May 30, 2011

Rye Bread Made With Old Dough (Pate Fermetee)


I think I've established that very often I'm not "in the moment" when I do things. This is another example...

May 27, 2011

Seven Chocolate Ganache Recipes

Photo courtesy of WikiCommons
Normally I would not put a recipe on the site that I have not made or have a photo of, but a good friend asked me for a Ganache recipe. I don't have any on hand, so I found her seven recipes. Now she can have fun. :) 

May 26, 2011

"Idiot Proof" One Bowl Chocolate Cake

My youngest has pneumonia and strep throat, one of my daughters also has strep. With this much going on, I need to tempt appetites and darn it, I need chocolate!

The chocolate version of  "Idiot Proof" One Bowl Yellow Cake. The description in the cookbook says, "It's probably possible for someone to mess this cake up. But you'd really have to work at it. Dark, rich, perfect. Death By Chocolate."

May 23, 2011

May 22, 2011

Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding


About a month ago, I made vanilla Tapioca pudding. It turned out beautifully!

This time I wanted something a little different, so I swapped out the white sugar for brown sugar. WOW! It was a different experience! 

Culinary Institute Of America's (CIA) White Bread, Corrected


Everyone makes mistakes, goodness knows I make a whackload of them, but I hate it when published cookbooks are printed and sold with glaring errors.

The CIA's Artisan Breads At Home has at least one such error that I've discovered, so far.