Cooking
My original plan was to make a cake for both local dad's; Matt would have one here, and then we'd take one to my father-in-law.
Then reality set in, and I decided to let them share...
Another recipe from Cocolat; Marjolaine.
Four layers of roasted hazelnut and almond meringue, spread with either chocolate, ground roasted almond, or ground hazelnut praline buttercream. Frosted with more chocolate buttercream, with chopped hazelnuts and almonds pressed into the sides.
What can I say? It was a lot of work, but a big hit. Everyone loved it...Alex included ("More cake?", he asked). Optional decorations included zigzags of white or dark chocolate on top, piped rosettes of buttercream down the long sides, and candied hazelnuts.
Sure, in my copious free time...I'll get right on that.
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Cooking
The Dad Cake
My original plan was to make a cake for both local dad's; Matt would have one here, and then we'd take one to my father-in-law.
Then reality set in, and I decided to let them share...
Another recipe from Cocolat; Marjolaine.
Four layers of roasted hazelnut and almond meringue, spread with either chocolate, ground roasted almond, or ground hazelnut praline buttercream. Frosted with more chocolate buttercream, with chopped hazelnuts and almonds pressed into the sides.
What can I say? It was a lot of work, but a big hit. Everyone loved it...Alex included ("More cake?", he asked). Optional decorations included zigzags of white or dark chocolate on top, piped rosettes of buttercream down the long sides, and candied hazelnuts.
Sure, in my copious free time...I'll get right on that.
- You Could Eat The Whole Box
A few weeks ago, a friend & I decided to make this cake. We were going to go fondant-coated hand to fondant-coated hand, see who made the better cake. This was probably a bad idea, on my part. She's a caker, and I often refer to her as 'The...
- Daring Bakers: A Piece Of...
Pictures now; words later. I'm already behind schedule. Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream Be sure to see all the other wonderful cakes made by our Daring Bakers! Tagged with: Food and Drink + Baking + Cake + Daring Bakers + Hazelnuts...
- Test Run
It's not perfect. But, I'm baking a cake for somone this coming weekend. They want to PAY ME to bake a cake for them. I'm using fondant. I've never been crazy about the stuff, and right now, I'm 'eh'. It's useful, sure...but...
- Total Decadence
It was my mother-in-law's birthday this past weekend. She's very good about eating healthy, but she's never said 'no' to something from my oven. Matt drummed it into my head fairly early on that his mom loves chocolate. So, what better...
- Let Us Eat Cake
Terrine de Gateau For the third "Is My Blog Burning", Renee suggested the theme of cake. I envisioned something I was calling a "buche de printemps", a variant of the classic French dessert, the buche de Noel. I...