Eaten Up

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Banana Breakfast

One must play with one’s food.

Cherry Layer Cake

I made myself a cherry-chip birthday cake with cherry filling layers, chocolate whipped cream and vanilla ice cream.

Banana in Carmelized Sauce

One overripe banana, couple handfuls of dark brown sugar, a couple splashes of brandy and broil until carmelized. With a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Simple, fast, rich and a pleasure to eye and tongue.

Lava Cake

It’s sprinkled with icing sugar. On the side is a bit of Ghirdelli Twilight delight intense dark 70% cocoa.
Dr. Oekter makes the lava cake as a mix that rivals President’s Choice’s volcano cakes. It takes about 20 minutes from box to mouth.

Medium Dark Fruitcake

This is modified from a recipe called “Gram’s Christmas cake” collected by Carol Ferguson in Grandma’s Cookbook: Favorite Family Recipes. I believe it was from a supplement in Harrowsmith in the late 80s. I expect it’s the same Carol Ferguson who authored the The New Canadian Basics Cookbook a few years ago.

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Mousse

Coffee-flavored mousse.

Gelato

Whole foods has il laboratorio del gelato. On top here is a grey gelato with an intense sesame taste — black sesame. Under it as a tarragon pink peppercorn gelato. Love the risk-taking innovation. It’s a heady list of taste concepts. They do home delivery, but to US addresses only unfortunately.