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are a more surefire hit than a coffee cake in a wooden hatbox especially when the coffee cake is a really really good one they also have exceptional customer service with real people on the phone who want to help you however the prices are a bit steep for personal consumption which is why i m grateful for this recipe which my mom has been making for as long as i can remember it s a heavy dense cake extremely moist and long lasting if you don t eat it all up sour cream coffee cake batter 1 c butter 2 c sugar 2 eggs 1 c sour cream ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 c flour ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt streusel ½ c brown sugar ½ c pecans or walnuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon preheat oven to 350 grease and flour a bundt pan set aside cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy add eggs one at a time and mix add sour cream and vanilla and mix sift together the dry ingredients and add mixing just until incorporated pour half the batter into the prepared pan strew streusel over batter top with rest of batter bake about 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean one thing i ve noticed i made the cake twice so far it might be a bit too much streusel topping try to make sure there is cake batter exposed around the edges or at least not a thick layer of the streusel so the cake doesn t end up with top and bottom halves unconnected to each other the tricky bit it adding the second half of the thick sticky batter on top of the streusel careful dabbing with a spatula seems to work i have had some trouble with my oven ever since we bought the viking it s not noticeable when i m cooking meat but when baking i sometimes find that nothing is happening after i ve put the pan in as in the temperature has dropped to 150 and the baked goods are just sitting there flabby and pale and sad i was on the phone with mom the first time i made this so i popped it in the oven and kind of ignored it until about 45 minutes in when i saw that the batter had set a bit but definitely not baked it took an additional hour to cook anyway that s my oven s problem not the recipe s but does anyone else with a gas oven have that happen not the best distribution of streudel on that outing but still a great cake i baked the first one for a girl s weekend a couple months ago and bridge declared it the best coffee cake ever but really how can you go wrong with 2 sticks of butter a cup of sour cream and all that sugar soooo healthy posted in cooking family food good stuff recipes 6 comments dubious combo great results april 21 2009 by kate by the way i went back and added some photos to my last post including a teensy tiny baby hand aw if you read apartment therapy s the kitchn you may have seen a complete rave review of a jamie oliver recipe for chicken braised in milk with lemon sage and cinnamon i have been burned several times by classic italian pork in milk recipes but for some reason i had to go out and make the chicken version immediately the writer faith accidentally misread the recipe and covered the chicken for 2 3 of the cooking time then tested it uncovered and preferred the covered version so i followed her lead here s the recipe from jamie i think the ingredients look like a still life maybe i should paint them though things aren t as scenic if you zoom out the recipe is seriously easy i hate hate hate cooking chicken especially whole chickens but the braising aspect made me more comfortable the most annoying part is browning the chicken in the butter and oil since it s awkward to flip it around in the pan in an hour and a half of unsupervised mostly cooking this unappetizing sight turned into this i have never had crispier skin on a roast chicken not sure why the fat rendered out of it completely and i ll add my voice to those of faith and jamie in saying not to freak out at that curdled sauce it tastes amazing the first night we had shredded meat on rolls as little sandwiches and the next night we had more of it with that delicious nasty looking sauce with israeli cous cous and sauteed greens we ate the meat for about a week and it was scrumptious hot or cold i ll definitely make it again maybe omitting the cinnamon if i want slightly more versatile leftovers though it gave a really nice musky flavor it hurts to use a whole stick of butter to brown the chicken and then toss it out but i saved mine in a pyrex in the fridge so maybe i could re use it it s lovely browned butter now i wonder if it would burn on a second use anyway compared to dry roasting a chicken this method was way less stressful and gave really juicy tender meat as i said i followed faith s lucky mistake and kept the pot covered for the first hour opening it for the last 30 minutes to crisp up posted in cooking cooking techniques food recipes 4 comments things i ve been doing instead of blogging april 6 2009 by kate painting pictures for the newest baby of our acquaintance welcome to the