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St. Valentine’s Raspberry Sacher Torte

6 egg whites
5 oz semisweet and/or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup unsalted butter
6 egg yolks
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup ground almonds
1/4 cup stone ground whole wheat flour
2/3 cup raspberry jam
Let egg whites come to room temperature for half an hour in a large bowl.

Melt the batter of bittersweet chocolate by […]

Ice Creams Shops to Scream For

Also in Kilkenny, on the same street as the carrot cake, if memory serves, a kind of natural ice cream, no artificial colours.

Mint flavour was as smooth and intense as anything we’d get until France.

These people make good things.
In Paris, we saw this sign on the island side of Notre Dame cathedral thanks to a […]

Orange Cake

Batter in the oven or mess counter didn’t make for such an interesting shot but

the egg yolks and home squeezed orange juice are the same color. Found that kinda interesting.
The recipe is based on a recipe from Ron Eade’s column from March 19, 2003, a Brazilian snacking cake called “Grandma Chiquinha’s Orange Cake”.
4 eggs, […]

Chocolate and Oat Bars

You can embiggen to read the recipe.

Pretty simple. Browned when done.
Merry xmas.

Apple Cake

Apple cake with good vanilla ice cream.

Basic cake:
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 butter
wee bit almond milk (or cow’s)
Mix dry and chop in butter until crumbly. Add just enough almond milk to make a soft dough. Put in a buttered/floured 8×13 cake pan
4-5 apples, sliced
1/2 cup flour
3 tbs unsalted […]

Raisin Bran Cake

This Raisin Bran cake recipe came from cooks.com. It’s worth repeating. Moist and (sneak by people who aren’t expecting it – fairly healthy) cake.

The Hot Apple drink powder seemed like it could be made into a strudel daub with butter and a bit of flour.

The Hot Apple powder was a bad idea but Spectacular. It […]

Lemon Meringue Pie

Pie shell with lemon pie mix, shifted by using 1/2 a lemon replacing some of the cold water for more tartness and a 3rd yolk instead of only 2.

Using 3 whites instead of the 2 for meringue.