Concord Grape Cake

Name: Concord Grape Cake
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 454 grams Concord grapes (see notes); 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 1 Finely grated zest of lemon; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 79 milliliters milk, at room temperature; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted; 177 milliliters vegetable oil; 79 milliliters sweet white wine, at room temperature

Need a vegetarian dessert? Concord Grape Cake could be a great recipe to try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 693 calories, 6g of protein, and 35g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, flour, wine, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours.

Instructions

For the Cake: Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 9-inch round cake pan with 1 tablespoon butter. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper and coat and grease once again with whatever butter is left on the pastry brush.

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Butter

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Oven

Beat eggs and brown sugar on medium-high speed until pale yellow and foamy, about 2 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

Egg

Add salt, wine, milk, oil, and lemon zest and beat until combined, about 1 minute.

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Lemon Zest

Milk

Salt

Wine

Cooking Oil

Combine flour and baking powder in small bowl. Lower mixer speed to low and add flour mixture. Beat just until combined, scraping sides and bottom of bowl with rubber spatula as necessary. Fold in grapes.

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Baking Powder

Grapes

All Purpose Flour

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Spatula

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Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake until cake tester inserted in middle of cake comes out clean, rotating pan halfway through baking, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Cool cake in pan about 10 minutes, then turn over onto large plate. Immediately invert onto cooling rack set over parchment-lined baking sheet (to catch any drips).

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For the Concord Grape Jam: While cake is cooling, place a small plate in the freezer.

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Grape Jam

Remove the grape skins by pinching the grapes and place them in a food processor. Pulse with 1/4 cup sugar until completely pureed.

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Grapes

Sugar

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Combine pureed skins, peeled grapes, lemon juice, and remaining 3/4 cup sugar in medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. Bring mixture to boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to medium-low and simmer, stirring frequently, until thickened and reduced to 1 cup, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Lemon Juice

Grapes

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Strain hot jam into a glass measuring cup; discard seeds (strained jam will measure about 3/4 cup). To test for doneness, drop a tablespoon of jam on the chilled plate and allow to stand for 1 minute. Tilt the plate: if the jam runs, return it to the saucepan and simmer 3 to 5 minutes and test again. Jam is done when it stays in a mound.

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Seeds