More than happy to see Nikki of Crazy Delicious chose this simple Almost Fudge Gateau. Very similar to that of a flourless chocolate cake, it's dense and chocolaty. I must say that I do prefer the Chocolate Intensity cake that I made as a Daring Baker, that to me was almost fudge cake. Now, don't get me wrong this is a tasty cake...and one my husband will eat...what are the odds? :) But the main reason why I love this cake is because it is so simple. Simple is what I need right now. Life got hectic the last two weeks and the idea of making something multi-step did not sit well with me. If you have an hour you have a cake...and can eat it too. Well, that is all you get. I said life was hectic. To see the other versions of this cake, check out the Tuesday's With Dorie blog. Almost-Fudge Gƒ¢teau 5 large eggs 9 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 1 cup of sugar 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into chunks 2 tablespoons coffee or water 1/3 cup all-purpose … [Read more...]
Time to Make the Doughnuts….
Wow! People really wanted to fry some dough. Helen and I were blown away by the response that our little doughnut event got! What was even greater is that so many people had never made them before. They dragged out the oil and braved making doughnuts. So glad we could help you push the limits. The variety was outstanding. Yeast, baked, cake, filled, fried, heart shaped...you name it, we got it. And now we pass the goodness on to you. If your blog name fell alphabetically between M and Z then you are on my post. If your blog name fell alphabetically between A and L, then you are on Helen's post. We did see a couple people link to us but we never got an email. If this is you or we some how missed you, PLEASE let us know and we will add you. You have so many doughnuts to chose from...so without further ado...here are all the wonderful doughy creations! Doughnuts Marija from Belgrade, Serbia made our first batch of doughnuts. Her blog is Palachinka. Pumpkin … [Read more...]
Tuesdays with Dorie….
Well, it is official, food blogging has ruined me. When I first learned that we were making the Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake, I was overjoyed. You by now all know my love of cheesecake and so I wasted no time in making it. The very next morning after I learned of what we would be making this week, I awoke early to get started as I wanted cheesecake for breakfast! Cheesecake is after all, the breakfast of champions. I took the cheesecake out of the oven and placed it on the rack to cool. Still at this point excited about the cheesecake. Then I released it from the spring form. Crap, crap, crap was all I thought. Now you may be thinking at this point that there was a large crack or it sunk, etc. Nope. Not the case. Hearing my rather loud “crap” comments coming from my mouth, my husband(who was working from home that day) came down to see what the fuss was about. I pointed to the cheesecake and said, “look at it!” He did. “Looks like cheesecake.” “It's beige. Beige, … [Read more...]
Time to make MY doughnuts…..
So I was a little boring this time around. Nothing fancy to say the least. However, I did go out of my comfort zone. See, I make cake doughnuts all the time at home, but yeast doughnuts...that was virgin territory. What I got were very interesting results. For from the same batch I had some doughnuts that rose like sky scrapers and I had some that didn't rise at all. Hmmm. I must say that I was stumped. I mean, I make yeast bread often. And when you make yeast bread, it either rises, or it doesn't. Parts of the bread don't rise and other parts do, so to say I was perplexed was putting it mildly. It could have been the fact that I had to get up early to make these babies(my brain is not known to function at that time of day). There is a sponge made, a rise for that. Add the ingredients, a rise for that. Roll them out, cover myself in flour, and then a rise for that. Well, some rise. Some just flat dough staring at me, mocking me. The ironic things was that after frying all of them up, … [Read more...]
