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 | Apr 9, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Way back in 2000, Tish Boyle collaborated with Clark Irey to write Diner Desserts, an homage to those classic desserts found in diners across the country. You know, by the cash register there is glass case with rotating shelves piled high with the cakes and pies you...
by Brian | Mar 23, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Alana Chernila has a new cookbook out, Eating from the Ground Up. You just might like veggies thanks to this book and you can read my review here. I’m charmed by Alana’s wonderful recipes and I’m offering you one from her last book, The Homemade Kitchen. The...
by Brian | Mar 10, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This recipe comes from the British West Country. Far from London and from Paris, this dish is a surprise, a kind of tart tatin in roulade shape. Very inviting to the eye and totally delicious from the first bite on. Feel free to adorn those apples with some spice, if...
by Brian | Mar 6, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
In many parts of the country you can find Clabber Girl leavening products, baking soda and baking powder. “Clabber” is a synonym for sour milk. In the early 1800s, clabber was mixed with pearl ash, soda and cream of tartar to produce an early version of baking powder....
by Brian | Feb 23, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Which is prettier? The bread pudding, the combo of crème fraiche with whipped cream, that wedge of praline, or the very vibrant ramekin? You’ll recognize the ramekin, of course, by its burgundy color. It’s from Emile Henry, the French company that produces brilliant...
