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Made with the BEST tasting chili you'll ever eat! Perfect for Super Bowl Sunday!

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Want an extraordinary flavor for your next batch of cookies or cake?

Check out this great flavor. A combination of citrus and vanilla with a pleasingly floral aroma. Use about a ½ teaspoon in a typical recipe for cookies, pound cake, pie, meringues, sweet bread, etc. Italians use it to scent their Panettone and Pandoro. This extract is perfect in all kinds of Italian cookies, pastries and cakes. Refrigerate after opening.

Cake:

• 3/4 cup (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup pistachio paste
• 1 3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 to 4 drops green food coloring, optional
• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup shelled pistachio nuts, roughly chopped

Glaze:

• 3/4 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• chopped pistachios for garnish (optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 10-cup Bundt pan.
2. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat together the butter, cream cheese, and pistachio paste until soft and fluffy.
3. Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix to combine; the batter will be stiff.
4. Add the flavorings, optional food coloring, and 1 egg. Beat well. Continue to add the eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping the bowl after each addition. When done, the batter will be very fluffy. Mix in the chips and nuts.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
6. Bake the cake for 70 to 80 minutes, until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven, and after 5 minutes turn it out of the pan to cool on a rack. The cake will be golden brown with a dark brown edge, and a fine crumb inside.
7. To make the glaze: Melt together the chocolate and cream over low heat; stir until smooth and cool to lukewarm. Pour over the top of the cake, and sprinkle with chopped pistachios before the glaze hardens.

We hope you enjoy this cake as much as we did!

Last weekend, I decided to make my Mom's Apple Pie over on my Afoodieaffair blog, and saw that I was out of Parchment paper. Now, I could have driven over to my office and got some, or gone to the store to buy some for that matter. But I was too lazy, and decided I'd make the pie crust without it.

I made the only pie crust dough I ever make from Cooks Illustrated, and put it into the fridge while I prepared the apple mixture. I always, always, use one of those apple peeler, corer, slicer gadgets. It takes the drudgery out of slicing the apples. etc. I wouldn't make anything apple without it! 

Then, I took the dough out of the fridge to roll out. I thought I would use some plastic wrap instead, that would probably work as good...right??? Wrong! Even though I floured before rolling, the dough got stuck to the plastic wrap. I had to scrape it off of the plastic wrap!

Moral of the story...don't even think of rolling out dough without parchment! It's also terrific for baking cookies, or any baked good you don't want to stick.

We've got a great selection of decorative trays perfect for giving as a hostess gift or to your favorite person that has everything! Avoid disappointment with out of stock items by shopping early!

Want to create beautiful whipped cream desserts during the summer, but are afraid they'll fall before its time to eat them?

King Arthur Flour's Instant Clearjel to the rescue! Instant Clearjel is a modified food starch made from corn that thickens instantly when it comes into contact with liquid. By mixing a small amount in with the sugar for your whipped cream, you can sweeten and strengthen the cream at the same time. Just mix 1/4 cup sugar plus 1 Tablespoon Instant ClearJel in with 2 cups heavy cream, and you'll have beautiful whipped cream!

These great decorative planters come in 12", 15" or 18" sizes. All sizes in coordinating patterns!

We also offer bird baths, houses and bird towers in matching patterns!

Our Kaleidoscope yard ornaments can be hung from trees or placed on poles to dazzle in your yard!

Serving salads during the summer can be a pain as those pesky bugs seem to get into everything. The other day I noticed these great glass jars with covers that you can serve your salads in. They're see thru, can be put in the refrigerator, and stay covered to keep those flying inserts out! If you're concerned about those how Summer temperatures, and keeping your salads chilled. You can place the glass container in a tub or bowl of ice.

And don't forget we have everything you need for outdoor entertaining...Citronella Candles, Beverage Tubs, Beverage Servers, even Decorative Outdoor Planters!


And don't forget to check out our food blog afoodieaffair.com for some great Summertime recipes!