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Lemon and nuts bundt cake

Before making this cake I would never have imagined that lemon and walnuts would make such a perfect and smooth combination, but that’s right, this is such a juicy sponge cake that has just entered the list of recipes that I do the most.

Here I explain the recipe, of course, can be made in any mold for sponge cake.

Ingredients:

4 eggs

300 gr of sugar

15 gr of baking powder

1 pinch of salt

The zest of two lemons

The juice of a lemon and a half

1 trickle of vanilla extract

150 gr of fine chopped nuts (I chopped them with a food processor)

300 ml of milk

200 gr of butter

Elaboration:

In a bowl, beat the eggs with a kitchen robot or hand mixer until they are pale, then, slowly add the sugar and continue beating until you get a frothy cream.

Add the vanilla extract, the lemon zest and the lemon juice.

Now add the sifted flour together with the yeast, the pinch of salt, and the chopped nuts, mix at low speed.

Heat the milk in a separate bowl without reaching the boiling point and add the butter, stir until melted, add to the rest of the ingredients slowly and beat until everything is well integrated.

Pour the mixture into the previously greased mold and take it to the oven, which must be preheated to 180 ° C, for 30 minutes or until the stick comes out almost clean.

It is very soft and juicy cake very delicious, very nice. Enjoy!

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Apple pie

My mother recently found this recipe that a friend had written for me a few years ago. So nice to see her recipe again! at the time I thought it would be a good Christmas recipe, here goes just as she taught  me:

Ingredients:

For the dough:

250 gr of flour

150 gr of butter

125 gr of sugar

1 beaten egg

lemon zest

pinch of salt

For the filling:

500 gr of reinetas apples

50 gr of sugar

1 envelope of custard

ground cinnamon

raisins

Instructions:

In a bowl put the flour, the butter, sugar, salt, grated lemon and half of the egg together. With two knives cut the butter into small pieces, then knead with your fingers until you get a good dough.

Grease the mold (20 cm) and line it with 2/3 of the dough, put it in the fridge for 30 minutes, like the rest of the dough.

Peel and cut the apples into thin slices, sprinkle with the sugar, cinnamon, the envelope of custard and mix everything well, also add the raisins.

Pour the filling into the mold and distribute well until it covers the entire surface, with the rest of the dough make the decoration. You can make strips in the form of grid, like the classic apple pie, in this case, to give a more festive touch I have chosen to shape the dough with cookie cutters and place it beautifully on top.

To finish, paint with the leftover egg. Take to the oven at 180ºC for about 45 minutes. Served with vanilla ice cream takes it to another level.

Bon Appetite!

Happy Holidays!

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Blondies

If you are a fan of chocolate in any of its flavours and you are a fan of brownie, then this recipe of how to make a blondie that I´m about to show, is going to drive you crazy.

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Unlike in brownies´s recipe  black chocolate is used, in blondie´s recipe white chocolate and / or milk chocolate will be used.

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It is juicy inside and the nuggets of chocolate melt in your mouth, aaannnd very easy to make.

Ingredients:

180gr of chopped white chocolate

170 gr chopped milk chocolate

170 gr of butter

1 handful of toasted hazelnuts

1 handful of walnuts

2 large eggs

280 grams of light brown sugar

225 gr of flour

1 tablespoon of baking powder

1 pinch of salt

1 Teaspoon vanilla extract

Start by melting the butter and mixing it well with the sugar in a bowl.

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Add the beaten eggs to the sugar mixture along with the vanilla essence and mix well. Then add the sifted flour, along with the chemical yeast and the pinch of salt and integrate gently with the help of a spatula, finally add the chopped chocolates and the hazelnuts and walnuts also chopped; Mix well and pour the dough into a mold previously lined with baking paper.

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Take to the oven for 25-30 minutes at 170ºC . When you take it out of the oven let it cool completely (if you can wait), then cut into squares.

Ready! It is delicious, crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

ENJOY!