Recipe of the Issue
Oct 5, 2012
Blueprint
Issue 1
Recipe of the Issue: Zucchini Bundt Cake Megan Yee Staff Writer
Adapted from Joy the Baker Cookbook: 100 8x8 Bay Area Greats Simple and Comforting Recipes, by Joy Wilson Continued from A32 Lafayette, though home to a variety of delectable cuisines, often leaves some craving more due to its small restaurant selection. Students in search of delicious Kung Pao Chicken or the perfect pot sticker are often left with a hunger for Chinese food that Lafayette can’t satisfy. When Panda Express’s neon orange chicken fails to fulfill cravings, Blueprint ventures out to find the Bay Area’s best when it comes to Chinese. Little Shin Shin 4258 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland Little Shin Shin is one of Oakland’s most unexpected gems. From the outside the restaurant
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flour a 10 or 12 cup bundt pan. 2) Melt the butter in a shallow saucepan over medium-low heat. Then allow it to continue cooking The end of the summer brings an age-old probuntil it browns, developing a nutty aroma. Brown lem for many home gardeners: what can be done particles will be visible at the bottom of the pan. with the hoard of zucchini that the garden seemed 3) In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the to produce at an exponential rate? When gardenflours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ciners find themselves knee-deep in an overabunnamon. Set aside. dance of deep green squash after a summer spent 4) In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, beat stir-frying, stuffing, and roasting away, many are together the cream cheese and sugar on medium left searching for new ways to use up the remainspeed until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, ing harvest. Blueprint has the perfect solution in beating for one minute between each addition. an unexpected form: a tasty zucchini bundt cake. Pour in the vanilla With a velvety, fine extract. crumb and dense 5) Turn the mixer texture, this dessert is down to low speed, everything a pound cake and pour in the cooled should be. Cream cheese browned butadds richness while ter. Then turn a dash of cinnamon the mixer up to gives the cake a little high speed and extra “oomph.” As an beat for three added plus, the shredminutes. ded zucchini makes for 6) Reduce the a supremely moist cake mixer’s speed to that keeps well for a few low and add the days after it is baked. flour. Beat until barely comThis moist, flavorful cake is perfectly accented by Ingredients: bined. Then cream cheese frosting. turn off the 2 cups all-purpose mixer and incorporate remaining streaks of flour flour by hand. Fold in the shredded zuc1 cup whole wheat pastry flour chini. 1 tsp. baking soda 7) Spread the batter into the pan and bake 1/2 tsp. baking powder for 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer 1 tsp. salt inserted into the center comes out clean. Re2 tsp. cinnamon move the cake from the oven and allow it to 8 oz. cream cheese, softened cool for 20 minutes before inverting it onto a 2 cups sugar wire rack to cool completely. 3 large eggs 8) Frost the cake with the Brown Sugar Cream 2 tsp. vanilla Cheese Frosting. Enjoy! 2 sticks unsalted butter 2 cups shredded zucchini Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting: Recipe: 8 oz cream cheese (regular or lowfat), 1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and softened 1 stick unsalted butter, softened 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted 1. hcoimmgone 6. neewlhalo pinch of salt 2 tsp vanilla extract
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1) In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until thoroughly combined. 2) Add the brown sugar to the bowl, and beat for 30 seconds. 3) Turn the mixer down to low speed, and add in the powdered sugar and salt, followed by the vanilla. Beat until the frosting is smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. 4) Use immediately, or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Frosting will last for about a week in the fridge.
Whole Foods
Continued from A30 A gush of air conditioning and an endless array of organic products greet customers as they enter the healthy food haven that is Whole Foods Market. The upscale grocery store’s promise to offer all-natural and local products has created a local buzz since the store’s opening last year in Lafayette. At first, many questioned the necessity of a Whole Foods location in Lafayette, pointing out that other grocery stores like Trader Joe’s, Safeway, and Diablo Foods are all within a half-mile radius of each other. However, the high-end chain has more than proved its worth with its impressive gourmet selections and general appeal to the public. Whole Foods Market has very high standards, striving to provide customers with great quality foods. “Our core values include selling the highestquality natural and organic products available, satisfying and delighting our customers, and caring about
A29
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