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Linzer Cookies With Raspberry Jam – Perfect for Valentine’s Day!

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valentines day linzer hearts gift idea raspberry strawberry jam in box easy quick cheap budget better baking bible blog dough recipe powdered sugar sprinkled red rosesLinzer cookies are a classic, and these have been tweaked for Valentine’s Day! They’ve got the classic taste we all love in a Linzer cookie, but with a raspberry twist! The raspberry jam goes great with this soft and buttery cookie, and it’s topped with powdered sugar. These cookies would look wonderful packaged with a ribbon as a teacher gift, or as a school snack for your kids. Love is in the air, so make a big batch of these yummy cookies for that special someone!

Photos: Cooking Classy.

Linzer Cookies With Raspberry Jam – Perfect for Valentine’s Day!

 
Classic buttery Linzer cookies tweaked for Valentine’s Day with raspberry jam and dusted with powdered sugar. Makes a great teacher gift!
 
Ingredients:
 
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 cup slivered almonds
  • 1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar, plus more for dusting
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • 8 oz raspberry jam
Instructions:
 
  • In a large bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
  • In a food processor, add almonds and brown sugar. Pulse until they’re finely ground. Set aside.
  • In another bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar using an electric mixer on low speed. When combined, increase speed to medium-high and beat until creamy (1 minute).
  • Add in egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Mix.
  • Add in almond mixture. Mix.
  • On low speed, gradually add in flour mixture. Mix until combined.
  • Form the dough into a ball and wrap it in a sheet of plastic wrap. Chill in the fridge for 2 hours.
  • Preheat your oven to 350 F.
  • Dust your work surface with flour and take out the dough from the fridge. Cut the dough in half and roll out each half evenly until it’s 1/8″-1/6″ thick.
  • Cut into heart shapes with a cookie cutter. Using a smaller heart shape cookie cutter, cut out small hearts into the centers of half of the hearts.
  • Transfer the hearts onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Space them about 1″ apart. If the hearts have warmed up, place them in the fridge for a few minutes. They must go into the oven cold.
  • Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes until the edges are golden. Cool on wire racks.
  • Spread jam over the whole hearts and top with heart that’s been cut out in the center.
  • Dust cookies with powdered sugar.
  • Store in an airtight container.

The Most Delicious Red Velvet Cake

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Red Velvet Cake / Theresaunfried / CC BY, RED VELVET CAKE / STEVEN LABINSKI / CC BY

Soft, moist, and delicious, this red velvet cake is TO DIE FOR! For Valentine’s Day, birthday parties, holidays, and get togethers, this gorgeous red beauty is the perfect choice of cake for any occasion!  Filled with a sweet chocolate ganache and cream cheese frosting, you really can’t get any better than this. Red velvet is a huge hit down in the south, with it being one of the most favorite cakes to date. I was never a huge fan of it myself, until I made it at home – store bought red velvet cakes can’t compare!

* The original photo of this cake that goes along with the recipe used milk chocolate ganache. This one in the photo above uses white chocolate ganache. So whichever you prefer you can use for your recipe.

The Most Delicious, Moist, Red Velvet Cake

Moist red velvet cake filled with chocolate ganache and topped with a cool, cream cheese frosting.
 
Ingredients:

 

Red Velvet Cake:

– 2 cups plain flour

– 1 tsp baking powder

– 1 tsp baking soda

– 1 tsp salt

– 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

– 2 cups sugar

– 1 cup vegetable oil

– 2 eggs

– 1 cup buttermilk

– 2 tsp vanilla extract

– 1-2 oz. red food colouring

– 1 tsp white vinegar

– 1/2 cup prepared plain hot coffee

 

Chocolate Ganache:

– 1/2 cup double cream

– 50 grams chocolate chips or chopped chocolate

 

Cream Cheese Frosting

– 300 ml. whipping cream

– 1 1/2 cup cream cheese

– 1 cup confectioners sugar

Directions:
 
Red Velvet Cake:
 
  1. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease two 9″ cake pans and line with parchment paper.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, combine sugar and vegetable oil. Mix in eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and food colouring until well combined. Stir in coffee and vinegar.
  4. In a separate mixing bowl, put 1/4 of the dry ingredients and gradually add wet ingredients, altering with the dry and wet ingredients until combined.
  5. Equally divide the batter between two prepared pans. Bake for about 30-40 mins or until toothpick comes out clean.
  6. Remove cake from oven, and transfer to cooling rack still in the pan. Allow 10 mins to cool and run a knife around the edges to loosen the cake. Peel off parchement paper and let it cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache
 
  1. In a medium sauce pan, heat the double cream just before it comes to a boil. Remove from heat, add chocolate and stir until smooth.
  2. Place ganache in fridge to cool and thicken or just until it becomes spreadable.
  3. Flip cake layers upside down and spread half of the ganache on each layer. Place in fridge to set.
Cream Cheese Frosting
 
  1. Whip the whipping cream until thick and add in cream cheese and confectioners sugar. Whisk unti combined.
  2. Place one cake layer on a plate and frost with 1/2 cup of frosting. Place second layer on top and frost with another 1/2 cup. Use the rest of frosting to frost the whole cake.
  3. To decorate, sprinkle shaved white chocolate over the top.