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œ‘!l ^ n r t l a n h © b s e r u e r Iuly 27, 2005 Page A5 F ood Chocolate Pound Cake Makes Baking Easy F o reith er baking novices or sea soned pros, a dum p cake is a no- brainer. T o prepare one, you sim ply d um p the ingredients into a bowl and beat them , then pour the batter into a pan and bake it. A lthough a d um p cake is easy to m ake, it’s ju st as good as a m ore fancy cake. P er haps th a t’s why dum p cakes, in cluding pound cakes, have been p opular for hundreds o f years. T he secret to the cake is in prop erly beating the ingredients, so fol low these tips. Let the butter soften and take the eggs out o f the fridge to w arm a bit. For an airy batter, beat the softened butter and sugar really well until the cream ed m ixture looks pale and w ispy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until all the streaks are gone. Any curdling you m ight see will disap pear as you b ea t. T urn o ff the mi xer occasionally and scrape the batter at the sides o f the bow l into the path o f the beaters so everything gets thoroughly mixed. Sw itch to low speed w hen you add the dry ingredients to keep the flour mixture from flying into the air. Since overbeating the flour can toughen a cake, beat only until the batter has no streaks. Stir in the chips by hand so the m ixer does not break them. Be sure the cake is done before you take it out o f the oven. Y ou can use either a cake tester, a thin metal wire with a knob on top, or a wooden pick. G ently push the tester into the m iddle o f the cake and pull it out. If you see liquid batter on the tester, keep baking. If the tester com es out clean, rem ove the cake from the oven and let it cool. A silky-tex tured pound cake is rich and moist all by itself, so you d o n ’t need to frost it. Just slice and enjoy! W ith butter, lightly grease bot tom and sides o f 8 1 /2 x 4 1 /2 x 2 1 / 2 o r9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Dust with flour. Shake out excess flour. Set aside. W ith a sifteror mesh strainer. Makes 1 loaf cake or 8 servings • Butter • Hour • 1 1 / 4 cups all-purpose flour • 1 / 4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa • 1 /2 teaspoon salt • 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks) • 1 cup sugar • 4 eggs • 2 teaspoons vanilla • 1 /2 cup mini chocolate chips sift 1 1/4 cups flour together with the cocoa and salt into bow l or onto sheet o f w axed paper. Set aside. In large m ixer bow l at m edium speed, beat to g eth er butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 to 5 m inutes. Beat in eggs and va nilla until thoroughly blended, at least several m inutes. At low speed, gradually beat in reserved flour m ixture, 1/2 cup at a tim e, beating ju st until blended and no streaks rem ain. Stir in chips. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake in preheated 325 F oven until cake begins to pull aw ay from sides o f pan and cake tester in serted near center com es out clean, about 60 to 70 m inutes for 9-inch pan or 75 to 85 m inutes for 8 1/2- inch pan. (If tester show s dark brow n, y o u ’ve hit a m elted choco late chip. Test again in another spot. T o prevent overbaking, rem ove cake from oven as soon as no light brow n batter show s on tester.) Cool on w ire rack 10 m inutes. W ith nar row spatula or knife, loosen cake from pan. G ently shake onto wire rack. Cool com pletely. T o retain m oisture, store cooled cake in plas tic wrap. Serve plain or topped with fruit, ice cream or whipped cream , if desired. Fruits and Vegetables S pongeB ob already helps pitch a cart full o f foods ranging from cereal to ice cream, but N ickelodeon executives say the foray into the w holesom e fruit and vegetable m arket com plem ents network pro gram m ing attem pts to coax kids to eat healthier. “If we can use our popular char acters and help kids eat better, then w e’re all for that," said Sherice T orres, vice president o f N ickel odeon & V iacom C onsum er Prod ucts. T he d ea ls com e as TV e x e c u tives are countering criticism they c o n trib u te to the ch ild h o o d o b e sity boom . A cro p o f k id s' show s try to in sp ire yo u n g view ers to g et up o ff the co u c h , like “Jo J o ’s C irc u s " on D is n e y and N ic k e lo d e o n 's “ L az y T o w n .” E v en S esa m e S tr e e t’s C o o k ie M o n ster c h an g ed his tune e a rlie r th is y ear, sin g in g , "A C o o k ie Is a S o m etim es F o o d .” N ickelodeon also announced W ednesday the launch o f public service announcem ents prom oting balanced breakfast, including an anim ated“It’sB reakfast Ti m e” spot featuring singing spoons and forks. It wi 11 be added toexisting program m ing that encourages kids to ex er cise. U n d e r th e lic e n s in g d e a ls , SpongeBob will be giving a thumbs- up on b a g s o f s p in a c h fro m B oskovich F arm s. S p o n g eB o b , D ora and “Lazy T ow n” char acters will appear on bags of carrots from G rim m w ay E n terprises, and a stable o f N ickelodeon characters will adorn bags o f oranges, tan g e rin e s an d c le m e n tin e s _ from LGS Specialty Sales. S pongeB ob and Co. are not the first cartoon charac ters to go wholesome. Clifford the Big Red Dog lent his name to an organic cereal, Clifford Crunch. And A rthurthe aard- vark appears on som e prod ucts m ade by A nnie’s H om e grow n, including cans o f organic A rthur Loops. But established cartoon charac ters have yet to m igrate noticeably beyond the cereal and candy aisles to the produce and organic sec tions. T orres said the netw ork w ants to strike sim ilar licensing agreem ents even as they work with m ainline fo o d m a k e rs to m a k e su re S pongeB ob products are reform u lated to m ake them healthier. O f course, som e child health advocates grum ble that the best w ay to raise healthy kids is to cut the sw eets and turn o ff the TV. N ickelodeon public affairs vice president M arva Sm alls responds that w hile TV and ice cream arc part o f kids’ lives, the netw ork is using it’s influence to nudge kids tow ard a b alan c ed life sty le - w h eth e r through S p o n g eB o b spinach or prom oting exercise. “W e 're the first to say turn o ff the T V ," she said, “w e ’ll be here w hen you get back.” d e n ts a n u m b e r o f so lu tio n s to a c o m m o n p ro b lem at a v eg e ta ria n table: L ack o f variety. G rab b e will in tro d u c e m y ria d u ses fo r c o lla rd an d m u sta rd g re e n s, k ale, bok- c h o y an d o th e r c a lc iu m -ric h b ut le sse r-k n o w n g ree n s. In th ird co u rse , “ V eg e taria n T h an k sg iv in g ” w ill teach students how to prepare an old-fashioned, hom e-cooked and purely vegetar ian T h anksgiving dinner, rich in flavor, co lo r and texture. T he cost for each class is $24. In addition, a $10 supply fee will be charged. R egistration is now open by calling 503-491-7571. D o you have trouble spicing up your vegetarian diet? T his fall, Mt. H ood C om m unity C ollege is offer ing a variety o f gourm et cooking classes designed to enhance m enus w ithout meat. In stru c to r D av id G ra b b e w ill ex p lo re the w o rld o f tofu in “ V eg e ta ria n A d v en tu re s w ith T o fu .” E asy to p re p a re , in e x p e n siv e , lo w -fa t an d c h o le s te ro l-fre e — w ith th e rig h t se a so n in g s— tofu ca n tran sfo rm a p la in -Jan e p la tte r o f g ree n s in to a d elicio u s, zesty an d w ell-b a la n c e d m eal. 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