Peerless Chocolate Cake
This cake from the Fannie Farmer Baking Book has become Carol’s go-to chocolate cake. It is rather complex with a separate pudding-like filling and a buttercream frosting. She most recently made it for Vivie’s birthday.
Category: Desserts
Sawdust Pie
This is a rather unconventional pie with a filling of graham cracker crumbs, coconut, and pecans bound together with egg whites, and which looks rather like coarse sawdust. It is apparently of Amish origin. I spotted a recipe for it on Epicurious.com, and it looked intriguing. It was not until I was actually making it Read More …
Cream Cheese Brownie Tart
This is a very pretty dessert I which there are swirls of cheese cake within a brownie. This is adapted from Esteban Casillo’s cookbook Chicano Eats. The original recipe called for cajeta which I could not find, so I used the similar and easier to find dulce de leche. Abuelita chocolate is a brand of Read More …
War Cake
I was looking for a good dessert for a canoe trip and I spotted this cake in Sheila Mills’ The Outdoor Dutch Oven Cookbook. It is from a class of cakes developed during World War II to make do without scarce ingredients, like eggs, butter, and milk. This also means that it was made with Read More …
Leftovers Bread Pudding
This is how I turned one quarter of Schiacciata with Grapes which was getting a bit stale, into a bread pudding, which was 2 good sized servings. I used half and half because it was open. Otherwise, I would have used heavy cream. This idea could be used for a variety of baked goods which Read More …
Butterscotch Pudding with Ginger, Salt, and Pepper
When Carol first tasted this pudding, she thought it was delicious, but she wasn’t sure exactly what flavor it was. That was the result of a blend of several different flavors – a base of caramel, with ginger, and a little salt and black pepper to add complexity to the taste. This was adapted from Read More …
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
This is a modification of a recipe in Southern Living to make it more suitable for baking on a campout. Key to the original recipe was separating the eggs and beating the whites to stiff peaks before folding them into the batter. This would be hard to do camping, so this approach to leavening was Read More …
Pecan Pie Cobbler v.2
I was looking for a suitable dessert to cook in a Dutch oven in a virtual campout in my backyard, and spotted a pecan pie cobbler recipe in Southern Living. It turned out very well. This will make 6-8 servings. At home, this would be made in a 9-10 inch cast iron skillet in a Read More …
Honey Pie (Melopeta)
We are having a Mediterranean themed Easter dinner and spotted a recipe in The Complete Book of Greek Cooking from the Recipe Club of St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, probably the greatest community cookbook ever published. Honey Pie (Melopeta) is an Easter dish from the island of Sifnos. In Sifnos, this would have been made Read More …
Cheese Strudel
Cheese strudel is a great cooking project since the result is so impressive and tasty. This recipe is adapted from Nick Maglieri’s instructions on Craftsy. Dough for Pulled (Thin) Strudel Cheese Strudel Filling Flour 1-2 Tbs. vegetable oil (as needed) 12 Tbs. (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted Preheat the oven to 435 degrees. With a Read More …