by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Nov 15, 2015 | Cakes
As the holidays get near and dates begin to appear in the produce aisle our thoughts turn to gooey cakes that involve dates. This recipe is one of our favorites. Pair it with our Sticky Toffee Sauce for a surprisingly-not-too-sweet dessert. I think this is a delicious...
by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Sep 14, 2015 | Cakes
José works at the Red Cross and every chapter hosts a thank you dinner for their volunteers each year. Volunteers are the lifeblood, backbone and foundation of the Red Cross: without them the Red Cross could not fulfill it’s mission. This past Saturday we baked...
by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Mar 16, 2015 | Cakes
Okay, so this is decadent. A layer of creamy cheesecake sandwiched between two layers of rich black chocolate cake, swathed in a salted caramel butter cream, topped with chocolate ganache and drizzled with more caramel. You are either completely repulsed by this...
by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Feb 18, 2015 | Cakes
Le St Honoré est une des grandes créations du 19eme siècle. (The St Honoré is one of the great creations of the 19th century.) Source We watched Haute Cuisine a couple of years ago and were taken by the scene when Mazet-Delpeuch prepares a cake for Mitterand. In the...
by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Oct 4, 2014 | Cakes
My memories of Carrot Cake are a dense mass of gooey brown cake with long shreds of partially cooked carrots that stuck to the roof of my mouth – and normally with pineapple thrown in for some extra-gooeyness. Definitely not good memories. But we ran across this...
by Chief Cook and Bottle Washer | Jun 30, 2014 | Cakes
Lane Cake first appeared in Emma Rylander Lane’s (of Clayton, Alabama) self-published Some Good Things to Eat (1898). Half a century later, her “Prize Cake” was popularized with the theatrical release of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. As Scout...
