1/19/18 Sunday Bakes

1/19/18
Baking on Sunday
Making 3 bakes today:
1. Almond Ring Coffee Cake for Sam and Judy Brake
2. Orange Rolls for Prayer Breakfast
3. Almond Cream Cheese Braid for Hot and Cold Desserts Class

1. Using a recipe from Cook's Illustrated, Almond Ring Coffee cake is my first experience with Almond Paste. Usually Almond Flavoring tends to be strong and is used sparingly. This recipe called for a large amount of almond paste mixed with cream cheese for the ring filling. The result was too strong an almond flavor. Using the Cook's Illustrated recipe is a pleasure with additional notes and information and photos for each recipe step. Trying new dough shapes is always fun and with photo illustration for the first attempt, helps lead to success. Next time, the almond paste will be thin down with more cream cheese and the dough cut should be all the way but not though the ring.


2. Alabama Orange Rolls is a repeat bake. This always seems to please and using orange flavor in the dough, filling, and glaze creates the most wonderful morning treat. The Cook's Illustrated version of this recipe is preferred.

M\Orange Rolls rising. Baking 3 bakes at the same time, I had to make time notes to keep up with varying rising and baking times.

Baked and Glazed

3. Using leftover almond paste and cream cheese from the Ring Coffee Cake recipe, I baked a Almond Cream Cheese Braid for Hot and Cold Desserts Class. More cream cheese was added to the mixture and tempered the strong almond paste flavor. There are several angles to present this baked good.