Pear almond cake (and a grapefruit variation)
Cakes
A riff on the legendary Roman Apple cake from the 1953 Joy of Cooking. The pears can be replaced with apples, but avoid the temptation to omit the fenugreek. The spice's sweet caramel notes are a perfect pair to the spicy cinnamon. <br /> <br />Simple grapefruit cake: Two days prior, completely zest a grapefruit using the smaller holes of a lemon zester tool (the kind that produces long strings of zest). Distribute 1 cup of sugar over the bottom of a lidded container, scatter the zest over it, then cover with another cup of sugar. Leave with the lid ajar for two days, shaking occasionally to break up clumps. <br />When making the recipe, replace the fresh fruit with half of the zest and the white sugar with grapefruit sugar. Omit the last scattered teaspoon of brown sugar, but increase the salt in the batter to 1/2 teaspoon.
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