• Queen's Desserts - 08

    From Dave Drum@1:229/452 to All on Wed Sep 21 11:27:29 2022
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    Title: Smoky Toasted Cream Cheese Pound Cake
    Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Cheese, Fruits
    Yield: 8 servings

    15 tb Unsalted butter; softened,
    - more for greasing
    1 1/4 c Cake flour; more for
    - dusting
    1 1/4 c Sugar
    3/4 ts Baking powder
    1 ts Kosher salt
    3 oz Cream cheese; softened
    1/2 Vanilla bean; scraped, seeds
    - only
    2 lg Eggs
    1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract
    2 Sprigs lemon verbena or
    - lemon thyme
    1 lb Hulled strawberries; halved
    12 oz Bottle of berry lambic
    - (fruit beer)
    Goat butter; for serving

    MAKE THE CAKE: Set oven @ 350┬║F/175┬║C.

    Grease one 9" x 5" x 2 3/4" loaf pan with butter and
    dust with flour; set aside. Whisk 1 1/4 cups flour, the
    baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Separately, combine
    3/4 cup sugar, 9 tbsp. butter, the cream cheese, and
    vanilla seeds in a large bowl; beat on medium-high speed
    with a hand mixer until smooth and fluffy, about 3
    minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each
    addition. Add dry ingredients and vanilla extract; beat
    on low speed until just combined. Spread into even layer
    in loaf pan and bake until golden and cooked through,
    50-55 minutes; let cool.

    MAKE THE LEMON VERBENA SYRUP: Combine 1/4 cup sugar, the
    lemon verbena, and 1/4 cup water in a 2-qt. saucepan
    over medium-high; cook until sugar has dissolved, 2-3
    minutes. Strain, discarding herbs, and cool.

    TO SERVE: Heat a charcoal grill or set a gas grill to
    medium-high. (Alternatively, heat a grill pan over
    medium-high.) Combine remaining sugar, strawberries, and
    beer in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet; cook until fruit is
    soft and liquid has reduced by 3/4, 20 minutes; keep
    warm. Wipe skillet clean and heat over grill; slice
    pound cake into 1-inch-thick slices and brush with lemon
    verbena syrup. Working in batches, heat remaining butter
    in skillet and cook pound cake, flipping once, until
    golden, 3-4 minutes. Transfer to plates and smear with
    goat butter; top with warm berries.

    By: Mindy Sega

    Yield: serves 8

    RECIPE FROM: https://www.saveur.com

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