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. [...]
Archive for the ‘Desserts’ Category
Birthday baking…
Posted in Cheese, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruit, meringues and mousse, pastry, pies, and tarts, Uncategorized on September 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Peach Frangipane Galette
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Fruit, pastry, pies, and tarts on August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I got some of the last of this seasons peaches yesterday, went home, got into bed and browsed through several cookbooks. When I woke up this morning, I was still surrounded by books. I decided to go with a recipe out of Deborah Madison‘s Seasonal Fruit Desserts, a great cookbook that features the best of [...]
Auntie Merle’s peach dumplings!
Posted in Desserts, Dumplings, Fruit on August 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Ever since I was little I have loved my moms peach dumplings! (The recipe actually comes from my mom’s neighbor, not her Aunt, who we always called Auntie Merle.) With peaches in full swing I can’t help but make some myself! I got up early this morning to make the dumplings to have for brunch [...]
Rebekah and David’s wedding cake: the assembly
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruit, Jams and Preserves, meringues and mousse, sweet curd and pastry cream on July 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
For the frosting, we made an Italian meringue. We had thought about making an Italian buttercream but, after a practice run, decided we liked the frosting better before we added the butter. An Italian meringue is really simple to make, though, on such a large-scale and with a hand mixer, it did take a while. [...]
Rebekah and David’s wedding cake: the fillings
Posted in cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruit, Jams and Preserves, sweet curd and pastry cream on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last September, Sarah and I picked a lot of red raspberries and made them into jam. We saved a couple of jars to use for the wedding cake. We made a simple vanilla pastry cream.. ..the we lightened with some sour cream. And since it was the beginning of raspberry season, we couldn’t leave out [...]
Rebekah and David’s wedding cake: the layers
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate, Desserts on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My good friend Sarah’s, little sister just got married. Sarah and I were in charge of making the cake. We do a lot of baking but neither of us had ever made a tiered cake before, let alone one for 100 people. We planned on doing a lot of practice, and we did but it [...]
Torta agli Amaretti e Cioccolato
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate, Desserts on June 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When I was in Modena a couple of years ago, Erika taught me how to make an amazing cake. It is called Torta agli Amaretti e Cioccolato, or Chocolate and Amaretti Cake. I haven’t been able to make it since because I can’t two very important ingredients, sassolino and amaretti (little crunchy cookies made with [...]
Balsamic vinegar tasting with Erika!
Posted in Cheese, Desserts, Ice Cream, Salads, Vinegar and Oil on June 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week my friend Erika came to visit from Italy. (Erika is the maker of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena.) Her visit was centered around a Balsamic vinegar tasting that we did together at Zingerman’s Deli. We did several food pairings with the various ages and wood types (the different woods impart different flavors.) Strawberries [...]
rhuby pie
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Fruit, pastry, pies, and tarts on May 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I got home last night to find my mailbox bursting open. When I looked inside, I found… A tiny rhubarb pie made just for me! Please excuse this short post, I must go eat my tiny pie!
