Sage Cakes Recipes

SAGE CAKES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and salt. Stir in the egg yolks, buttermilk and sage all at once. Let the batter stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• In a clean bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer until they can hold a stiff peak. Fold egg whites into the sage batter.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drop spoonfuls of batter into the skillet to make small pancakes. Flip when bubbles appear on the surface and cook until light brown on both sides. Repeat with remaining batter. Add more oil to the skillet if needed. Sprinkle Romano cheese over the pancakes while still warm.

CORN CAKES WITH WALNUTS AND SAGE

Steps:

• Heat a nonstick griddle or nonstick skillet over moderate heat.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter and transfer to a small mixing bowl. Wipe out pan and return to heat with 1 1/2 cups water. Bring water to a boil over high heat. Add cornmeal to a large mixing bowl add the hot water, stir to combine. Beat eggs, milk, and sugar with melted butter and stir this mixture into cornmeal. Sprinkle a little salt into bowl. Add 1 cup all-purpose flour into a strainer or a sifter. Knock strainer to add flour into corn cake mix. Add sage to batter and stir to combine.
• Wipe a pat of butter, nestled in paper toweling, across the griddle pan to grease it. Place small ladles of corn cake batter onto griddle or skillet: make cakes 3-inches wide and allow a bit of space between them in the pan. Nest a few walnut bits into wet batter as the cakes begin to cook. Cook cakes 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Serve cakes with softened butter and honey for drizzling. YUMMY!

APPLE SAGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and line with parchment paper; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, and oil. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt; mix until well combined. Stir in apples and sage; mix until well combined.
• Pour batter into baking pan and transfer to oven. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool completely.

SAGE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease bundt pan with 2 tablespoons butter (or margarine).
• Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
• Sift together first 5 ingredients (flour- cinnamon).
• In a seperate bowl cream 10 tablespoons butter (or margarine) and sugar until light.
• Beat in eggs, water and sage.
• Stir in applesauce.
• Stir in dry ingredients slowly.
• Peel and slice apple.
• Sprinkle apples with lemon juice.
• Place layers of apple slices on bottom and sides of prepared pan.
• Pour in batter carefully, trying not to disturb apple slices.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 1 hour before turning onto plate for serving.

PINEAPPLE SAGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Grease and flour four miniature loaf pans*.
• Cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy.
• Beat in the honey.
• Add the eggs one at a time, making sure to beat for one minute after each addition.
• Beat in the sage leaves, flowers, lemon peel, and crushed pineapple.
• Stir the dry ingredients together and add to the butter mixture.
• Fold these together gently, until just blended.
• Pour into loaf pans.
• Bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until golden brown (wooden pick inserted into center will come out clean).
• Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn out of pans and continue to cool.
• *Iused a regular size loaf pan just bake a little longer till brown and cake tester come out clean.

SAGE, ONION AND WILD-RICE RISOTTO CAKES

Steps:

• Make wild-rice risotto:
• Bring water with salt to a boil in a heavy saucepan, then simmer wild rice, covered, until tender, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat and let rice stand in cooking liquid, uncovered, 30 minutes. Drain rice in a sieve set over a saucepan and reserve rice. Add vegetable stock to cooking liquid and bring to a simmer. Keep liquid hot, covered, over low heat.
• Heat butter and oil in a 6- to 8-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté sage, stirring, 1 minute. Add onions and sauté, stirring, until softened. Stir in celery with salt to taste and sauté, stirring, until onions begin to turn golden brown, about 7 minutes.
• Stir in Arborio rice and cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Add wine, thyme, and pepper to taste and cook, stirring constantly, until wine is absorbed. Stir in 1 cup hot broth and simmer, stirring frequently, until broth is absorbed. Continue adding broth, 1 cup at a time, and simmering, stirring frequently and letting each addition be absorbed before adding the next, until rice is tender but still al dente and creamy-looking and liquid is absorbed, 20 to 22 minutes. Toward end of cooking, stir in wild rice.
• Remove pot from heat and stir in Parmesan, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Cool risotto and chill, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 12. Bring risotto to room temperature before proceeding with recipe.
• Make risotto cakes:
• Lightly beat yolks and stir into risotto. Beat whites and a pinch of salt with an electric mixer until they just hold stiff peaks. Stir half of whites into risotto to lighten slightly and fold in remaining whites. Let batter stand at room temperature 15 minutes before proceeding.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Scoop 4 (rounded 1/4-cup) mounds of batter into skillet, flattening with back of a spoon to form cakes 3 inches across by 1/2 inch thick. Cook cakes until golden brown on underside (this is critical to prevent cakes from breaking when turning), adjusting heat if browning too quickly, 5 minutes. Carefully turn cakes over with a metal spatula and cook until golden brown on underside, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer as browned to a large shallow baking pan and arrange in one layer. Make more cakes in same manner, wiping skillet clean with paper towels between batches and adding more oil as necessary.
• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Just before serving, bake risotto cakes until sizzling, about 6 minutes. Serve immediately.