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On Frosting Cakes
At Cooking by the Book, we do a lot of baking. Whether it is a corporate client or a private party, dessert is on every menu. Often a cake is requested. If the party is for a birthday or...
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Creme de Menthe Buttercream
It’s now, at long last, June and our herbs have survived a winter of deep snows and deeper cold. Our mint beckons. How to use it? Frosting, of course. Here the mint flavor comes, not primarily from...
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Champagne Buttercream
Frostings by Courtney Dial Whitmore and Courtney Whitmore is a slim treasure of a book dedicated to decadence. Frostings in all forms and flavors appear here. I’m fond of buttercreams and prefer them...
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Fudgy Frosting
This post is the first of two. I had to flip a coin to see which would come first. No, that’s not true. Look at that picture. The brownie is very good, made with cocoa and very cakey. But it is this...
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Perfect Frosting with Evaporated Milk
How would you like a perfect frosting for cookies? I mean perfect. Cookies often demand a frosting that is suited to their storage. We stack cookies, put them in boxes in layers, stage them for use a...
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Chocolate Nutmeg Cupcakes & Glossy Coffee Frosting
“We’re making this,” Suzen announced. We had a family dinner to attend and, as usual, our contribution was dessert. I had a Roasted Banana Bread Pudding in mind, because I always bring chocolate and I...
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Milk Chocolate Frosting from Flour Flavors by Alice Medrich
I know, Hanakah and Christmas and New Year's are past us. But, the holiday season now does not officially end until Super Sunday. So, you still have time for holiday baking. We should all thank the...
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Chocolate Comfort Cake with Creamy Chocolate Frosting from Baking Style by...
Someone reminded me that I owe you this recipe, this perfectly perfect recipe from Baking Style by Lisa Yockelson. This is the ultimate combination: luxury in the chocolate cake and then this creamy,...
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Black and White Cupcakes from Sprinkles
Last week I posted a very positive review of The Sprinkles Baking Book by Candace Nelson. She started the Spinkles chain over a decade ago. It’s simple to describe Sprikles: the best cupcakes on...
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Italian Chocolate Cake [with an unusual technique]
The Italian Regional Cookbook by Valentina Harris is a 600-page bible of Italian recipes. And, techniques. This cake, beautiful to behold, is quite unusual in the way it is made. Normally, when...
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