Pizza with asparagus, tomatoes and Cantal cheese

Here is a pizza with a twist. A quick and easy light and soothing delight…

Ingredients: 
1 rectangular fine pizza dough
4 slices of skewered ham
3 tablespoons of fresh cream
12 green asparagus
12 glazed tomatoes
a few snips of chives
20 to 30 g of cantal cheese
Pepper

Preparations:
1. )Preheat your oven to 200 °C (th. 6-7).
2.) Wash the green asparagus, peel them and plunge in boiling water from 8 to 10 minutes until they are nice and tender.
3.) Verify the cooking with the tip of a knife. Pass for a few minutes under cold water to stop the cooking.
4.) Unroll the pizza dough on an oven plaque covered with baking paper.
5.) Spread the fresh cream on all the surface and place the asparagus and glazed tomatoes on the cream.
6.) Cut the ham in thin strips then in big squares and place them on the pizza.
7.) Sprinkle with chiseled chives and slivers of Cantal cheese, add ground pepper.
8.) Bake for 18 to 20 minutes while watching the cooking.

Tip: Serve your pizza with an arugula salad.

Gabriella's Coffee Cake

This is a cake that is easy and fast to whip up. It presents well and will impress your tea guests with it's taste and presentation. Kids and adults love it!

Ingredients:
16 tbsp. unsalted butter, plus more for greasing
4 cups flour, plus 3 tsp.
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups sour cream
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup dark brown sugar
5 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans

Preparations:
1.) Heat oven to 300°.
2.) Grease a 9½" bundt pan and set aside
3.) Whisk 4 cups flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl; set aside
4.) In another bowl, using an electric hand mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy
5.) Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition
6.) Add sour cream and vanilla and mix well to combine
7.) With the motor running, slowly add dry ingredients until smooth; set aside
8.) In another bowl, combine remaining flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
9.) Starting and ending with the batter, layer in bundt pan with sugar mixture to form five layers.
10.) Sprinkle with pecans and bake 1½ hours until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.