The Lillian Kaplun Centenary Celebration

Friends of The Lillian Kaplun Centenary Celebration

kaplunfan — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:23:47 +0000

From The Toronto Star, July 18, 2011:

http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/1025725–smokin-on-the-street

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Made with Lillian’s cookie press

kaplunfan — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:44:21 +0000

These shortbread cookies were made with Lillian Kaplun’s famous cookie press:

http://life.nationalpost.com/2010/12/18/bonnie-sterns-secrets-to-perfect-shortbread/

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Lillian’s recipes live on

kaplunfan — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:05:59 +0000

Day 16 of the Toronto Star’s Great Cookie Countdown features one of Lillian’s cookie recipes:

Chewy mocha chocolate chip bars.

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My choice for the best honey cake

kaplunfan — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:04:39 +0000

This is one of four honey cake recipes that Lillian included in her first book, For The Love of Baking and it’s my choice for the best honey cake recipe ever.

P.S. Don’t forget the Apple Cake, too!

Happy New Year!

ORANGE MARMALADE HONEY CAKE

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon (scant) baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup oil
3/4 cup honey (preferably liquid)
1/2 cup thick orange marmalade
2 eggs
1 cup very strong tea

DIRECTIONS:

Grease an 8″ or 8″ inch square pan
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
In a large mixer bowl, mix oil, sugar, honey, marmalade and eggs
Beat 1-2 minutes on high speed.
On low speed, add sifted dry ingredients alternately with the cup of strong tea. Mix only until dry ingredients disappear. Do not overmix.
Pour batter into the greased square pan.
Sprinkle the top of the cake with blanched almonds.
Bake at 325°F for 1 hour
Cool

Variation: Use ginger marmalade or apricot jam in place of orange marmalade.

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July 21, 2009: Lillian was born 100 years ago today.

kaplunfan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:29:49 +0000

Lillian Kaplun garnishing her famous tortes. (June, 1970)

Thank you for joining us in our celebration of the life and work of Lillian Kaplun.

In honour of the occasion of the centenary of her birth, we have established this blog. We hope you will enjoy spending some time here and that you will contribute to this blog by sharing your knowledge, experiences with, and memories of Lillian and of her wonderful baking.

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