Making the Lincolns' FAVE Dessert | Ancient Recipes With Sohla
With Presidents Day right around the corner, Sohla is making the dish that kept Abe Lincoln coming back for more - Mary Todd Lincoln's White Almond Cake, in this episode of Ancient Recipes.
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THE RECIPE
Mary Todd Lincoln’s Almond Cake Recipe:
- 1 cup (226 grams) salted cultured butter, room temperature
- 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar, divided
- 1 cup (235 grams) whole milk, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 cup (142 grams) blanched almonds
- 6 large egg whites, room temperature
- Confectioners sugar
1. Heat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan
2. Cream the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy
3. Combine the milk with vanilla and almond extract.
4. Sift the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar 3 times.
5. Add to the creamed butter and sugar in three batches, alternating with the milk mixture.
6. Fold in the almond flour.
7. Beat the egg whites and remaining 1 cup sugar until stiff. Fold into the batter in three batches.
8. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean
9. Turn over on a wire rack to cool. Sift confectioners sugar over the top once cool
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Ancient Recipes with Sohla takes the food you know and love and traces it back to its origins. In each episode, Sohla El-Waylly details the surprising history of some of our favorite dishes as she attempts to recreate the original version using historical cooking techniques and ingredients. Along the way, Sohla highlights the differences between the ancient recipe and how we would prepare the modern version today.
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Gordon Ramsay Madeleines - The Perfect French Tea Cake Recipe!
Gordon Ramsay's Madeleines recipe Experience French patisserie's delicate and delightful flavors. These petite, shell-shaped tea cakes are a quintessential treat, perfect for pairing with your afternoon tea or coffee. Following Ramsay's approach, you'll learn how to create madeleines with a light, buttery texture and a hint of lemon zest that elevates the flavor. This Recipe is straightforward yet elegant, reflecting the simplicity and sophistication of French baking.
Ingredients:
2.65 oz unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly, plus extra softened butter for greasing
2 tbsp plain flour for dusting
2.65 oz caster sugar
3 Whole eggs
2.65 oz self-raising flour
1½ tbsp poppy seeds
Finely grated zest of 2 lemons
Directions:
00:00 A perfect Madeleine should be light and fluffy and ideal for morning coffee.
00:12 Gently melt the butter as the first step and use a balloon whisk to get more air into the egg and sugar mix.
00:55 The egg and sugar mixture should be pale, creamy, and thick after thorough whisking.
01:22 Ramsay adds a twist to his Madeleines with poppy seeds for crunch and lemon for flavor.
02:04 Mix melted butter gently with a spatula into the aerated egg mixture to maintain its texture.
02:18 Allowing the Madeleine mix to rest before baking can increase the oven's temperature.
02:33 If you don't have Madeleine molds, Yorkshire pudding molds or espresso cups can be substitutes.
02:56 Lining the molds with butter and flour ensures the Madeleines won't stick and makes removal easy.
03:39 Pouring the mixture from a jug ensures even distribution in the molds.
04:05 Bake at 180 degrees Celsius without opening the oven door for at least 10 minutes.
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The story-telling power of a good recipe with author Rae Katherine Eighmey
Author Rae Katherine Eighmey explores The story-telling power of a good recipe with Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation CEO Erin Carlson Mast.
Rae Katherine Eighmey loves the story-telling power of great recipes. In the years since she began cooking using hand-written cards discovered in the century-old family wooden file box, she has learned how to make old recipes work in modern kitchens.
She says that the process involves a lot of research and dirty dishes, but the rewards are incomparably delicious and informative. It often begins with questions. How do the ingredients reflect life and times? What can we learn about the history of the region or the nation? And, importantly, what do the dishes tell us about the people who cooked and ate them?
Eighmey came to her love of Abraham Lincoln as a child touring Springfield and New Salem. Then in 2006, her husband John asked the fateful question. “What do you think Abraham Lincoln enjoyed eating?” As the Thanksgiving turkey baked, she turned to their collection of Lincoln books and to begin to find the answers. Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen was published by Smithsonian Books in 2013. Her most recent book also published by Smithsonian is Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin.
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Mary Todd Lincoln's Presidential Cake RE AIR
It's said that one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite desserts was his wife's white almond cake. In fact, it's the cake that she baked him to woo him! In his honor, we came up with this recipe for Mary Todd Lincoln's Presidential Cake, which we hope will woo you too!
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