so this is my try at the marquise au chocolat from dorie greenspan’s book “baking chez moi”…every step of this recipe was so lovely =) i could have just looked at that shiny melted chocolate and butter for ever... then there was the egg yolk and sugar mixture. so thick and creamy. i used my … Continue reading (livi): marquise au chocolat
a word about myself before i write the rest of this post…i am a morning person…while i do have some of my best creative ideas at night, i tend to do much better at technical things (such as following recipes), before 7pm…it just so happened that i made this dessert in the evening, which means … Continue reading (anne): marquise au chocolat
i baked these wonderful smelling sunday in paris chocolate cakes (from dorie greenspan’s “baking chez moi”), during an evening summer rain storm, here in indiana. in fact, i had to close the window because the wind was blowing in at such a rate that it caused the flour to cover my cookbook instead of sifting … Continue reading (livi): sunday in paris cake
here is the carrément chocolat: the simple loaf, from Dorie Greenspan's "Baking Chez Moi". there are 3 main (and easy), steps to this cake: the salted chocolate chunks, the cake itself, and the simple syrup. i started off by making the salted chocolate: first, the chocolate gets chopped, and then melted. a word of advice…i … Continue reading (anne): Carrément Chocolat
okay, seriously, how beautiful is this cake? anne is the much more seasoned baker out of us two… this is almost the beginning of my career in this subject. the first cake i baked, ever, (last spring), she was so kind as to text me step by step through the entire process, and it turned … Continue reading (livi): brown butter vanilla cake
dorie greenspan's brown-butter-and-vanilla-bean weekend cake from baking chez moi …..anne's take although i don't always follow the directions to the letter, i never, ever skip the instructions for preparing the pan. i have a fear of cakes, breads, and muffins not coming cleanly from the pan…i will do whatever it takes to ensure that they come … Continue reading (anne): brown butter vanilla bean cake
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