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Christmas day and a cherry mess
Christmas Eve was a turkey affair with family from my mother's side. On Christmas day( ... ) -
sachertorte
I made sachertorte for Christmas Eve dinner. I was really happy with it. Other than the last bite or so near the edge, it was very moist. I think I'll try lowering the unusually high oven temp to a more conventional 350F next time and seeing if that doesn't make it more uniformly moist. I seldom remember to photograph my cakes whole, but here's ( Read more... ) -
recipe: ginger syrup
I read of this earlier in the month. As I have a soda maker, I immediately made a batch. It is delicious with any kind of citrus juice, but probably best with lime. I made my aunt a bottle when she had a family brunch for my cousin's visit earlier in the month, and I added a bottle to my brother's Christmas present. I've got another bottle in ( Read more... ) -
double chocolate raspberry cupcakes (vegan)
I came across this recipe a little while ago, and I've now made half batches twice.
It's based on wacky cake, which I made a version of once from a Martha Stewart recipe and wasn't too impressed with because it tasted too lean compared to my signature chocolate cake. I didn't check the ratios, but the addition or chocolate chips and raspberries ( Read more... ) -
favourite new recipe for the year: broccoli salad (veganizable)
I'm dissappointed that I didn't find all that many new recipes I loved this year, particularly that I didn't find any awesome new cake recipes. I did make a pear chocolate chip cake twice over the holidays, and while it was quite lovely, it didn't knock my socks off like last year's favourite cake, the rosemary olive oil chocolate chip cakeAnyway ( Read more... ) -
rosemary olive oil cake with chocolate
Another cake I got excited about and made repeatedly in the last few months was a rosemary olive oil cake with chocolate chips, based on a recipe from Good to the Grain by Kim Boyce. The recipe was shared in a blog post by her editor, and presented with weights by Heidi Swanson at 101cookbooks.com where I first saw it ( Read more... ) -
smitten kitchen recipe recommendations II: a salad and a cooked veggie
I was asked to bring a salad and a cooked vegetable side to our family's Christmas Eve dinner. These are both pretty and delicous.
Arugula Fennel Prosciutto Pomegranite Saladhttp://smittenkitchen.com/2008/11/fennel-prosciutto-and-pomegranate- ( Read more... ) -
smitten kitchen recipe recommendations I: flourless chocolate cake
I love Smitten Kitchen and I've been making a lot of her recipes lately. First up:
melt in your mouth flourless chocolate cakehttp://smittenkitchen.com/2011/04/heavenly-chocolate-cake-roll/Read more... ) -
masala chai pumpkin pie
I made two pumpkin pies for Canadian Thanksgiving, so I experimented with the spice profile with one, while doing a traditional spice profile for the other ( Read more... ) -
tinfoil and scissors
Have you ever heard or read the advice that to sharpen a pair of old scissors, you should make a few cuts with them through some tin foil? I always thought that seemed like a good way to wreck some scissors ( Read more... )