by Brian | Dec 17, 2019 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
I’ve posted today a review of The Cookie Collection. This is the first recipe in the book. And to me this was reason enough to carry the book home and begin baking. Here the iconic American cookie, Chocolate Chip, is revitalized. The flour is now graham, the same...
by Brian | Apr 10, 2018 | Dessert Digest, News, Recipes
Buttercream frosting can be nirvana. You need a great recipe and lots of butter. That butter consumption explains my second picture there. The top picture is our Easter Devil’s Food Cake [no pun intended] that I posted yesterday. The cake is wonderful. It deserves a...
by Brian | Dec 23, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For this holiday season, how about a very different dessert from a place that is always, or almost always, cold. Here is a Honey Cake with Orange Buttercream recipe from Scandinavian Baking by Trine Hahnemann. It’s a lovely book filled with recipes from a...
by Brian | Aug 24, 2014 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Frostings by Courtney Dial Whitmore and Courtney Whitmore is a slim treasure of a book dedicated to decadence. Frostings in all forms and flavors appear here. I’m fond of buttercreams and prefer them very lightly flavored. I want my frosting subtle, with hinted...
by Brian | Apr 6, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This week has featured honey-based recipes for the coming spring holidays. Here’s a dessert for you, a cake I blogged about before, and a cake I could blog about every day. This is my favorite non-chocolate dessert. Yes, I do eat such delicacies. And this cake...
