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How to make Reddit's old recipe Armenian perok cake - TODAY - TODAY

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 10:37 AM PST

When it comes to her family's passion for baking, Redditor Ninette, who posts as flyGERTIfly, has always believed in sharing the love.

So when she found herself baking through some old family recipes at the start of the COVID-19 quarantine, Ninette, who lives in New York City and asked to keep her last name anonymous, took to the Old_Recipes subreddit to share her family's recipe for Armenian perok cake.

The buttery, jam-covered delight quickly went viral within the group, and has since been named one of Reddit's top five most-discussed recipes of 2020.

"According to my mom, this particular type of perok, a cake topped with apricot jam and a lattice crust, originated from Armenian diasporans living in Tabriz, Iran, which is where my family is from," Ninette told TODAY Food. "This recipe was passed down from my maternal grandmother and has always been a staple in our homes."

Ninette says her family has never been one to "hoard secret recipes," so she was eager to share a part of her family's history with the subreddit. Seeing the cake take off and gain popularity has been a sweet bonus.

The ingredients for Ninette's cake include butter, eggs and apricot jam.Terri Peters/TODAY

"I wasn't expecting the post to get any attention at all, but soon after, people started making it and posting photos of their own versions and it was exciting to see more pop up every day," she said. "I sent every photo — around 60 — that was posted or DM'd to me to my mom. Those early pandemic days felt so grim and dreary, so I was just grateful for the bit of joy that it brought my mom."

Eager to experience the perok joy myself, I gathered the simple ingredients for the cake. After lining my kitchen island with butter, eggs, flour, apricot jam and more, it was time to get to work.

The cake's batter was simple, buttery and thick enough that it stood up to the next instruction to spread the top with apricot jam.

The cake's thick batter, ready to be spread with jam.Terri Peters/TODAY

At Ninette's instruction, I saved a bit of batter and added more flour to it so I could roll it out and lay strips of crust across the cake. Unlike the expert baker of Armenian delights, I had an epic fail with my cake: The center collapsed, due, I believe, to using too small a pan.

Nevertheless, the cake was delicious. Warm from the oven, the buttery cake and warm apricot topping melted in my mouth. Sliced and plated, there was zero indication of my mistake.

The recipe calls for some batter to be kept aside, to be mixed with flour to form a lattice crust.Terri Peters/TODAY

I'd love to try the perok with other types of jam as well, something about which Ninette has a horror story from her teenage years, so if you want to keep your appetite, skip the below.

"My family took a trip to Iran, and we visited an older family friend for tea one evening," she said, explaining that the friend presented them with a freshly-baked perok when they arrived. "I noticed the jam was a little different … but it was tasty so I didn't think much past that."

The messy but beautiful end result of this delicious recipe.Terri Peters/TODAY

"My mom complimented her on the cake and the lady told us for the past couple of months she had been scraping the leftover jam off her and her husband's plates after breakfast every morning so it wouldn't go to waste, and saved it to bake this cake," she continued. "Needless to say, we didn't go back for a second piece and laughed about it as soon as we left."

While I won't be scraping the breakfast dishes, I will be trying this delightful cake again. It would be delicious with a cup of coffee or tea at breakfast, and since the texture reminds me a bit of a cobbler, topping it with vanilla ice cream would be delicious, too.

However it's served, this cake's Reddit renown is well-deserved.

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Best Heart-Shaped Cake Recipe - How To Make a Heart-Shaped Cake - GoodHousekeeping.com

Posted: 09 Dec 2020 09:06 AM PST

heart shaped cake

Mike Garten

You don't need a fancy baking pan to make this chocolate heart-shaped cake recipe, all you need is one square and one round cake, plus a few strategic cuts to turn the two confections into one lovable dessert. 

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Yields: 16 servings

Total Time: 2 hours 0 mins

Cakes

2 1/2 c.

all-purpose flour

1 1/4 c.

unsweetened cocoa powder

2 1/4 c.

granulated sugar

3/4 c.

packed brown sugar

2 1/4 tsp.

baking soda

3/4 tsp.

baking powder

3/4 tsp.

kosher salt

1 1/2 c.

whole milk

3/4 c.

canola oil

3

large eggs

1 1/2 tsp.

pure vanilla extract

1 1/4 c.

boiling water

Frosting and decorations

2

8-oz pkg cream cheese, at room temperature

1/2 c.

(1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 c.

confectioners' sugar

Sprinkles, nonpariels and hearts, for decorating

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Coat one 9-inch square cake pan and one 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottoms with parchment; spray parchment.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, granulated and brown sugars, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, oil, eggs and vanilla extract and mix into flour mixture until fully incorporated. Mix in boiling water (batter will be thin).
  3. Divide batter among prepared pans and bake until wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in pans before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
  4. Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  5. Place square cake on large board or serving platter, orienting it like a diamond. Cut round cake in half. Use some frosting to stick round halves to 2 sides of square to make a heart. Frost sides and top with remaining frosting.
  6. Decorate as desired with sprinkles, nonpareils, and hearts.

Nutritional information: About 565 cal, 29 g fat (11.5 g sat), 7 g pro, 410 mg sodium, 75 g carb, 3 g fiber

How To Make a Heart Shaped Cake

cutting round cake in half

Mike Garten

Cut round cake in half.

placing round cake onto square cake to form a heart

Mike Garten

Place square cake on large board or serving platter, orienting it like a diamond. Use some frosting to stick round halves to 2 sides of square to make a heart.

frosting heart cake

Mike Garten

Frost sides and top with remaining frosting.

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