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Tag Archives: chocolate
Double Chocolate Cake with Fluffy Pink Icing
Given that my birthday falls near Valentine’s Day, I am into a layer cake for a Valentine dessert. My mother baked me memorable cakes always for my birthday, with my favorite marshmallow-like frosting, ethereal and light and pink over a … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged Birthday cake, chocolate, chocolate cake, Meringue, Miette cake, Valentine's Day
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Favorite Things: A smaller, taller cake pan
While few things say a party, or a birthday, like a layer cake, the ones we always made at home came out on the short and stocky side. I thought the issue was that the cake just didn’t rise like … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite Things
Tagged cake, cake pans, chocolate, chocolate cake, favorite things, Valentine's Day
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Thick Hot Chocolate with Cinnamon, a quiet triumph
There are certain things we have eaten in their very finest forms that stay with us, that won’t leave us alone until we eat them again. My list of such finery does not include chicken wings, devotees of which seem … Continue reading
Favorite Things: Little Cups
First off, hello and welcome to those of you who are new to Rose Water & Orange Blossoms. I welcome you, we all welcome you! If you were here in my kitchen on Main Street today, up north in Michigan, … Continue reading
Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies with Royal Icing
I had never really imagined a Christmas cut-out cookie in chocolate until last year at this time, when Cindy gave me a little bag of them. Instead of saving the cookies and taking them home to share, I ate every … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged chocolate, Christmas, Cookies, cut-out cookies, Royal Icing
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Chocolate-Dipped Candies, and Geo. Abowd & Son, Confectioners
The last time my Uncle Tom saw his father before he died, he was at the stove. Grandpa (my Jiddo who did not want to be called Jiddo, but rather the all-American Grandpa) was in his mid-80’s, and he had … Continue reading
Ingredient: Chocolate, for dipping
If there is such a thing as the family chocolate, then ours has always been Hershey. It’s our version of a coat of arms. Hershey is what my grandfather liked and what he used in a business that has become … Continue reading
Chocolate-Caramel Pecan Tart Recipe
I present to you this prize of my recipe collection with what can only be described as…guilt. My mother recently asked what I’d be posting in the lead-up to Thanksgiving. I knew she had pie on her mind because that … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged caramel, chocolate, chocolate-caramel pecan tart, Dessert, Pastry, pecans, pies, tarts
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Technique: Tips for Making Caramel
Caramel is like the fraternal twin of chocolate when it comes to making the kind of sweet you cannot, and will not, resist. Caramelization—the toasting or deep-golden-browning—of just about anything you cook, from Brussels sprouts to nuts to bread, takes … Continue reading
Posted in Techniques
Tagged caramel, chocolate, chocolate-caramel pecan tart, Dessert, Pastry, pecans
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Favorite Things: Tart Pans
The fluted-edged, removable-bottomed tart pan comes out to play with some frequency in my kitchen. It’s not just that I’m a sucker for the beauty of the pan, though that does have its role (who can resist such a pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite Things
Tagged chocolate, chocolate-caramel pecan tart, favorite things, Pastry, tart crust, tart pans, tarts
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Chocolate-Covered Raspberries. Razzle-Dazzle.
When we were out picking in the raspberry fields last week, our shout-outs to one another included what to make with all of the berries. From the youngest to the eldest among us, there were some darn good ideas: meringues … Continue reading
Technique: How to clean and keep raspberries
The technique for cleaning raspberries is very simple: don’t do it. Even when raspberries are coated with a bit of dust from the field, it’s better to leave them alone or just rub off what you see than to clean … Continue reading
Favorite Things: Parchment paper
Maybe my penchant for paper has to do with my love of books. Or it might reach back to some infant stage when, presented with anything paper, one has the urge to chew on it. I did have a calligraphy … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite Things
Tagged baking, chocolate, Cookies, favorite things, parchment paper
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