sour cream – Aubrey About Town http://aubreyabouttown.com The going-ons of SF party host & chef, bon vivant, homme du monde, & man-about-town Tue, 09 Aug 2022 19:46:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/aubreyabouttown.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-43DD7C41-CD23-44CF-9EC7-C1D81E967BB4.png?fit=32%2C32 sour cream – Aubrey About Town http://aubreyabouttown.com 32 32 58900657 Guinness-Chocolate Cake with Bailey’s Irish Cream Cheese Buttercream http://aubreyabouttown.com/recipe/guinness-chocolate-cake-with-baileys-irish-cream-cheese-buttercream/ http://aubreyabouttown.com/recipe/guinness-chocolate-cake-with-baileys-irish-cream-cheese-buttercream/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:40:30 +0000 http://aubreyabouttown.com/?post_type=recipe&p=3743 Simple & whimsical. A creamy and ivory beginning, with a rich ebony finish; just like a tall glass of it’s namesake, Guinness. The perfect conclusion to a St. Patrick’s Day Supper.

Guinness-Chocolate Cake with Irish Cream Cheese Buttercream
A rich layer of Guinness Stout and cocoa enriched cake, topped with a velvety Bailey’s Irish Cream spiked cream cheese topping.
Ingredients
Guinness-Chocolate Cake
Bailey’s Irish Cream Cheese Buttercream
Instructions
Prepare Guinness-Chocolate Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Melt 3/4 cup butter, set aside.
  3. Grease sides and bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with vegetable shortening, place a 9-inch parchment round on the bottom. Dust sides of springform pan with flour. Set aside.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together: all-purpose flour, baker’s sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
  5. In a medium bowl, beat eggs.
  6. To the beaten eggs, whisk in: sour cream, Guinness Stout, and vanilla.
  7. Whisk wet mixture into flour mixture until well combined. Whisk in melted butter until fully incorporated and smooth.
  8. Pour cake batter into greased & parchment lined and floured 9-inch springform pan.
  9. Bake on the center rack in a preheated 350 degrees oven for 50 mins, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake. The cake should have risen into a cracked dome top.
  10. Remove pan from oven, and set on a cooling rack to cool for 20 mins, remove cake from springform pan, and cool completely on rack (about two hours).
  11. Loosely wrap cake in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled (about 2 hours or overnight).
Prepare the Bailey’s Irish Cream Cheese Buttercream:
  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, on MED speed, cream the butter & cream cheese together until combined; stopping to scrape the bottom & sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
  2. Add Bailey’s Irish Cream and vanilla extract, blend until smooth, again, scraping the bowl.
  3. With the mixer on LOW, spoon the confectioners sugar into the cream cheese mixture 1/2 cup at a time, blending after each addition.
  4. Scrape the sides of the bowl, and any confectioners sugar at the bottom of the bowl.
  5. Beat on MED-HIGH for 2 mins, or until light and fluffy.
Frost the Cake:
  1. Place cake on a cake drum, cake round, cake stand, or serving platter.
  2. On the top center of the Guinness-Chocolate cake, mound 3 cups of Bailey’s Irish Cream Cheese Buttercream.
  3. Using an offset spatula, gentle spread from the center out, frosting to the edge, leaving the sides of the cake bare.
  4. Keep covered in the refrigerator. Serves 10-12
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Classic Cheesecake
Servings10 slices
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time35 mins
Passive Time8 hours
Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
Cheesecake Batter
Sour Cream-Cheese Topping
Instructions
To Prepare Crust
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Melt 1/3 cup butter in the microwave, or over the stove in a small saucepan, set aside.
  3. Line the bottom of an 8-inch springform pan with an 8-inch parchment disc.
  4. To a large 1 gallon size plastic zipper bag, add: graham crackers, flour, and sugar. Press air from bag, and seal.
  5. Lay zipper bag flat, and with a rolling pin, wine bottle, are the back of a skillet, roll across the bag to crush graham crackers to a mealy crumb. Shake bag to combine.
  6. Add melted butter, and shake and massage bag until the crust mixture resembles wet sand. Check with your fingertips to ensure butter has fully coated the flour & crumb mixture.
  7. Evenly disperse crust mixture into the bottom of prepared springform pan.
  8. With the bottom of a straight-sided water glass or measuring cup, working from the center-out, gently and evenly press crumbs into the bottom of the pan, working out to the sides, form a 1/2 lip around the circumference to form a short-sided crust up the sides of the pan (about 1/2 an inch).
  9. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 12 mins.
  10. Transfer pan to a rack, let cool completely (about 25 mins).
  11. Prepare Cheesecake Batter.
To Prepare Cheesecake
  1. Adjust oven temperature to 325 degrees.
  2. In a bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat together: softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, being sure to scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, blend until smooth, and sugar has dissolved.
