Italian Cream Cake

 Cakes, Italian, Pecans  Comments Off
Oct 062007
 

Serves: 20
Time: 01:00

Notes:
Recipe from Cooking Light: Per Serving: Cal 300, Fat 8g, Choles 39mg, Ca 28mg

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Icing: 1 tbsp lt butter, chilled 1-8oz pkg creamcheese 1lb powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla Cake: cooking spray 2c sugar 1/2c lt butter 2 large egg yolks 2c flour 1 tsp baking soda 1c low fat buttermilk 1/2c chopped pecans 1 tsp butter extract 1 tsp coconut extract 1 tsp vanilla extract 6 large egg whites (rm temp)

Directions

1. Cream cheese icing: Beat butter and creamcheese until fluffy. Gradually add other ingredients and beat at low speed until blended (do not overbeat or it will be runny). Cover and chill. 2. Preheat oven at 350oF 3. Coat bottoms of 3-9″ round cake pans with cooking spray. Dust with flour. 4. Combine sugar and butter in large bowl, beat at med speed until blended. Add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating until blended. Combine flour and baking soda, stir well. Add flour mixture to creamed mix alternately with buttermilk beginning and ending with flour. Stir in pecans and extracts. 5. Beat egg whites at high speed until forms stiff peaks, fold into batter and pour into pans. 6. Bake at 350oF for 23 min. Let cool in pan 5 min. Turn cakes onto wire rack and cool. 7. Ice cakes building layers

 Posted by at 6:57 pm
Oct 062007
 

RECIPENAME Pecan Lace Cookies
COURSE_DISH Cookies
CUISINE English
MAININGREDIENT Pecans
SERVES 18 Servings
TIME_HH_MM 00:30
NOTES
Kaoru’s favorite

INGREDIENTS

COOKIES

  • 1/4 c (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temp
  • 1/3 c sugar 2 tbsp light corn syrup
  • 1/3 c all purpose flour
  • 1 c coarsely ground pecans (about 4 oz)
  • 1 tsp vanilla

FILLING

  1. 1 c powdered sugar
  2. 1/4 c unsalted butter, room temp
  3. 1 tbsp oj
  4. 3/4 grated orange peel

DIRECTIONS

FOR COOKIES

  1. position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350oF
  2. line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
  3. stir butter, sugar, and corn syrup in heavy med sauce pan over low heat until melted and smooth
  4. bring to boil over med/ high heat, stirring constantly
  5. remove from heat, stir in flour, add nuts and vanilla, stir to combine
  6. drop dough by tsp onto baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart
  7. bake 1 sheet at a time until bubbling and lightly browned, about 11 min
  8. cool on sheets 10 min, transfer to rack

FOR FILLING

  1. whisk all ingredients in med bowl until smooth
  2. spread 1 tsp onto bottom of 1 cookie and top with a second

**can be made 2 days ahead and stored between sheets of waxed paper in airtight container at room temp

 Posted by at 4:21 pm