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Iuly 27, 2005
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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
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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.
T h e co u rse “ V eg etarian C o o k
ing w ith G re e n s” w ill give s tu
Double Chocolate
Pound Cake
SpongeBob Pitching
(A P)- Skip the Krabby Patty,
S pongeB ob SquarePants is going
veggie. Pictures o f the happy-go-
lucky sponge will appear on pack
ages o f carrots, spinach and citrus
starting next m onth, under licens
ing deals with produce com panies.
D ora the Explorer and other N ickel
odeon characters also will debut on
fruit and vegetable packages, ac
cording to the netw ork.
Learning to Cook Vegetarian
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