Coconut-Rosewater Cake with Pomegranate Cream Cheese Icing.

Used a recipe from Joy of Cooking that worked quite nicely.

Whip 3/4 c. butter ( stick and 1/2)
Whip in 1 1/2 c. sugar
Whip in 3 egg yolks,
followed by 3 c cake flour, 3 teaspoon baking powder, 3 tsp rosewater, and 3/4 c coconut milk
Stir in 3/4 c. shredded coconut
In a separate bowl, whip 3 egg whites till stiff, but not dry
Fold into rest of batter, pour in to pans, and bake at 350 till done, about 25 min for a cake, 18 or so for cupcakes.

Icing
1/4 C. Cream Cheese
1/4 c. butter
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon pomegranate syrup
2 c powdered sugar
mix, refrigerated, ice cooled delicacies.

Blueberry Chocolate Ganache tort

This was fun :)

Crust

1/2 c. oat flour (or ground oats)
1/2 c. whole wheat white flour
1/2 stick butter (4 Tbsp)
1 Tbsp sugar

Press into tart pan, poke holes, place in oven at 350 for about 15 min, till lightly browned

Ganache

About 7ish oz bittersweet chocolate
about 3ish oz semi sweet chocoalte
-Chop these very fine. I used a food processor, adding one piece at a time.

1/2 stick Butter
1/2 c. half and half, or cream
Heat these 2 ingredients until just simmering


2. 5 c fresh blueberries
1/2 c/ sugar
Heat these 2 until saucy, mush blueberries around to release juices

Pour hot blueberries over chocolate, then hot butter and cream.
Let sit a few seconds, then stir till smooth.

Pour into crust.

Arrange more berries on top as desired, chill till ready to serve.

Tomato Tart

This is Tasty. I mean it, really really tasty.
The Crust is crunchy, and the tomatoes blend really well with the goat cheese. Oh, and it only takes about 10 minutes to put together. Great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.


Cornmeal Crust

1 c cornmeal
1/4 c. flour
1 egg
1/4 c olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp fresh rosemary
1 tsp fresh tyme
1 Tbsp water

Pat into tart pan evenly

2 cloves Garlic, minced
3 ripe heirloom tomatoes, sliced into circles
1/4 c crumbled goat cheese

Place single layer of tomatoes onto crust. Sprinkle goat cheese and minced garlic over 1st layer, top with 2nd layer of tomatoes. Lightly drizzle over olive oil and sprinkle salt.
Place in oven at 400 for about 30 min. Enjoy!

banana yum bread

4 bananas, ripe and mashed
1 egg + 1 white (might just leave the white out and be fine, i just had an extra)
2 Tbsp butter, softened
3 Tbsp milk (almond)
3 Tbsp yogurt
tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/3 c. sugar + very small dash stevia
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 c flour (I used 1/2 c. quinoa flakes + 1/3 c flax seed, + the rest white whole wheat)
-you could use plain old flour no problem, I just like things with a bit more flavor

Bake at 350 for...about 50 min.

Fresh Fig Tart

Yes I sorta used a recipe, no...I didn't really follow it.

Crust-in food processor
Grind 1/4 c oats and 1/4 almonds
add about 1/2 c flour
dice in 1/2 stick butter
add about 1-2 tbsp water, till sticking together lightly
put in fridge

Filling
about 10 large figs, quarters, cut however you prefer (i used the costo co big pack, and used about 1/3)
Mix together well-
1/2 c. yogurt
1 egg yolk
2 tbsp agave nectar
toast pie crust briefly in oven, then arrange figs and pour filling over, add more figs on top to fill in gaps.

Place in oven at 400 for about 30 min.

Blackberry Yogurt Pie

This is pretty sweet. Yes thats a pun..But really.
Went wild blackberry picking, must create something.

Crust (Just for the bottom of pan, not up sides)
1/2 cup almonds (put in cuisinart till fine)
add 1/2 stick butter, about 1/2 c flour, and water till a moist crust consistency.
Take out, and press into bottom of pan.
Bake at 400 for about 5 min.

Take out and add filling

Filling :

Wisk 2 eggs in a bowl.
add 1 c. yogurt (I used non-fat greek)
1/4 c. sugar + a bit of stevia (or any where from 1/2 c- 3/4c just sugar)
2 Tblsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp almond extract
mix well,
add 5 c. fresh blackberries, washed and drained.

Sprinkle about a tsp of tapioca on top of crust
pour berry mix into pan, bake about 30 min at 400, till puffed and solidified.