The Friday Baking Project
East 62nd Steet Lemon Cake

PRINT East 62nd Steet Lemon Cake Yield: 1 9 ½â€ cake # of Servings: 10 Method: Creaming IngredientsCake: 3 cups less 2 tbl (13.1 oz / 371 g) all-purpose flour, sifted2 tsp (0.3 oz / 8 g) baking powder ½ tsp (.1 oz / 3 g) salt 1 cup (8 oz / 227 g) unsalted…

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Triple Layer Cheesecake

PRINT Yield: 1 8†cake # of servings: 12 to 14 Ingredients 2 lb. cream cheese (907g) (Philadelphia brand preferred), room temperature1 ½ cup (11 oz / 311 g) sugar 4 large eggs, room temperature1 tsp vanilla extract ½ cup heavy cream ½ cup + 1 tbl (2.6 oz / 24 g) blanched hazelnuts1, roasted…

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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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