Best pound cake ever. Thanks Elvis!

I did a ton of cooking this past weekend, and one thing I made for the second time was Elvis's favorite pound cake. I got the recipe from Gourmet- back in the day when it was still around. I am a lover of pound cake...so simple and so comforting. This one is the King of them all (bad pun I know).

Take the time to sift the flour 3 times. It is important. The cake is a very fine, dense crumb, quite sturdy and spongy. I like to serve it with strawberries or even a yummy ice cream. It also has a yummy 'crust" that forms on the top of the cake that is almost chewy. Maybe Elvis was onto something here. Watch me if I start to fry up PB&J sandwiches though.

It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll

One of the things I miss about my home country,(and there are many-but that is another post), is the ability to go into any bakery and buy a sausage roll. So flaky and hot, with a weird film of fatty goodness that coats your tongue for hours afterward. Sometimes I get a hankering so bad that I simply must have one, so I came up with my own recipe. They are always a huge hit, and are super simple to make. I use ground turkey cause hubby won't eat the red meat...but you can sub in a mix of beef and pork if you like.

SAUSAGE ROLLS

Ingredients:

2 full sheets puff pastry (pepperidge farm or Aussie puff is good)

1 package of ground turkey-standard size

2 crusts bread -or regular slices if you don't have crust

4tbs milk

1 small onion

4 cloves garlic

1tbs Worcestershire sauce

3tbs tomato paste

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp curry powder

1/2 tsp celery seed

2 tbs Dijon mustard

egg wash if you like....not necessary.

Method:

*Oven at 400 F

*defrost pastry while making filling

*whiz up the bread crusts in a food processor until fine crumbs. Mix with milk in a large bowl to form a panade and set aside.

*chop onion and garlic fine in a food processor, add to bread panade

* add in rest of ingredients (not pastry) and mix very well.

* open up pastry sheet and divide into 3. Roll each piece to form a nice rectangle....lay a line of turkey sausage mix down the center and fold over to make a roll. Wet pastry seam with water to seal. Cut into inch long pieces and place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, an inch and a half apart.

*Bake for 25 mins or until golden.

Serve with ketchup.....mmmmmmmm.

I always make the recipe up as I go along so this is an approximation. Feel free to add spices.