Applesauce Cake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups applesauce
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt

First of all, preheat oven to 250°C. After this, cream together shortening and sugar and than add combined applesauce, soda and vanilla. Do not be concerned if mixture separates, it will be blend as ingredients are added.

Add the sifted flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well and turn into a greased 8-inch square pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Applesauce cake is ready for serving. Enjoy

Applesauce Cake

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Belgrade Almond Cake

Ingredients:

• 8 eggs
• 125 g. sugar
• 100 g. almonds (skinned and cut in small pieces)
• 50 g. flour

Separate egg yolks from egg whites. Beat the egg yolks with sugar and add the almonds. Mix the egg whites with the flour until it becomes a thick substance. Spoon the almond mixture in the egg white mixture and then pour everything in a buttered and floured cake pan. Bake the cake in a preheated oven on 190°C for about 45 minutes. After the cake cool down, cut it into three layers.

Ingredients for the filling:

• 10 egg yolks
• 125 gr.sugar
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1.2 l. milk
• 1 vanilla pod (ground)
• 380 g. butter

Beat the egg yolks with the sugar, add flour and mix well. Stir in the milk and add vanilla. Cook this mixture au bain marie, stirring all the time until the mixture has thickened. Remove from the fire and stir until it becomes cool again. Cream the butter with a mixer and add it to the filling.

Spread the filling over the three layers of the cake and put the cake together again. Cover the complete outside of the cake with the remained filling. Decorate the cake with some almonds and let it cool down completely before serving.

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Belgrade Almond Cake

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The problem, of course, is that during the late fall and throughout the winter, many places simply do not provide a wide selection of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Therefore, it can be more difficult to eat healthy during the winter. Not only do our schedules become more hectic but there are also fewer tempting foods and vegetables available at the grocery store. Plus, many types of produce are more expensive during the winter, when they are less readily available and need to be imported.

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Stewed Zucchini with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1kg. small zucchini cut in cubes
• 3 medium tomatoes cut in pieces
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 onion, finely sliced
• 1 tea cup of olive oil
• 1 vegetable cube
• 1 tea cup grated mitzithra cheese
• 1/2 tsp. sugar
• 3 eggs
• parsley, salt and pepper

Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Braise the onion and the zucchini. Add tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients, except the mitzithra cheese and the eggs. Add some water and cook in low heat until the ingredients soften and absorb their juice. Then beat the eggs and the cheese with a mixer. Lower the temperature and pour the egg mixture on top of the zucchini. Cook until the egg thickens. Cover the saucepan and cook for some minutes. Add parsley, salt and pepper for taste. Serve cold.

This is healthy and vegetarian recipe, recommended for the people that want to try at home some new fat burning foods.

Stewed Zucchini with Tomato Sauce