"Grandma's Bundt Cake"
Hudson Valley, New York. August 27th, 2009
“I just found the best bundt cake recipe in the entire United States,” so said my grandmother as she handed me a piece… she tends to modify recipes often, adding a bit of this and that along the way. Some yogurt here, some honey there. So you’re never quite sure how it got to be so spectacular… something in her kitchen air.
2 cups ground hazelnuts
3/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons flour
8 eggs
Blend all of the ingredients in a food processor until the nuts are powdered. Add the eggs and blend again. Butter the cake pan and pour the mixture in. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes and then remove to cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, slather with frosting, leave it be… whatever you please.
Note: Grandma Pellegrini says: “that it shoud be mixed in two batches, and each batch goes into a round layer pan. I’m afraid it might not cook through in a deep bundt pan. It was just that I wanted two cakes for the two birthday boys so used those two small ‘bundt’ pans.” So if you do decide to experiment and use a large bundt pan, adjust your time accordingly!
The little bundt cake holes can be filled with flowers… which she likes to do.
She also likes to read about cider… and other wild edible things.
And she likes to take pictures. Did I mention she’s a photographer?
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