one haiku, one pic/one recipe, no meat, no/fish, no photoshop
in the woods, last fall’s
leaves are an orange and red
crumbly topping
1 1/4 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1/3 c cocoa, 3/4 t soda, 1/2 t salt, 1/3 c canola oil, 1 t vanilla, 1 t cider vinegar, 1 c water, 1/2 c mini chocolate chips
mix in an 8×8 pan, 325 F, 40 minutes or until a knife comes out clean, dust with powdered sugar
as the pond softens
under its coat of winter
ice, so goes this cake
source, 4 servings
1 stick butter melted with 6 oz bittersweet chocolate, 1/4 c cocoa, 3 T sugar, pinch salt, 2 eggs, 2 yolks
whisk sugar, salt, into melted chocolate; whisk in eggs for 50 strokes, whisk in cocoa, divide into buttered and cocoa-d ramekins, 450 F, 7-9 minutes, stand 1 minute, turn out, serve
a smell memory:
summer days when it’s too hot
to use the oven
previous version, 10 servings, 214 calories unfrosted, 481 calories frosted
1.5 c flour, 1/2 c sugar, 1/4 c cocoa, 1 t soda, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t cinnamon, 1/4 t powder, 1/2 t vanilla, 1/2 c canola oil, 1 T distilled vinegar, 1 c warm water, frosting: 8 oz earth balance buttery sticks, room temp; 1/2 c cocoa, 1 T vanilla, 2 c powdered sugar
mix, pour into oiled rice cooker bowl (even if nonstick), cook 45-60 minutes or until a knife comes out clean; one-button models: cycle back into cook mode after 5 minutes on warm mode, repeat
eaten on knees while
ordering train tickets to
a far-off city
1 c avocado oil, 2 c flour, pinch salt, pinch soda, 1 t powder, 1.5 c sugar, 3 eggs, 1 1/4 c milk, zest & juice of a clementine
whisk, pour into an oiled pie dish, sprinkle with sugar, 375 F, 50-60 minutes or until a knife comes out clean
33 degree
snow crumbles away under
a heavy footstep
previous version, 30 servings, 260 calories
3.5 c flour, 2 t soda, 1 t cinnamon, 1 t nutmeg, 1 t salt, 3 c sugar, 1 c canola oil, 4 eggs, 2/3 c water, 1 can pumpkin, 10 oz mini chocolate chips
mix, pour into parchment-lined 9×13 pan; 350 F, 1 hour
four shovels rest on
the picket fence outside the
door, all different shapes
1/2 c brown sugar, 3 eggs, 2/3 c sugar, 2 blood oranges, 1 stick butter, room temp; 2/3 c ricotta, 1/3 c cornmeal, 1 c almond flour, 1/2 t salt, 1/4 c apricot jam, 1 T grand marnier
line the bottom of a buttered pie dish with parchment, mix brown sugar, 1 T water, dollop on the parchment; cover with one layer of paper-thin orange slices, beat whites to stiff peaks, beat yolks, sugar, zest and juice of remaining oranges; beat in butter, mix in ricotta, cornmeal, flour, salt; fold in whites, pour into pie dish, 300 F, 40-60 minutes or until middle is just firm, cool, turn out; heat jam and combine with grand marnier, spread on top
dipped in a soup or
even with tea for breakfast
the following day
source, 12 servings
1 2/3 c grated cheddar & parm, 3 green onions, cut up; 6 T butter, fridge temp; 1 3/4 c flour, 3/4 c cornmeal, 4 T powder, 1 T sugar, 1 t soda, 1/2 t salt, 1 c buttermilk
combine with a pastry cutter, make 12 balls on parchment, 450 F, 15 minutes
like most cupcakes with
no oil or sugar, these
are best on day two
source, 12 servings, 220 calories
2 c pitted medjool dates, 2 c water, 2/3 c cocoa, 2 T powder, 2 t vanilla, pinch salt, 2 c flour, 1/2 c unsweetened almond milk; frosting: 2 c pitted medjool dates, 1 – 1 2/3 c unsweetened almond milk, 1 c unsweetened almond butter, 1/2 c cocoa, pinch salt
blender, adding water only if frequent stirring doesn’t allow batter to blend smooth, use silpat, 350 F, 25 minutes, cool completely; frosting: blender, same method, starting with 1 c milk, chill frosting if necessary
fluffy and light, the
cake tastes like a graham cracker
with caramelized pears
2 sticks butter, room temp; 2/3 c brown sugar, 4 bosc pears, quartered and peeled; 2 c flour, 1 t powder, 1 t ginger, pinch salt, 1/4 t soda, 1/2 t nutmeg, 2 eggs, 1/2 c molasses, 3/4 c water, for the sauce: 1/2 stick butter, 1/2 c sugar, 1 egg yolk, 2 T water, 2 T bourbon
place one stick butter in a cast-iron pot in a 350 F oven, when melted, stir in 1/3 c brown sugar and arrange pears in the pan, bake 20 minutes or until soft; cream remaining butter and brown sugar, beat in eggs, mix in remaining ingredients on slow speed; spoon batter over pears in over and bake until a knife comes out clean, about 30 minutes; let stand 10 minutes and run a knife around cake before turning out carefully; for the sauce: heat butter and sugar on the stove, add yolk and water and simmer 5 minutes, stirring; remove from heat and stir in bourbon
chocolate chunks, chocolate
drizzle, chocolate cake — just not
too sweet for breakfast
2 c white whole wheat flour, 1/2 c sugar, 1/2 c cocoa, 2 t powder, 1/2 t soda, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t vanilla, 1/3 c chopped chocolate, 1.5 c unsweetened cashew milk, 1/4 c olive oil, 1 mashed ripe banana
mix, oil an 8×8 pan, 350 F, 40-45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean, drizzle with melted chocolate
