The Friday Baking Project
Budapest Coffee Cake

PRINT Yield: 1 10“ cake # of servings: 10         Method: Creaming Ingredients Nut filling: ¾ cup (5.25 oz / 149 g) firmly packed dark brown sugar 2 tsp (.15 oz / 4 g) ground cinnamon 1 tbl (.2 oz / 6 g) cocoa powder 3 tbl (.9 oz / 26 g)…

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Budapest Bundlettes

PRINT Yield: 6 bundlette cakes # of servings:  6 Method: Creaming Ingredients Nut filling:    ¼ cup + 2 tbl (5.25 oz / 149 g) firmly packed dark brown sugar 1 tsp (.15 oz / 4 g) ground cinnamon  1 ½ tsp (.1 oz / 3 g) cocoa powder 1 ½ tbl (.6 oz / 17…

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Brioche

PRINT Yield: 32 oz dough   #  of Servings:  16 individual Brioches à Tête Ingredients:3 ¼ tsp (.40 oz / 9 g) active dry yeast ¼ cup warm water (bet 101 °F and 106 °F) 3 cups (14 oz / 397 g) bread or all-purpose flour 1.4 oz / 40 g sugar 1 ½ tsp (.30…

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Croissant

PRINT Yield: 8 croissant # of Servings: 8 IngredientsD©trempe: (the dough)2 cups + 2 tbl (10 oz / 283 g) bread or all-purpose flour1 oz cold butter, cut into pieces  2 ¼ tsp (.25 oz / 7 g) active dry yeast  ¼ cup (2 fl oz) warm water 2 tbl (1 oz / 28 g)…

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Italian Carrot-Pecan Torta

carrot pecan cake on plate with powdered sugar

Print Italian Carrot-Pecan Torta Yield: 1 10†cake   # of servings: 10 Method: Separated Egg Sponge Ingredients: Carrots: 1 ¼ packed cups (7 oz / 197 g) grated carrots (from about 3 large carrots) 2 tbl (.875 oz / 25 g) light brown sugar> Dry mixture: 1 â…“ cups (5.4 oz / 153 g)…

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Madeleines

A plate of madeleines on top of a table.

Madeleines are wonderful, small tea cakes baked in scalloped molds, which were immortalized by Marcel Proust in Remembrance of Things Past, Vol, 1.  In the famous passage Proust writes how “those short, plump little cakes called ‘petites madeleines,’ which look as though they had been moulded in the fluted scallop of a pilgrim’s shell†brought…

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Pumpkin Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins at a popular Upper West Side restaurant

During the catering busy season at Glorious Foods, seventy-hour work weeks were common. On the rare day off, several of my kitchen colleagues and I would meet for a late breakfast at Sarabeth’s, a popular Upper West Side restaurant known for its American cuisine. They also featured very good basic bakery selections, and we would…

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Apple Strudel

PRINT Apple Strudel Yield: One 11-inch strudel of Servings: 6 Ingredients: 1 package phyllo dough, defrosted overnight ¾ cup (3.25 oz / 92 g) dried breadcrumbs 2 tbl (1 oz / 28) unsalted butter 4 cups baking apple1 slices, from 3 to 4 apples 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1 tbl grated lemon rind ½…

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Crumb Topping

PRINT Yield:  1 ¾ cups # of Servings: 28 Ingredients: 1 â…” cup (7.1 oz / 201 g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted1 â…“ cup (6.2 oz / 176 g) all-purpose flour 12 tbl (6 oz / 170 g) unsalted butter, room temperature Pre-recipe preparations: Cut up butter into chunks and let come to room temperature. Directions: In medium…

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