by Admin | Jan 28, 2025 | Desserts
Makes about 2½ cups. • 4 egg yolks • 1¼ cups sugar • 3 Tbs. unsweetened powdered cocoa • ⅔ cup milk • ½ lb. soft butter 1. Beat the egg yolks until they are creamy, then beat in ¾ cup of the sugar and continue until pale and fluffy. Beat in the cocoa. 2. Bring the...
by Admin | Jan 26, 2025 | Desserts
Serves 10 to 12 This wonderful cake was first made for me by my Aunt Wenia in Poland, and I immediately demanded the recipe. It is the perfect cake for a very special occasion, a baroque, luscious creation that really looks like a celebration. • 1 sponge cake, baked...
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 •...
