by Admin | Jan 24, 2025 | Desserts
Serves 10 to 14 It means “English Soup” because its base is English custard, but it’s really a marvelous, moist Italian confection—cake soaked with rum, layered with marmalade and custard, and covered with a meringue. The curious name presumably derives from a...
by Admin | Jan 23, 2025 | Desserts
Serves 8 to 10 In the restaurant Torcoloti in Verona, we ate one of the most sublime cakes in the world. After the first long moment of silent ecstasy had passed, we asked our extremely friendly waiter if he could tell us a little something about it. Well, we found...
by Admin | Jan 22, 2025 | Desserts
Serves 12 to 14 You only live once, so do it. • 1½ cups fine graham cracker crumbs • ½ cup butter • 2 cups plus 3 Tbs. sugar • 1½ lbs. soft cream cheese • 3 eggs • ½ lb. semisweet chocolate • 3 Tbs. heavy cream • 2 cups sour cream • ¼ cup dark rum • ¾ tsp. cinnamon •...
by Admin | Jan 21, 2025 | Desserts
Serves 10 • 1¼ cups egg whites • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar • 2 Tbs. cornstarch • ¼ tsp. almond extract • 1⅔ cups ground almonds (unblanched) • Lemon Filling • garnish: • blanched almond halves 1. Beat the egg whites with 1 cup of the confectioners’ sugar until they...
by Admin | Jan 19, 2025 | Desserts
Makes 1 very large cake or 2 large layers. One of the very best basic cakes, from which any number of tortes can be made, Genoese is especially good for soaking up rum or brandy, as in a Zuppa Inglese. • 8 eggs • 1½ cups sugar • grated rind of 1 lemon • 1¾ cups sifted...
