California: Meyer Lemon Cake

Every time I visit Ross or Home Goods on a mission to find something, I usually come across something I love. This specific journey, I was looking for a bundt cake pan. The recipe I found for a Meyer Lemon Cake was a bundt cake one. I didn't already own one and decided it would be a worthy addition to my collection.

I struck gold with the one I found. Because it sure made a beautiful cake...

This was as delicious as it was beautiful. The recipe used made more than enough batter for my pan. I may have overfilled the pan a little bit, as my oven had a little bit of cake shared with it on the bottom. There was also this...

Due to the overfilling of the pan, I had to bake the cake for a little bit longer than the recipe required. This yielded a little bit more brown of a cake than I prefer. This also made it a little tough around the edges.

Fortunately, the glaze hid the over-baking and it was still delicious. This cake makes a delicious addition with coffee. I had it for breakfast a couple times and I have zero shame about it.

Overall, this is a make again recipe. Except filling the pan less is a must.

Love,

Amanda

Recipe: https://livforcake.com/meyer-lemon-bundt-cake/

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Alaska: Tongass Forest Cookies

THE BEST COOKIES OF ALL TIME* For Alaska, I wanted to try Agutuk (Akutaq), which was described by the internet as: This is the most Alaskan of desserts, though only a few hardy travelers try it. Native Alaskans create this “Eskimo Ice Cream” by mixing seal oil, reindeer fat, snow, and berries. The ingredients are hand-whipped until they form a foam. Sugar is not traditional but adds fluffiness. This food was originally eaten for survival rather than as a treat, and recipes have been passed down through generations of Native families. Other traditional ingredients include moose, caribou, and fish. Modern variations often include Crisco. ASN, the party pooper, wanted none of this, complaining that she wouldn't be able to find reindeer fat. THE INTERNET defeats ASN. (She was unconcerned by the utter lack of snow in Raleigh, apparently.) So we decided upon Tongass Forest Cookies, which sounded positively yucky, and which the internet admitted had no origin story. But, ...

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