Goldy Schulz 01 Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson Page A
Authors: Diane Mott Davidson
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GOLDY'S DREAM CAKE
Crumb Mixture: 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1 - tablespoonpieces, well chilled
Cake: 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 6 cups reserved crumb mixture 2 large eggs, beaten 1 ½ cups sour cream 2 teaspoons almond extract
Filling: 1 pound (two 8-ounce packages) cream cheese, softened ½ cup sugar 2 large eggs, beaten 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup red raspberry preserves, sieved to remove seeds
Topping: 2/3 cup raw whole almonds 2 cups reserved crumb mixture
Preheat the oven to 350 . Butter two 9- or to-inch springform pans and set aside. In the large bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, blend the flour and sugar until well combined, about 5 seconds. With the motor running, quickly drop the butter pieces through the chute, blending until the mixture resembles small, sandy crumbs, less than a minute. Measure out 6 cups of this mixture for the cake. Measure the last 2 cups of the mixture for the topping and set aside.
For the cake, gently stir the baking powder, soda, and salt into the 6 cups of reserved crumb mixture. In a separate bowl, mix the beaten eggs with the sour cream and almond extract, stirring until well combined. Pour the egg mixture over the crumb mixture and stir until smooth and thick. Spread the cake batter over the bottom and up the sides of each of the prepared pans.
For the filling, beat the cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in the large bowl of an electric mixer until smooth. Spread half of this mixture over the cake batter in each of the prepared pans. Top the cream cheese mixture in each pan with 1/2 cup of the sieved preserves.
For the topping, whirl the raw almonds in a food processor fitted with the steel blade until chunky. Mix the almonds into the 2 cups reserved crumb mixture and sprinkle half of this mixture over the preserves layer in each pan.
Bake the cakes for 45 to 55 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. (All that should adhere to the toothpick is cream cheese and preserves, not cake batter.) Cool the cakes thoroughly on racks, then cover with foil and refrigerate several hours or, even better, overnight. Serve in the morning with coffee, if desired.
Makes 2 large cokes
Vonette and Fritz were not going to get one made ahead. Patty Sue and Arch could have the other one for dessert tonight after their spaghetti. Good thing they were both so thin.
I began to measure and mix. It was all like a cake, I thought. This mess with Fritz, the unknowns about Laura. It was like having a large group of ingredients and not knowing how they were all combined.
And what about Schulz? He wanted to trust me, wanted me to help him with the case. After John Richard, I'd grown suspicious of men and their motives. In Amour Anonymous, we sometimes joked about being addicted to hate. We worried that hostility-for-guys was what drew us together. I wanted to be social again, didn't I? I wanted someone to care about me.
Didn't I? I was just sprinkling on the
crumb-and-almond mixture when the buzzer sounded the completion of the crumb cake. After placing it on a cooling rack I saw myself briefly in the reflection of the black refrigerator door. I was actually going out tonight. I would have to do something with my hair and find some garment besides a corduroy skirt. I was going to have to be sociable, and it wasn't even for a client. I was going out with a man I knew liked me. All of a sudden, I felt sick.
Four hours later the van was grinding its way up the steep entrance to the residential area surrounding Aspen Meadow Country Club. To call this club with its half-hearted golf and tennis offerings a country club was an overstatement. The AM.C.C. never would measure up to any of its eastern counterparts, and migrants from Rumson and Chevy Chase and Lake Forest were quick to point this out. But then again, this was the West. Even the idea of a country
GOLDY'S DREAM CAKE
Crumb Mixture: 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1 - tablespoonpieces, well chilled
Cake: 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 6 cups reserved crumb mixture 2 large eggs, beaten 1 ½ cups sour cream 2 teaspoons almond extract
Filling: 1 pound (two 8-ounce packages) cream cheese, softened ½ cup sugar 2 large eggs, beaten 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup red raspberry preserves, sieved to remove seeds
Topping: 2/3 cup raw whole almonds 2 cups reserved crumb mixture
Preheat the oven to 350 . Butter two 9- or to-inch springform pans and set aside. In the large bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, blend the flour and sugar until well combined, about 5 seconds. With the motor running, quickly drop the butter pieces through the chute, blending until the mixture resembles small, sandy crumbs, less than a minute. Measure out 6 cups of this mixture for the cake. Measure the last 2 cups of the mixture for the topping and set aside.
For the cake, gently stir the baking powder, soda, and salt into the 6 cups of reserved crumb mixture. In a separate bowl, mix the beaten eggs with the sour cream and almond extract, stirring until well combined. Pour the egg mixture over the crumb mixture and stir until smooth and thick. Spread the cake batter over the bottom and up the sides of each of the prepared pans.
For the filling, beat the cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in the large bowl of an electric mixer until smooth. Spread half of this mixture over the cake batter in each of the prepared pans. Top the cream cheese mixture in each pan with 1/2 cup of the sieved preserves.
For the topping, whirl the raw almonds in a food processor fitted with the steel blade until chunky. Mix the almonds into the 2 cups reserved crumb mixture and sprinkle half of this mixture over the preserves layer in each pan.
Bake the cakes for 45 to 55 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. (All that should adhere to the toothpick is cream cheese and preserves, not cake batter.) Cool the cakes thoroughly on racks, then cover with foil and refrigerate several hours or, even better, overnight. Serve in the morning with coffee, if desired.
Makes 2 large cokes
Vonette and Fritz were not going to get one made ahead. Patty Sue and Arch could have the other one for dessert tonight after their spaghetti. Good thing they were both so thin.
I began to measure and mix. It was all like a cake, I thought. This mess with Fritz, the unknowns about Laura. It was like having a large group of ingredients and not knowing how they were all combined.
And what about Schulz? He wanted to trust me, wanted me to help him with the case. After John Richard, I'd grown suspicious of men and their motives. In Amour Anonymous, we sometimes joked about being addicted to hate. We worried that hostility-for-guys was what drew us together. I wanted to be social again, didn't I? I wanted someone to care about me.
Didn't I? I was just sprinkling on the
crumb-and-almond mixture when the buzzer sounded the completion of the crumb cake. After placing it on a cooling rack I saw myself briefly in the reflection of the black refrigerator door. I was actually going out tonight. I would have to do something with my hair and find some garment besides a corduroy skirt. I was going to have to be sociable, and it wasn't even for a client. I was going out with a man I knew liked me. All of a sudden, I felt sick.
Four hours later the van was grinding its way up the steep entrance to the residential area surrounding Aspen Meadow Country Club. To call this club with its half-hearted golf and tennis offerings a country club was an overstatement. The AM.C.C. never would measure up to any of its eastern counterparts, and migrants from Rumson and Chevy Chase and Lake Forest were quick to point this out. But then again, this was the West. Even the idea of a country
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