  3. Mix sour cream, lemon juice (add zest of 1 lemon if a more bright and citrusy cake is preferred), flour, cornstarch, and salt into cream cheese mixture, continue to beat with mixer until smooth, and no lumps of flour or corn starch remain - being sure to scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
  4. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  5. Place pan with the prepared crust on a baking sheet.
  6. Pour cheesecake filling over crust, using an off-set spatula to evenly spread out filling in necessary.
  7. Place on your oven’s center rack, and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the edges of the top of the cheesecake begin to puff slightly and the center slightly jiggles (but has not puffed) when gently wiggled. And will help prevent a crack from forming.
  8. Turn off heat, and open the oven door slightly, using a rolled-up kitchen towel to keep the door open a jar. This step will “ripen” the cheesecake, giving it that signature ‘tanginess’.
  9. Allow cheesecake to cool in and along with the oven until room temperature (about 4 hours).
  10. Refrigerate cheesecake for at least 4 hours or better, overnight.
  11. With an off-set spatula, evenly spread Sour Cream-Cheese Topping over the top of the cheesecake.
  12. Refrigerate 2 hours longer.
  13. Serves 10.
To Prepare Sour Cream-Cheese Topping
  1. Beat cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, and vanilla together until smooth, and sugar has completely dissolved.
  2. To check if the sugar has dissolved, rub a bit of topping between your fingers to check for grittiness.
  3. With an off-set spatula, spread topping evenly over the top of the cheesecake, refrigerate at least two hours to set.
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Chocolate Cheesecake
Though, perfectly delightful directly from the refrigerator, the chocolate flavor is more intense when removed from the refrigerator for an hour, and served at room temperature.
Servings10 slices
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time45 mins
Passive Time8-10 hours
Ingredients
Chocolate Wafer Crust
Chocolate Cheesecake Filling
Chocolate Cheesecake Topping
Instructions
To Prepare Crust
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line the bottom of an 8-inch springform pan with an 8-inch parchment disc.
  3. Melt 1/3 cup butter in the microwave, or over the stove in a small saucepan, set aside.
  4. Gently twist Oreo cookies to separate into 36 wafers. With the back of a pairing knife or dinner knife, scrap off the ‘Stuff’ (cream filling), discard filling.
  5. Add chocolate wafers, flour, sugar, and cocoa powder to a gallon-size zipper bag. Press air from bag, and seal.
  6. Lay zipper bag flat, and with a rolling pin, wine bottle, are the back of a skillet, roll across the bag to crush chocolate wafers to a mealy crumb. Shake bag to combine.
  7. Add melted butter, and shake and massage bag until the water crust mixture resembles wet sand. Check with your fingertips to ensure butter has fully coated the flour & crumb mixture.
  8. Evenly disperse crust mixture into the bottom of prepared springform pan.
  9. With the bottom of a straight-sided water glass or measuring cup, working from the center-out, gently and eventually press crumbs into the bottom of the pan, working out to the sides, form a 1/4 inch thick lip around the circumference to form a short-sided crust up the sides of the pan (about 1-inch).
  10. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 12 mins.
  11. Immediately transfer pan to a wire rack, let cool completely (about 20 minutes)
  12. Prepare Chocolate Cheesecake Filling.
To Prepare Cheesecake Filling
  1. Adjust oven temperature to 325 degrees.
  2. With a chef’s knife, chop chocolate (or use chips). Add chopped chocolate (or chips) to a microwave-safe bowl, melt on HIGH at intervals of 20 seconds, stirring in-between. Repeat until melted, and only small unmelted pieces remain, stir to finish melting. Set aside.
  3. In a bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat together: softened cream cheese, sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla, being sure to scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, blend until smooth, and sugar has dissolved.
  4. Mix sour cream, flour, and cornstarch into cream cheese mixture, beat until well combined.
  5. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  6. Separate 1/3 cheesecake filling, set aside.
  7. Add melted chocolate to the other 2/3 of cheesecake mixture, combine until no streaks of white batter remain.
  8. Place prepared crust on a baking sheet.
  9. Pour chocolate cheesecake filling over crust, using an off-set spatula to evenly spread out filling.
  10. Place on your oven’s center rack, and bake for 30 minutes. Holding cake by the baking sheet, carefully remove cake from oven.
  11. Working from the outside-in, gently pour the remaining 1/3 cheesecake batter over the chocolate batter, carefully return to the oven.
  12. Continue to bake for 15 minutes longer, or until the edges of the top of the cheesecake begin to puff slightly and the center slightly jiggles (but has not puffed) when gently wiggled.
  13. Turn off heat, and open the oven door slightly, using a rolled-up kitchen towel to keep the door open a jar.
  14. Allow cheesecake to cool in and along with the oven until room temperature (about 4 hours). The cheesecake will shrink slightly, and pull away from the pan.
