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for this cake it is used, for leavening, the ammonium
bicarbonate, rather easy to find: it will make your beans swell very soon! |
| chop the almonds until a powder, should remain some little
coarse piece do not worry, it is ok |
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blend flour with chopped almonds powder, sugar and ammonium bicarbonate
heat the oven at F 320 (C 160) |
| split the dough and the lard into 4 parts (you will prepare
4 kinds of beans and will use 1/4 of these ingredients for each kind) |
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begin with the pink beans, that have a soft cherry aroma, due to the
alchermes or cherry liquor spread the liquor onto the dough |
| add 1/4 cup (50 cc) of milk, it will be enough for making
the dough soft |
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add the lard and knead well the dough, it should be
soft |
| by using two spoons make the typical shape you see here
beside and put onto on a baking pan covered with oven paper keep the beans
not too close each to other as they swell very much |
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put into the oven, better if ventilated, and bake for 20
minutes |
| while the beans with alchermes (or cherry) are
baking prepare those with cinnamon |
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add the cinnamon powder to the second dough quarter |
| add 1/4 of milk and 1/4 of lard and blend well |
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always using two spoons prepare the second baking pan with
the beans on |
| put into the oven as soon as the pink beans are ready |
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in the meantime prepare the dough for the beans of the dead
with cocoa powder: Use always 1/4 of lard and milk |
| take the pink beans from the baking pan and let them cool,
in this manner they will loose completely the ammonium smell on the same
oven paper put the cocoa beans |
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at the end prepare the white dough, with vanilla flour, by
adding the vanilla aroma to the remaining dough and lard |
| punt onto the baking pan where you have taken the cinnamon
beans from and put into the oven |
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let cool completely the beans of the dead if stored in an
aluminum box they remain good for 15 days...but we think they will not
remain stored during a so long time... |
| here you have your cakes for Halloween! |
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