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Recipe Wednesday: The Best Ever Sour Cream Coffee Cake!

05 Wednesday Oct 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in baking, breakfast, cakes, cookbook, dessert, food photography, recipes

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Serves 10 to 14
Batter:
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
Filling:

2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 stick butter, melted
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine the two sticks of butter and sugar in a mixer and beat with a paddle attachment for about a minute. Add the sour cream and eggs and mix until smooth. Fold in the vanilla, flour, salt, and baking powder. Pour just under half of the batter into a well greased Bundt pan.

Melt the half stick of butter. Mix it together with the cinnamon, brown sugar, and pecans, Pour the mixture on top of the batter in the center. Layer the remaining batter.

Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before removing from the pan. (If you’re making muffins or in 9×12 pan, reduce the baking time to about 35-40 minutes.)

Keeps fresh for several days and freezes well to do ahead!!!

The recipe is in my cookbook, The Art of Breakfast

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I found another food to torch! A fresh fig!!

23 Tuesday Aug 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in breakfast, dessert, food photography, foodporn, fruit, gluten free, recipes

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I halved a fresh fig, dipped it into Vanilla Bean Creme (recipe in The Art of Breakfast) and then into raw sugar and torched! Add a drizzle of the creme on top and voila, a beautiful, delicious garnish or even small bite for dessert.

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White Grape Gazpacho, anyone?

30 Monday May 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in breakfast, dessert, gluten free, recipes, vegetarian

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I have to admit, I don’t often enjoy low calorie or healthy stuff as much as the tastes good bad for you stuff, but this is absolutely delicious and refreshing for summer!

Here’s what I’ve come up with:

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Maine Crab Dip, anyone?

26 Saturday Feb 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in food photography, foodporn, Maine, Maine crab, Maine fare

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A REALTOR friend from Maryland whom I met on Twitter sent me the nicest gesture of thanks for simply sharing my knowledge (social media and real estate) – a tin of that fabulous Maryland Old Bay Seasoning. So I had some Maine crab and decided to make a crab dip seasoned with Old Bay, a bit of mayo, ricotta and white cheddar. Delish! Thank you, Chris!

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St. Germain + Clementine + Back River Gin from Maine

14 Monday Feb 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in cocktails, Maine fare, recipes

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Today’s cocktail experiment involves gin, not usually my favorite spirit. But this combination is really nice. Maine’s Back River Gin, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, fresh Clementine juice and club soda – a very light and refreshing, not too sweet cocktail!

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Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Simple and Perfect for Valentines Day

14 Monday Feb 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in chocolate, dessert, photography

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You can turn something simple into something special just by melting some chocolate. You can either buy melting wafers or the ready to melt containers of dipping chocolate. Use white and dark chocolate for contrast, then put some melted chocolate into a squeeze bottle to decorate!

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Valentines Day Breakfast in Bed

09 Wednesday Feb 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in bacon, baking, breakfast, chocolate, cookbook, recipes

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My afternoon in the Danforth Inn’s kitchen with Meredith Goad, food writer for the Portland Press Herald was fun and delicious. My first video (photographers are usually behind the camera) seems a tad boring to me but I’ll work on it for next time.

The Danforth’s kitchen seems home to me, it’s one of Kim Swan’s inns and the one where I hold the Art of Breakfast cooking workshops for Maine’s Innkeeping Academy that we started a little over a year ago.

 

 

I love to show how combining simple ingredients in unique ways can elevate breakfast and add a touch of sophistication.

Ah, the lost Art of Breakfast?

 

Read the full story and get recipes for the menu

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Tortilla Soup with Roasted Pulled Pork

07 Monday Feb 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in food photography, foodporn, recipes

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1. We (okay my husband did!) brined a pork roast in sugar, water, salt and peppercorns and let it sit overnight.

2. He then marinated it for 3 hours in:

lime juice (1/4 cup)

clementine juice (from 2 clementines)

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoonancho chile powder

1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile powder

1 teaspoon granulated garlic

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

3. Drain, pat dry and brown in skillet. Reserve marinade.

4. Place pork roast into a slow cooker with 2 sliced onions and the marinade, cover and cook for 6 hours on high.

We ate ours with tortillas, sour cream, salsa and Monterey Jack cheese. But the next day, the soup was born!

For the soup:

6 cups chicken broth

1 can of diced tomatoes with juice

1 can white beans

the juice from 2 limes

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon ancho chile powder

1 teaspoon chipotle chile powder

1 teaspoon granulated garlic

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups shredded cooked pork (you could use chicken)

Sour cream and corn tortilla strips for garnish

Heat all ingredients except lime and pork in soup pot and cook for 15 minutes. Add pork (with the cooking juices) and cook another 30 minutes. Add lime and then ladle into bowls. Top with sour cream and tortilla strips and enjoy!

 


 

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Malted Peanut Butter Cookies

07 Monday Feb 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in baking, cookies, recipes

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A small twist on a classic cookie.

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup peanut butter (heaping)

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon malted milk powder

2 tablespoons milk

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Cream sugar, butter, peanut butter and malted milk powder until smooth. Add egg, milk, vanilla and mix for another minute. Fold in dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated. Fold in chips.

Place small scoopfuls onto a lined baking sheet and sprinkle sugar on top. Press the tines of a fork in a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

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Berry Infused Twenty2 Vodka and St. Germain

06 Sunday Feb 2011

Posted by Dana Moos in cocktails, food photography, foodporn, Maine, Maine fare, recipes

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My latest concoction with a local Maine vodka and my new French favorite, St. Germain.

1 pint of ripe strawberries and 1 half pint raspberries, crushed, add to airtight container and cover with 2 cups vodka. Let sit in the refrigerator for 48 hours.

Add to a shaker with ice, 1 cup of the berry vodka, 1/4 cup St. Germain and shake. Fill a martini glass with about 1/4 cup club soda and fill the rest with the berry mixture. Add a small piece of lemon peel and enjoy!

This is the natural color, there is no added juice at all. It’s beautiful and delicious!

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