Category: Desserts
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Chocolate Cake Recipe Makeover
I adapted this recipe from from the Guittard Chocolate Cookbook. The key update is that I substituted olive oil for butter. I haven’t noticed an actual olive oil flavor, the chocolate remains center stage. There are several other healthy ingredients – whole wheat flour, pumpkin puree and yogurt. Using chocolate shavings, instead of chocolate chips,…
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Triple Berry Hybrid
The best Summer dessert in the known universe. I think there were a few forces at work. Re the filling: I kept the berries to room temperature before beginning to work with them, so that there was no ‘sweat’ on the surface of the berries (as there would have been had they been refrigerated). But,…
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Sun & Snow
Lots of sun and snow this week, and hello, COLD. Curious to see its rare frozen state, I went to check out the fountain in Bryant Park early this morning. Here it is, looking to me like a cauldron boiled over: The snow/sun pattern all week left a striking visual and had me wondering how…
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Silky Chocolate Mousse (Made with Tofu)
Gulp, it’s Friday the 13th! But this time around that means that it’s also Valentine’s Day Eve , so I was thinking that a Friday chocolate repeat would be okay (we made Double Chocolate cookies last week…). Plus, I’ve been wanting to try making Chocolate Mousse with tofu for a too long now and this…