Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
granny smith apple cake
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
"Cooking is like love.
It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Granny Smith Apple Cake
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar, divided
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons bakin' powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup whole milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped
1 cup hot apple cider
Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 350�. Lightly grease a 9" round cake pan.
2) Combine 3/4 cup brown sugar, flour, bakin' powder, salt,
and cinnamon in prepared cake pan.
3) Combine milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract.
4) Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir 'til blended.
5) Stir in the chopped apple.
6) Sprinkle with remainin' brown sugar.
7) Slowly pour the hot cider over the batter, but don't stir!
8) Bake for thirty to thirty-five minutes,
or 'til a cake layer forms on the top.
9) Cool slight and serve with vanilla ice cream.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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