world charles morrison herbert making a new friend finishing up every scrap of freelance work i had pounding the pavement for more work feeling proud of my friend jia lynn s cover story with byline on the cover going for an accidentally really long bike ride staring at another rainy day reading 8 trillion library books gearing up for lap swimming lessons possibly getting hurt getting into my new swimsuit listening to berlitz italian cds not planning our spontaneous trip to italy in may avoiding cleaning my office obsessively checking the trees outside for leaves dreaming of chucking it all and moving to france i definitely feel like life is on hold right now i need a burst of energy and inspiration maybe i ll start with the much needed office organization i do have loads of photos uploaded dating back to late february i just can t seem to bother writing about anything merp wishing french tulips were all over the house posted in city life general 6 comments one stop shop for amazing messes march 19 2009 by kate ok so i have spoken before about my unending love for jamie at home and back in february i watched the pizza episode and promptly felt the urge to make dough from scratch hurray it s so easy note i had a tremendously bad day leading up to this attempt pizza dough adapted from jamie oliver s jamie at home 7 cups strong white bread flour or 5 cups strong white bread flour plus 2 cups finely ground semolina flour next time i want to try it w semolina 1 level tablespoon fine sea salt 2 1 4 ounce packets active dried yeast 1 tablespoon raw sugar 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 1 2 cups lukewarm water ok so you re supposed to sift the flour and salt together into a mountain on the counter no sweat i am a brave person who will go ahead and work straight on the butcher block no fear mountain ahoy now that photo does not accurately depict the towering majesty of the 7 cup flour mountain it was tall and steep back to the recipe in a large measuring cup mix the yeast sugar and olive oil into the water and leave for a few minutes then pour into the well using a fork bring the flour in gradually from the sides and swirl it into the liquid keep mixing drawing larger amounts of flour in and when it all starts to come together work the rest of the flour in with your clean flour dusted hands knead until you have a smooth springy dough sounds easy enough and jamie made it look like a cakewalk on the show proceed liquids mixed with sugar and yeast commence whisking while feeling extremely smug and craftsmanlike here s the important part get cocky and pour in too much liquid at once collapsing the walls of the too tall mountain and flooding yeasty oil water down the dishwasher and your pants and socks and under the baseboards stand stock still while it gushes over before fitfully trying to shove flour into the liquid to stop the onslaught grab paper towels to make a moat then take a photo that doesn t come close to portraying the chaos aren t i brave giving you the warts and all view into my kitchen take stock recognizing that you have used nearly all of the flour in the house all the yeast and you don t have an alternate plan for dinner decide to soldier on mixing what liquid is left on the counter into the flour and then adding additional water and kneading until miracle beyond miracles the dough pulls together into a gorgeous silky smooth ball set it to rise while you pry off the baseboards and scrub yeasty flour paste off the inside of the cabinet doors now back to the original plan place the ball of dough in a large flour dusted bowl and flour the top of it cover the bowl with a damp cloth and place in a warm room for about 1 hour until the dough has doubled in size now remove the dough to a flour dusted surface and knead it around a bit to push the air out with your hands this is called punching down the dough you can either use it immediately or keep it wrapped in plastic wrap in the fridge or freezer until required if using straightaway divide the dough up into as many little balls as you want to make pizzas this amount of dough is enough to make about six to eight medium pizzas fine the dough rose though maybe not quite as much as normal i froze half and made the other half into four pizzas it rolled out like a dream not sticky like store bought dough i made half with flat edges and half with pinched crusts like my mom does to see which i preferred note the food network version of the recipe doesn t specify baking time or temp i cranked my oven to around 450 and just watched the pizzas carefully i think they took about 10 minutes but i could be wrong pinched won and dinner did eventually get served without the 45 minutes of cleaning up the kitchen it would have been a really easy process btw i think i m over white pies at least with the slightly dry cheese blend i have been using the other half of the dough got slathered with various sauces to be explained in a future post also i m totally uninspired and haven t been cooking much is it just the late winter