I’ve been rather sporadic with my baking and posting and updating of my list of heavenly cakes lately, but I like to think I have a good excuse. I don’t, really, yet, other than “I’ve been busy”, but I’m sure everyone has the same problem. I did manage to bake the Génoise Rose last week, again a little too late to get it posted in time to be in sync with the rest of the heavenly cake bakers group.
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Posts Tagged ‘chocolate’
Chocolate Ice Cream Cake (and a Genoise)
Monday, July 5th, 2010Lazy Blogger
Monday, June 28th, 2010I’ve been a lazy blogger. I did manage to bake the chocolate covered strawberry cake, and the coconut cheesecake, but they were a bit late for the Heavenly Cake Bakers’ schedule, so I didn’t post about them, but I will now, because it’s been too long since I posted.
Chocolate Butter Cupcakes
Monday, June 7th, 2010Cupcakes! This week’s heavenly cake bakers choice leaves behind the spun sugar, the fancy chocolate glazes, the water baths, the chiffons, and goes back to good old-fashioned cupcakes. Then again, I’m not really sure there’s anything old-fashioned about cupcakes, but they sure are good, and easy to make. Especially if you have some sort of leftover frosting in the freezer.
Bernachon Palet d’Or
Monday, May 24th, 2010This week, the Heavenly Cake Bakers are tackling the beautiful shiny cake on the front of Rose’s Heavenly Cakes. It’s also shown here in one of the graphics we were given access to as part of the bake along.
I had every intention of baking this cake then taking it into work to share. What happened? Well, I changed my mind, and gave it to our neighbours across the street. I think I’m going to have to try this one again some time, so I can taste it. The only pictures I managed to grab of the cake were the mise en place and of the batter in the pan. Since neither of those are terribly interesting, I’m not going to bother posting them.
Two Fat Cats Whoopie Pies
Monday, April 19th, 2010My Dad is an engineering professor at the University of New Brunswick. His office used to be in the Gillan wing of Head Hall, which was less than a block away from the Goody Shop bakery. The Goody Shop has been there as long as I can remember (at least since I was 5 or so), and during the time that I was living in Fredericton, it was still owned and operated by the same ancient man who baked all of the treats himself. I suspect that is no longer the case, but I prefer to think of the shop as I remember it. Regardless, the point is that I was introduced to Whoopie Pies when Dad first brought them home as a treat once upon a time when I was a very little girl. Right up through undergrad, my friends and I would occasionally pop down to the Goody Shop between classes for a treat. Some people went for those hot dogs that sit on the heating roller racks (the turnover was so high at this shop that those weren’t nearly as scary as they seem at gas stations and 7-11), but I was always there for the whoopie pies. Like so many things, this recipe isn’t quite the same as those childhood memories, but it’ll do in a pinch. 