<p>mousegray, that cake sounds divine!</p>
<p>(you probably know this, but I want to add that walnut oil can go rancid relatively quickly. I store mine in the fridge.)</p>
<p>"Xiggi, I know what you mean about some olive oils and baking. I have been able to purchase olive oil that is for baking…it is “lighter” and much less “olivey”…if that’s a word…lol. "</p>
<p>Oh, thanks for understanding what I tried to say. I did not mean to criticize the use of olive oil in your recipe. I learned the hard way about the possible strong flavors of extra virgin oil. For instance, homemade mayo with EVOO does not taste very good.</p>
<p>What a fun thread!</p>
<p>I don’t know this for a fact, but there is a restaurant chain here in Chicago (Portillo’s) that has a very famous chocolate cake and I have heard the secret ingredient is mayo.</p>
<p>abasket – I will trying adding the hot sauce and brown sugar to my spaghetti sauce!</p>
<p>A quick Google found this recipe for Portillo’s chocolate cake: [Portillo’s</a> Chocolate Cake Recipe - Food.com - 363228](<a href=“http://www.food.com/recipe/portillos-chocolate-cake-363228]Portillo’s”>http://www.food.com/recipe/portillos-chocolate-cake-363228)</p>
<p>My mom made her well loved chocolate cake when we were kids,known as Chocoate Mayonnaise Cake.
[Chocolate</a> Mayonnaise Cake](<a href=“http://southernfood.about.com/od/chocolatecakes/r/bl01018a.htm]Chocolate”>Mayonnaise Cake With Optional Frosting Recipe)</p>
<p>My mom used to make this awesome breakfast coffee cake that was made with sour cream, but I can’t find the recipe. And, since her stroke, she can’t remember it, either.</p>
<p>I apologize to the OP that this is off subject, but mom2collegekids…my mom had a stroke too, almost exactly a year ago. She’s pretty severe…what happened to your mom? I’ll look and see if I have the sour cream coffee cake recipe…my mom was an excellent baker and I’m sure I have that recipe, I’ll look :)</p>
<p>Garam masala in bread, with toasted pecans and dried cranberries and/or white raisins.
Bread dough would likely have part white, part whole wheat flour, a bit of honey, maybe an egg or some semolina flour.</p>
<p>Semolina flour --maybe 1/4-1/2 cup-- in pizza dough.</p>
<p>Coffee extract in brownies.</p>
<p>Nutella to replace half the butter in chocolate chip cookies.</p>
<p>Merlin, those sound good. Nutella in chocolate chip cookies? Wow.</p>
<p>mom2, my mom made a sour cream coffee cake too. Not a yeast cake, right? I will look for the recipe.</p>
<p>unorthodox:
tonight I made a pasta with lots of substitutions. Sort of pasta with vodka sauce, except I used white wine instead of vodka and I used sour cream instead of cream. Not really “Italian,” but it was actually pretty good and it used what I had on hand,</p>
<p>sueinphilly posted her recipe for sour cream coffee cake on cc. I have not tried it yet, but I saved the recipe because I had plans of trying it. Here it is:</p>
<p>Sour Cream Coffee Cake </p>
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<p>I have a recipe for that cake from my grandmother.</p>
<p>Cream 1/4 lb butter and 1 cup white sugar
add 2 eggs, 1 at a time
add 1 tsp baking soda to 1 cup sour cream. Add this to butter mixture.
Let stand for a few minutes
Sift 2 cups flour and 2 tsp baking powder and a pinch of salt.
Add to mixture. Add 1 tsp vanilla.</p>
<p>(in a separate bowl) chop 3/4 cup walnuts, add 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 brown sugar</p>
<p>Nanny always baked this in a spring release pan (you don’t want to have to turn it upside down to get it out of the pan).</p>
<p>Pour 2/3 of cake mixture into greased & floured pan. spread evenly.
sprinkle 1/2 of walnut mixture.
Spread rest of cake mixture on top. Top with rest of walnut mixture.</p>
<p>Bake in 350 oven for 45 minutes</p>
<p>mafool…</p>
<p>Yes…not a yeast cake. If you can find that recipe, I’d love to have it.</p>
<p>thanks NEM…that might be it…My mom used to use a Bundt pan…don’t know how she released it w/o ruining the attractive top. (thanks to sueinphilly, too). I remember it did have the cinn sugar and walnuts. It had this distinct taste and moisture…I just LOVED it!!!</p>
<p>Your welcome. Sueinphilly’s recipe really looks like it would be very good. I just never got around to baking it.</p>
<p>*I apologize to the OP that this is off subject, but mom2collegekids…my mom had a stroke too, almost exactly a year ago. She’s pretty severe…what happened to your mom? *</p>
<p>No apologies needed. My mom has had 3 severe strokes. The first one was the worst. It happened on the morning of my parents 50th wedding anniversary! That was almost 6 years ago. </p>
<p>She lost vision in her “right field of vision”…which means she can’t really see anything that is on her right side without turning her head. So, she lost her ability to drive (that was a BIGGIE!)</p>
<p>She also has some aphasia…she can’t think of some nouns…but she can “talk around it.” Such as…she can’t remember the word “purse,” so she’ll say “where I keep my money.” </p>
<p>She hasn’t been able to fly since her first stroke because there is a belief that the pressure change will bring on another stroke. Her first stroke happened about 6 hours after flying. </p>
<p>the weird thing was that after her first stroke (she was on vacation), the neurologist said that she would be a vegetable because of the extent of the brain damage. He was soooooo wrong. Mom can dress herself, shower, use the toilet, do her hair/make up and communicate pretty well. We don’t have her use the stove, but she uses the microwave and does light housekeeping and all of the laundry. </p>
<p>how is your mom doing? Did she go to rehab? What, if any, losses has she experienced?</p>
<p>*Nutella to replace half the butter in chocolate chip cookies. *</p>
<p>Great idea!!!</p>
<p>Or Nutella to replace all of the spinach or liver, period.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids…you ARE the OP, got it! :)</p>
<p>Anyway, I’ll pm you about my mom’s condition, thanks for asking…</p>
<p>Hi mom2collegekids:</p>
<p>My sister said she is too exhausted & busy to look for recipe (which is true, caring for my mom…sorry :()</p>
<p>Hope you find what you’re looking for on-line! Or maybe someone else here can help! I remember it being delicious. My mom was a huge baker…I don’t bake as much.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>To ground chuck for hamburger patties, I add some Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce, some Tsardas Memories (a spice from Penzey’s) and bread crumbs. Even my D will eat them!</p>