A Tower of Power ~ Addimu for Oshun

~ Oshun loves sweet treats! ~
Ingredients:
-1 honey jar (5 ounces)
-½ cup of sugar
-¾ cup of sugar
-½ tsp cardamom powder
-1 tsp of cinnamon
-¼ tsp of orange extract
-½ tsp of vanilla extract
-½ cup of slivered toasted almonds
-2/3 cup of milk
-1 loaf of French bread (make sure you have a firm crust on the bread)
-2 eggs
-1 pinch of salt
-1 stick of butter
-2 tsp corn or canola oil
-1 sliced orange (5 nice round pieces would do)
Procedure:
1.Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat along with the oil, set aside.
2.Mix eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract in a large bowl.
3.Slice the bread slanted (½ inch thick slices) and using a serrated knife as to avoid crushing it.
4.Heat up a pan (medium heat) and brush with the butter and oil mixture you had set aside
5.Dip the slices quickly into the mix on both sides and remove excess moisture
6.Set to cook over medium heat making sure they turn out golden

While you are cooking the slices of French Toast, start on your syrup. This is rather simple, equal parts of water and sugar are combined in a sauce pan (¾of sugar to ¾ cups of water, cardamom powder and orange extract are added, you could use orange zest if you wish as well). Let the syrup thicken slowly over medium heat and once it coats a spoon nice and even it is done.


Serving the dish is where the Tower part comes to play. If you have used a full loaf of bread and sliced it as I recommended you will have a massive pile of golden slices of toast (an an irresistible urge to dig into them while they are hot!). Get a nice plate and arrange them so they look like a tower, then organize the oranges about the plate to make it look pretty and enticing. Drizzle the syrup on top of your tower and then sprinkle the toasted almonds over the tower. The last touch is to liberally cover them with honey and sprinkle with cinnamon.