 3 tablespoons almond-flavored liqueur (Amaretto)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups sprouted wheat or brown rice flour
- 6 large organic or pastured eggs
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
- 3/4 cup organic sugar
- 6 tablespoons organic butter
- 1/4 cup Amaretto (almond liqueur)*
- 2 tbsp water
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed until creamy.
- Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add liqueur and vanilla, beating just until blended. Gradually add flour to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition.
- Sprinkle almonds over the bottom of your prepared pan. Pour batter into pan over almonds.
- Bake for 1 hour 15 – 30 minutes (Oven temps vary. Mine tends toward 1 hour and 30 minutes for a successful toothpick test.
- I recommend you peep in on your cake at 1 hour and 15 minutes for first test.) or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- During last 10 minutes of baking prepare Amaretto Glaze.
- Remove cake from oven and gradually spoon or brush hot Amaretto Glaze over cake in pan.
- Use all of glaze, allowing it to soak into cake after each addition.
- Cool cake completely in pan on a wire rack. Invert cake onto large plate.
- Bring sugar, butter, Amaretto, and water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring often.
- Reduce heat to low and boil, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and use immediately.
Amaretto Glaze:
* Can substitute 3 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon almond extract and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract for liqueur to make appropriate for children and non-imbibers, but gently warm mixture of ingredients over low heat instead of boiling, stirring constantly until well blended. The liqueur in the cake batter will have had all its alcohol dissipate in the baking process.
Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 8 tablespoons organic butter, divided
- 3 (8 oz.) packages fresh mushrooms, chopped
- 1/3 cup sprouted white wheat flour
- 2 cups organic heavy cream
- 8 ounces organic cream cheese, softened
- 2 ounces homemade or organic chicken stock, reduced by half
- Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
- Add mushrooms and saute 10-12 minutes or until liquid evaporates.
- Transfer to a large bowl.
- Reduce heat to medium.
- Melt remaining 5 tablespoons of butter in Dutch oven.
- Whisk in flour until smooth. whisk for 1 minute. Gradually whisk in cream and next 2 ingredients.
- Cook, whisking constantly, 2 minutes or until melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat and stir in mushrooms.
- Use immediately or cool completely.
Can be frozen in zip lock bags for future use. Use 1 1/4 cup portions when freezing to replace a can of mushroom soup called for in recipes.
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
- 3/4 cup organic butter, softened
- 8 ounces organic cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup organic brown or coconut sap sugar
- 1 cup maple or organic sugar
- 2 large organic or pastured eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sprouted brown rice flour
- 1 1/2 cups sprouted sorghum flour
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon free baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups cups canned organic pumpkin (or freshly cooked and mashed)
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup cup sweetened organic dried cranberries
- 1/2 teaspoon teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Beat butter and cream cheese (I use an electric stand mixer) until creamy.
- Gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
- Stir together flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed.
- Stir in pumpkin and next 3 ingredients.
- Spoon batter into 2 lightly greased or lined (12-cup) muffin pans, filling 2/3 full. Sprinkle with Pumpkin Pie Streusel.
- Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans on a wire rack 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack and cool 20 minutes.
Pumpkin Pie Streusel - Stir together 1/2 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 cup muscavado or coconut sap sugar, 1 tablespoon sprouted flour, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.