Genoise Tea Cake
Genoise tea cake…this is yet another attempt to perfect my genoise cake-making ability. I don’t know. It was better than the genoise I made for the Princess Cake, but it didn’t rise perfectly. I think I need to move on from genoise. I can’t take this emotional roller coaster anymore. I even dreamt about genoise cake last night. How crazy is that?! So, I’m giving up for now. Besides, I’m craving pie anyway. Continue reading →
Princess Cake
I made a Princess Cake this week. It was another big endeavor that rivaled even the Esterhazey Cake and Sacher Torte. The hardest part for me was making the genoise cake layers. I just couldn’t get them to rise properly. It was maddening. Genoise is a sponge cake that is leavened by the air that has been trapped when whipped into the egg/sugar mixture. You must then carefully and gently fold in the remaining ingredients so as not to deflate the batter. If done properly, it will rise nicely and the texture will be “light as air”.
A Princess Cake is composed of three rum- flavored, sugar syrup-soaked genoise layers. Slathered in between these layers are berry jam, pastry cream, and whipped cream. It is covered with a light green marzipan fondant, and adorned with a pink marzipan rose. It’s a delicious show stopper cake- even if you screw it up, which is what I did. Continue reading →
Double Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with a Peanut Butter Filling
I was fortunate to guest blog on a terrific website called Live Randomly Simple. I made cupcakes for this special occasion. These double dark chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter filling are moist, chocolate-y, and peanut buttery sweet. You can get the recipe here. Also, stay awhile… Jessica at Live Randomly Simple has great DIY tips, recipes, photos, and craft ideas. Check her out!
Crunchy Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Cake
I always like to start my blog posts with what’s been happening in my life, but I just want to get to this cake, so let’s do this quick. Okay, blah blah blah, being a mom to young boys is crazy… blah blah blah… My five year old is not into clothes at the moment… blah blah blah… I noticed one of my eyebrow hairs has turned grey, is that normal?… blah blah blah… my youngest is a bit bow-legged, and when he walks it looks like he’s just gotten off of a tiny horse. Done. Okay, Crunchy Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Cake is a basic chocolate cake, cut horizontally, filled with an almond/peanut merinuge, chocolate/peanut butter cream and Rice Krispies. It is then frosted with a milk chocolate ganache. It is a crazy candy bar cake, and you have got to try it. Continue reading →
