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CNYEats A Taste of Utica Italian Sponge Cake

Serve this vanilla sponge with fresh strawberries or your other favorite berries and whipped cream.  Found on page 167 of the book A Taste of Utica and posted by Eva Russo, this is classic Utica Italian cake.  Light, spongy and a perfect way to cap of any meal. Makes 1 10” Flute Cake 6 egg whites (room temperature) 6 egg yolks (room temperature) 1 cup of sugar, sifted 1 1/2 tsp vanilla OR used 1 TBS lemon juice with zest of 1/2 the lemon OR use 1 tsp orange juice concentrate with 1 tsp. grated orange OR 6 drops of [...]

By |2012-05-06T06:28:58-04:00May 6, 2012|Taste of Utica|1 Comment

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Italian Rum Cake

Get your Yum on.  This recipe from our book A Taste of Utica is like a little slice of heaven. Page 154 through 155: Italian Rum Cake, posted by Mario 1 Italian Sponge Cake (recipe below) 1 recipe of Zabaglione (recipe below) 1 cup chocolate pudding (optional) sliced strawberries whipped cream toasted sliced almonds rum or a rum-sugar wash (for the wash, simply boil 1/2 cup water with 1/2 cup sugar for 3 minutes then stir in 2 TBS of rum). Italian Sponge Cake 8 egg yolks 8 egg whites 2 tsp. grated lemon peal 2 tsp. almond extract 1 [...]

By |2014-04-22T14:49:20-04:00January 22, 2012|Taste of Utica|Comments Off on CNYEats A Taste of Utica Italian Rum Cake

Never too old to start running and Victoria Sponge Cake

What an interesting start to the week I had!  I went downstairs to workout and hear “Osama bin Laden is dead”. I dropped the weights, not believing my ears.  My first response was "GREAT!” My second response was “Oh GREAT! Ted and I have to get on a plane this Friday.  What if al-Qaida are quick to retaliate?!!!” I’m not thinking anyone is going to target OUR plane but …you know. Cross fire?!!! Moving on to more personal and positive things.  Don’t ever believe you are too old to begin a good workout regimen.  My dad is 86 years old.  [...]

By |2011-05-02T16:20:03-04:00May 3, 2011|Baking|6 Comments
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