3 french four spice Recipes

butter, softened, brown sugar, zest of 1/2 orange, eggs, flour, unsweetened cocoa, quatre epices, baking powder, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, butter, honey, quatre epices, half-and-half, lemon juice, powdered sugar, chopped toasted walnuts

head garlic, left unpeeled, plus 4 large cloves, divided, kosher salt, chopped thyme, quatre epices (french four-spice blend), shallots, finely chopped (1/4 cup), turkish bay leaves or 1 california, crumbled, fresh moulard , muscovy, or long island (pekin) duck legs (5 lb total), rendered duck fat