This afternoon I made some chocolate covered strawberries. I have dipped berries in chocolate before but I will admit, I have never actually tempered the chocolate. I figured it was time to do it right so I tempered it, since I don’t have a nice big marble slab I chose to use the “seeding” method. [...]
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Chocolate Strawberries
Posted in Chocolate, Fruit on April 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Chocolate Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate, Fruit on February 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I got up early this morning to bake a cake. I only have one large sheet cake pan so I had to bake two layers, separately. I used the same recipe that I used for my friends wedding cake last summer. Last night while reading through some cookbooks, I came across a useful tip. When [...]
Chocolate Truffles with the Munchkin
Posted in Chocolate, truffles on February 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago I was having dinner with some of my friends and their daughter and I came up with a plan to make chocolate truffles for her classmates for Valentine’s day. So, today, we did just that. We used the ganache that I had leftover from the Sarah Bernhardts that I made [...]
A birdday cake
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate on January 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My sister made this cake a while ago and it looked delicious! When I was deciding what to bake for my brother for his birthday, the “Chocolate Guinness Cake” came to mind, it is rich, chocolaty, and moist. Perfect for a wintry day like today. The first step was to pour the Guinness in a [...]
Hedgehog Cake
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate on December 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have been wanting to make this cake since last winter. I couldn’t find any chestnut paste in Michigan and when I finally got some from my mom’s store, it seemed too rich and wintry to make in April. My sister loves chestnuts and hedgehogs I made it for her birthday last week. The recipe [...]
Pears from King Edward’s Orchard
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Fruit, Jams and Preserves on October 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago I went to my friends land south of town. He is developing a very beautiful orchard, King Edward’s. This spring he planted about 50 fruit trees! Lucky for us, he already has a giant pear tree that is loaded with fruit. I like to let my pears ripen off the [...]
Birthday baking…
Posted in Cheese, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruit, meringues and mousse, pastry, pies, and tarts, Uncategorized on September 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Every year my mom would ask me what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday and for the past 10 years or so, I have had the same request, coeur a la creme. Coeur a la creme is a smooth and silky dessert made with cream and cream cheese, a little mousse-y in texture. [...]
