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Apple cake with maple-walnut cream cheese frosting

Time consuming, but a fabulous dessert, worthy of your most elegant dinner parties. Ingredients: Cake: 1 lb. Pippin Apples (about 2 medium) peeled, cored, diced ¼ cup water 2 ½ cup plus 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp ground cloves 1 cup dried currants 1 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped 2 cup sugar 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp. 1 Tbsp brandy 1 ½ tsp…

Beer braised barbequed pork

Ingredients: For the dry rub: 2 Tbsp salt About 40 grinds black pepper 2 Tbsp chili powder 1 Tbspn garlic powder 2 tsp ground coriander 2 tsp ground mustard seed To add when cooking: 12 oz. good ale or dark beer, such as Bass 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 5lb pork butt (shoulder of the animal) To add to the pan juices: 1/2 cup ketchup 2 Tbsp whole grain Dijon mustard 3 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1/3 cup dark brown sugar…

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