Archive for June, 2010
Tuesdays With Dorie – Rum-Drenched Vanilla Cake
As a teetotaler, I hesitated at the idea of rum-drenched cake. I did cut back a bit on the rum in the recipe, and the cake is still delicious so there is that. Bang, zoom, to the moon!
Tuesdays With Dorie – Dressy Chocolate Loafcake
So it’s a chocolate cake in the shape of a loaf of bread, sandwiching cherry jam, and covered in a sour-cream-based chocolate icing. Mine doesn’t look dressy because I’m sloppy, lazy, and awful. But I made it, I ate some, and it was good. There.
Tuesdays With Dorie – Raisin Swirl Bread
I’d say that given all the complications in making this bread, this didn’t turn out too badly. I froze the dough for a good forty-five minutes (that’s an extra fifteen minutes) and it still wasn’t solid enough to roll. As a result, I didn’t really end up with a Swirl Bread as much as I [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Tender Shortcakes
I’m not 100% sure how these can be tender. It’s not a chunk of meat, and it’s not love for Elvis. It’s a cake. It’s pretty good. As you can see, my sloppy presentation this week is related to cutting the cake in half. I filled it with raspberries and blueberries but you couldn’t really [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – White Chocolate Brownies
These are not brownies, right? There’s no chocolate (white chocolate is not chocolate). The consistency and flavor of this lean more towards a “white chocolate razzleberry cake,” so that’s what I’ll call this. Still super-delicious. I would recommend bringing this to a picnic or funeral.