doldrums anyone else feeling it too posted in city life cooking cooking techniques food recipes the apartment 8 comments back soon march 14 2009 by kate this has been a hell week college style i was on the road and i have three deadlines monday but i will be back soon hopefully spring will be here too last night i dreamed that there was a magnolia tree outside my window and it was just starting to bloom the result of seeing the budding magnolias in dc this week unrelated and found through rebecca s work mandated twitter overheard in the newsroom which really does give a very accurate peek into the lives of journalists everywhere posted in city life general leave a comment deal alert short ribs march 4 2009 by kate at my whole foods at least bone in short ribs are on sale for 3 99 lb this week that s about 2 cheaper than usual i picked up a few to freeze things i ve made with short ribs beef barley leek soup suzanne goin s braised short ribs a few times and boeuf a la niçoise from sunday suppers at lucques posted in food good stuff 4 comments brussels sprout fest march 3 2009 by kate oh brussels sprouts i love you so the one downside to the csa was the fact that they didn t grow or had bad luck with sprouts broccoli and cauliflower last year and since i was working my way through what they did grow i never bought any either ben actually accused me of withholding sprouts can you believe the nerve in response i bought two pounds from trader joe s and went to town herewith a window into how food and leftovers live out their lives chez girl reporter the first night i roasted all two pounds i won t lie i don t have the roasting quite perfect i feel like they get smooshy by the time they are cooked and not bitter maybe next time i ll parboil them actually next time i ll shred them in the food processor and then roast them on high heat like greta does oh god that s good anyway we ate them with polenta cakes and sausage now two pounds is a lot of brussels sprouts even once you ve trimmed about a third off the next night ben was at a meeting so i was on my own we had some no knead bread that was bordering on stale so i toasted it up heated up some sprouts and fried an egg in olive oil truly an awesome dinner the next day at lunch there were still a few left also two rounds of polenta i don t have a photo of the cold brussels sprouts sue me but here s what i ate on the side while i fished them out of the pyrex bowl still cold and more delicious than ever ok so ben who was so concerned about sprout deprivation only got to eat them for one meal and i ate them for three but i also cleaned them all fair s fair i finally caved and joined twitter after watching aileen tweet things all weekend if you are interested in scintillating stuff like what i m eating for lunch or what the squirrels outside my office are up to i m here posted in cooking food general good stuff 4 comments zigs and zags february 20 2009 by kate in late january i suddenly decided i couldn t live with the drab faux oriental rugs we had in the bedroom and dining room couldn t stand them for another minute i picked up a striped rug for the bedroom from pb and ordered the back ordered zigzag rug from west elm at the same time i finally found a new coverlet for the bed ours was a bit too small and very thin finally last weekend i went to ikea and got frames for some of the vintage photos i ve been collecting for years i always get sucked in by some of the faces or scenes and feel like i have to take them home with me and make up stories about them today the rug arrived and i finally made the bed up with the new coverlet and took a few pictures it feels good to freshen things up dining room before sigh blurry pics next week i ll have ben help me move the rug table properly under the chandelier i had to see how it would look so i managed to replace the rug myself this morning i may be broken anyway dining room after oh those are the finished chairs too no before pic of the bedroom since i carefully cropped the rug out of everything i love the yellow with the blue walls and the photos in my office it s hard to see them and i m trying to decide whether to add two more on top or put them somewhere else you can t tell in the photo but the biggest frame containing a wedding group portrait from brooklyn in the 20s is hung w fishing line from a picture hook so it s a little hard to put anything over it by the way i hung all the small ones with those command velcro ish strips from 3m my friend ann told me they worked great for her and sure enough they do posted in city life general home the apartment 10 comments older posts about e mail me professional info and clips straw into gold my decorating service custom paintings twitter kateflaim at house tour my flickr categories city life cooking cooking techniques design family farm box food general good stuff guest post home life in the big woods recipes the apartment travel uncategorized archives archives select month may 2009 april 2009 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