Limoncello Pound Cake

by Liz // February 1, 2015 // 17 Comments

I made Limoncello pound cake yesterday. It is a moist, lightly-sweetened cake soaked in a Limoncello syrup, and blanketed with a Limoncello icing. Perfect for spring, but hey, a girl can dream, can’t she? As soon as the cake came out of the oven, I took my boys to the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Here’s the proof:

See that look of excitement on my face? That’s 10 years of acting lessons right there, baby (4 in high school, 4 in college, and 2 at a NYC acting conservatory). What am I doing now? Eating lots of cake, keeping two tiny humans alive, and pretending to see dinosaurs when needed. I was asked recently if I missed the theater. Yes, I do. I loved performing, but if I had been successful, or had simply stuck with it longer, I would never have known Cameron and Wesley. Let’s eat this cake, shall we? Continue reading →

Esterhazy Cake

by Liz // January 27, 2015 // 15 Comments

Esterhazy Cake

Esterhazy cake is a very special dessert. It’s challenging to make, which is fitting because this was the Daring Bakers Challenge for the month of January (Jelena from the beautiful blog A Kingdom For A Cake was our hostess). The cake is made up of five layers of hazelnut meringue (dacquoise), filled with a sweet, creamy hazelnut buttercream, and topped with an apricot jam glaze, white icing, and melted chocolate. Once I took my first bite I fell hard. It was quite a process, which took me two-days to complete, but it was all worth it. This is the type of dessert you make for someone you truly love. It’s that special. Continue reading →

Crepe Cake with Chocolate-Rum Mousse

by Liz // January 24, 2015 // 5 Comments

Crepe Cake with Chocolate-Rum Mousse

If you want to learn how to do something well, do it over and over and over again. That’s what I took away from today’s lesson. I wanted to learn how to make crepes, so I threw myself to the wolves and made thousands of them. Okay, it wasn’t thousands of crepes, more like 24, and I made them into a crepe cake with chocolate-rum mousse! This is a delicious, substantial cake. There is just enough chocolate, creamy mousse in every bite. The crepes are not sweet, but add a lovely, light base for the mousse. And the rum teases just a bit, bringing out more of the dark chocolate flavor. Oh, and that delightful, sweet whipped cream… I used Reddi Whip. Continue reading →

Phyllo Dough Toaster Pastries

by Liz // January 21, 2015 // 14 Comments

Phyllo Dough Toaster Pastries

My son, Cameron, said to me today, “Mom, you’re the biggest poop of the United States of America.” Call me crazy, but I think he was trying to compliment me. The United States is so huge, so to be the biggest is pretty impressive. If he said I was the second biggest I’d be upset, but he was very clear in his words. Also, I couldn’t help but beam with pride that my 4 year old knew the name of the country he lives in. And he said it with a patriotic tone. I swear, I could hear the rhythm of the Pledge of Allegiance in there while he spoke. I hope I didn’t make you jealous. Look, not all of us can be the biggest poop. Anyway, that’s how my day started. By noon, I was making these phyllo dough toaster pastries, and now, it’s 6 :30 p.m. and I’m drinking wine. I don’t have much else to say about the day except that these phyllo dough toaster pastries are so darn good- crisp and buttery on the outside, sweet and gooey on the inside. I ate one too many, and now I feel like the biggest human of the United States of America. I just made you really, really jealous, didn’t I? Continue reading →

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