  15. Refrigerate cheesecake for at least 4 hours or better, overnight.
  16. Remove cheesecake from pan, and position on to a cake stand or serving plate. With an off-set spatula, evenly spread Vanilla Cheesecake Topping over the top of the cheesecake.
  17. Refrigerate 2 hours longer to set.
  18. Serves 10.
To Prepare Topping
  1. With a hand mixer or wooden spoon , beat the softened cream cheese, sugar, cream, and vanilla together until smooth, and sugar has completely dissolved.
  2. To check if the sugar has dissolved, rub a bit of topping between your fingers to check for grittiness.
  3. Add melted chocolate, beat until fluffy, and no white streaks remain.
  4. Transfer topping to a piping bag, fitted with a star tip. Pipe a scalloped border around top circumstance of cheesecake by gently pressing down, and lifting up slightly, then out into a tail - like a capital R or a wave (as photographed). Or rosettes, by positioning tip flat on the cake holding the pastry bag vertically, gently squeezing While lifting and releasing to form a ‘kiss’. Alternatively, for a simpler finish; with an off-set spatula, spread topping evenly over the cheesecake.
  5. Refrigerate two hours to set.
Recipe Notes

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Deviled Potato-Scallion Salad
Servings12 servings
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Passive Time2 hours
Ingredients
Salad Dressing
Instructions
  1. In a large pot, cover cubed potatoes and eggs with cold water and 1 tablespoon kosher salt.
  2. On medium-high heat, bring to a boil. Boil 8 minutes, or until potato can be cut with a fork, but not easily mashed.
  3. Immediately strain in colander, then plunge in ice water to halt cooking (the eggs will be hard-boiled in the time it takes to cook the potatoes).
  4. Strain well of excess water, allow to cool completely, transfer to a large bowl.
  5. Peel and chop hard boiled eggs, add to potatoes, add celery, roasted peppers, pickles, carrots, bacon, and scallions.
  6. Refrigerate until chilled (about 1 hour). Serve chilled.
Prepare Dressing & Dress Salad
  1. In a medium bowl, combine, mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, Dijon, ground mustard, dehydrated chives, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and ground black pepper, blend well.
  2. Pour dressing over chilled potato mixture, toss well to combine.
  3. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or for better results, overnight before serving. Serve chilled
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Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake
So sinfully rich, it could only be called one thing; Devil’s Food! Perfect for your homemade birthday cake, anniversaries, or just when y’all need to tame that chocolate fix. Chocoholics rejoice!
Servings12 slices
Prep Time60 mins.
Cook Time30 mins.
Ingredients
Cake Batter
Chocolate Fudge Frosting
Instructions
Cake Batter
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit (176 celsius).
  2. Grease bottom & sides of two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment rounds, dust sides with flour.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, sift together cake flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt.
  4. With the stand mixer outfitted with the paddle attachment, on low, blend cold cubed butter into the flour mixture, until it resembles crumbs and there are no visible large pieces of butter.
  5. In a measuring cup, measure together coffee and milk (coffee accentuates the chocolate, making a more intense chocolate flavour), stir in vanilla extract.
  6. All at once, add milk mixture to flour mixtute, blend until just incorporated and smooth, then add beaten eggs, mix just until eggs are blended, and the batter is glossy.
  7. Divide batter into the two prepared cake pans, lift and tap cake pans on counter to real ease any air-bubbles.
  8. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, cakes are done when an inserted wooden toothpick or skewer comes out clean.
  9. On a rack, allow cakes to cool in the pans for just 20 mins, the turn cakes out of cake pans on to rack and allow cakes to cool completely.
Chocolate Fudge Frosting
  1. Creating a ‘double boiler’, fill a medium-size sauce pan with an inch of water, bring to a gentle simmer.
  2. To a medium-size metal or heat-proof bowl, add chocolate chips and heavy cream. Place bowl over simmering water. Gently stir with a rubber spatula just until chocolate chips have melted - creating a ganache. Remove from heat.
  3. In a small bowl, combine sour cream, vanilla extract, and salt.
  4. Add sour cream mixture to hot melted ganache, mix until fully incorporated.
  5. Allow to set up & cool completely at room temperature, stirring occasionally. The frosting will firm-up to a spreadable consistency in 2 hours.
Assemble the Cake
  1. Gently peel-off parchment round from one cake layer.
  2. Place cake layer upright on to a 9-inch cardboard cake round.
  3. Spread frosting on top of bottom cake layer to the edges.
  4. Place top layer top-side down onto first frosted layer, gently peel-off parchment round. Put a large dollop of frosting into top of cake, spreading it all the way to the edge.
  5. Spread frosting on sides of cake in an upward fashion to meet the frosted top, frost in a swirling fashion.
  6. Transfer to a cake stand or plate. Makes 12 slices.
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