Our latest baking assignment for Tuesdays with Dorie is this Granola Cake from Baking Chez Moi. Dorie calls it a snack cake but I think it is more like a pan cookie. It was delicious but quite dense from the granola, chocolate and coconut. My husband likened it to a magic bar cookie but much…
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Spiced Honey Cake
Tis the season…for sniffling, sneezing, coughing, you get the picture. I am behind in my baking due to seasonal colds. My husband found my Baking Chez Moi cookbook open and asked honey cake today? Sadly this went on for a week but I am now back on my feet ready to bake. This cake is…
Cornmeal and Berry Cakes
This month on Tuesdays with Dorie we have selected two summer fruit desserts. This week I decided to make the Cornmeal and Berry Cakes from Baking Chez Moi. The recipe calls for raspberries but I substituted blueberries and I think any berry would work well in these cakes. This recipe came together quickly and easily…
Rose Fraisier
“Fraise means strawberry and Le Fraisier is the French cake that celebrates the fruit”. I ended up making a strawberry cake as I did not have the rose syrup and rose extract needed for this recipe. This was a show stopping cake and my guests were impressed. I am glad that I was able to…
Tarte Tropezienne
This weeks baking assignment for Tuesdays with Dorie is Tarte Tropezienne from Baking Chez Moi. This is a brioche cake with a pastry cream filling. This cake has quite the legend and you can read more about it at La Tarte Tropezienne. I have one rule for baking and that is to decrease the liquid in…
Betty’s Chocoholic Cake
I made Betty’s Chocoholic Cake from Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan as part of my Mother’s Day Brunch. This rich chocolate cake is not for the faint of heart, comprised of three layers of cake which are more brownie-like than cake and topped with ganache. The finished product was impressive. I served the cake…
Odile’s Fresh Orange Cake
This week on Tuesdays with Dorie we are making Odile’s Fresh Orange Cake from Baking Chez Moi. Here is my experience with this week’s recipe. I was looking forward to this baking assignment, heck I voted for it, and the picture looked so pretty but apparently I have had troubles with directions lately. I reviewed…
Soft-Centered Chocolate Teacup Cakes
This month on Tuesdays with Dorie is all about the chocolate. This week I made the Soft-Centered Chocolate Teacup Cakes AKA lava cakes. I was not sure that my tea cups were oven safe so I used my ramekins. These cakes are dangerously good. You can make them in mere minutes and they were divine….
Hot Chocolate Panna Cotta
This month on Tuesdays with Dorie we are making chocolate desserts from Baking Chez Moi. This week I made Hot Chocolate Panna Cotta page 373. Heavy cream, cocoa powder, bittersweet chocolate. What’s not to like! A lovely dessert for the chocolate lover. I did make the Fluted Carrot Tangerine Cake (page 22) on time but…
Tiger Cakes
“The worst chocolate I ever had was fantastic”. A quote that Ree Drummond’s father-in-law said on one of her shows. A sentiment that I wholeheartedly agree with. This week on Tuesdays with Dorie we made Tiger Cakes from Baking Chez Moi. As with many of Dorie’s recipes I learned a few new techniques. This recipe…
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