60725 christmas style fig cake Recipes

figs (fig preserves), shortening, eggs, white sugar, all-purpose flour, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

cake, water, kahlua, margarine, sugar, salt, cocoa powder, eggs, separated, flour, cream of tartar, chocolate cream cheese filling, less fat cream cheese, softened, confectioners sugar, bittersweet chocolate, chopped and melted, milk, vanilla extract, hazelnut chopped, kahlua, ganache frosting, kahlua, bittersweet chocolate, whipping cream, margarine, softened and cut into 4 pieces, sugar for garnish, meringue mushrooms, egg white, room temp ., cream of tartar, sugar, white chocolate

figs (chopped ), flour, salt, sugar (white ), sugar (brown ) (for the fig mixture), baking powder, brown sugar (for the dough), butter (soft )

figs, halved, goat cheese, toasted, chopped pecans, bacon, cut in half

fig preserves, shortening, eggs, white sugar, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder

figs, unpeeled, granulated sugar, water, lemon, sliced thin

white sugar, dark brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, butter, melted and cooled slightly (1 stick), cake flour, cake flour, white sugar, table salt, baking soda, butter , softened but still cool, vanilla, buttermilk, egg, egg yolk, powdered sugar

granulated sugar (2 2/3 oz), dark brown sugar (2 2/3 oz), ground cinnamon, table salt, unsalted butter, melted and still warm (1 stick), cake flour (7 oz), cake flour (5 oz), granulated sugar (3 1/2 oz), baking soda, table salt, unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces, softened but still cool (3/4 stick), egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract, buttermilk, sugar , for dusting

fig preserves, rice vinegar, chili paste, garlic, minced, soy sauce, kosher salt, pork tenderloin, fresh ground pepper, fresh chives (to garnish )

figs, 4 cups pureed, sugar , about 2 1/2 cups, fresh rosemary sprigs (4-5 inches), lemon juice, pine nuts, grand marnier

figs, baking soda, sugar, lemon juice, lemon slice (optional), water

white cake mix (duncan hines), cream of coconut, unsalted butter, melted, eggs, lemon curd (dickinson s), white chocolate, chopped, sour cream, whipping cream, powdered sugar, frozen grated coconut, thawed, maraschino cherry, with stems, lemon zest

figs, eggs, hard boiled, ground cinnamon, salt, basil, fresh, flour, oil