by Brian | Jun 6, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Exceptional. Elegant. Ecumenical. I am not a raisin fan. Suzen is not big on walnuts. Yet we saw this picture and agreed to temporarily set aside our culinary differences. We would agree to raisins and walnuts. [Yes, we did put pecans on the edge!] I had no problem...
by Brian | Jun 3, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Lard. It’s a four letter word. And one that causes people to make faces and turn away. That’s unfortunate. I was sitting with Suzen at a restaurant looking at our new copy of Lard from the Editors of Grit Magazine. “Where can we get lard? Good lard?” I asked. “Google...
by Brian | May 24, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Todays’ cocoa, and today’s buttermilk, have some different chemical properties than they did 60 years ago. Old fashioned cocoa could then give a cake a lovely “reddish” color — a color I believe that resembles the “red velvet” color so popular today. This is a very...
by Brian | Apr 30, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Full disclosure: we have not made this cake yet, but we sure are this coming weekend. We have a birthday party where there will be plenty of kids and lots of adults. The kids get a traditional birthday cake with equally high layers of cake and frosting. We will be...
by Brian | Apr 6, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I’ve already posted one holiday cake recipe today, Aunt Sassy’s Cake with a Honey Vanilla Buttercream. “That takes care of Easter,” Suzen said. “What about Passover?” Suzen is graceful in our mixed marriage, but she has a point. I have not been overly dedicated to...
