by Brian | Sep 5, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
This post is the first of two. I had to flip a coin to see which would come first. No, that’s not true. Look at that picture. The brownie is very good, made with cocoa and very cakey. But it is this frosting that literally tops this treat. This frosting,...
by Brian | May 23, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This is a two part blog: cake and frosting. Of course, frosting comes first and tomorrow you’ll have the cake. Frosting deserves to be first. Well, icing should come first. Icing, frosting, which is it? Even in the recipe from The Great American Cookbook by Clementine...
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by Brian | Sep 5, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Sour cream. It has many uses: dips, baked potatoes, dips, chili topping, dips, … It’s wrong, I know, but the flavor image that pops into my head is Lipton Onion Soup mix and sour cream. And, of course, I always double the amount of soup mix so that the dip...
by Brian | Aug 11, 2011 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I know whipped cream is not a separate food group, but it could be. Even the lactose intolerant can rarely deny themselves the pleasure of a taste. While marshmallows do gracefully adorn a cup of hot chocolate, nothing can match whipped cream laced with sugar and...
by Brian | Mar 19, 2011 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I wanted to avoid criticism. I wanted my hand to be steady, but piping royal icing is hard. “That’s supposed to be straight line. And even,” Suzen commented. She was across the counter eyeing the cookies I was trying to decorate. “I don’t want straight lines,” I lied....
