Tag: cream
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Berries and Cream Sponge Layer Cake
A cake takes a lot out of me. It requires planning ahead: the softening of butter, the warming of eggs, the buying of ingredients. Often, I realize I am low on sugar, or an egg too short, once I have already started the mixer. Somehow, I always manage to dirty every utensil in the kitchen.…
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Cornmeal Shortcakes with Roasted Apricots & Whipped Ricotta
This recipe comes with a story. It’s slightly embarrassing. The usual. You know. I started by roasting the apricots. They were overripe, losing their resistance at the seams. I rubbed them with vanilla sugar and thyme and stuffed them into the oven. Soon, their blissful scent permeated the kitchen. As they roasted, I pulled out…
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Strawberry Spelt Shortcakes
Who doesn’t love a good shortcake? Whenever I make them, they’re adored by everyone, and gone in a flash. Thankfully, they couldn’t be simpler to make: the biscuits come together with a quick pat of butter and a pour of cream and the seasonal fruit is showcased simply, gussied up with only a bit of…
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Chocolate Pavlovas With Lavender Cream & Strawberries
Exciting news: I chewed today! For the first time in two months! As soon as my doctor gave me the go-ahead, I started thinking of what I’d have first: sushi? Pizza? God, I’d been dreaming of pizza. But he quickly brought me back down to earth. I have to start with soft foods as my…
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Key Lime Pie
Now that there’s snow on the ground here (understatement of the year) I’m finally feeling like winter has truly arrived. Besides for wishing I was back in warm and sunny Costa Rica, I’ve been drinking hot cocoa, warming myself in front of the fire and procrastinating, because that’s what winter makes me want to do.…
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Toasty S’mores Ice Cream Sundae
I’ve been on an ice cream kick lately. If you don’t believe me, come check our freezer. A myriad assortment of ice creams sits there, surrounded by things like caramel and fudge sauce, all of them just waiting for someone to stumble upon them. I can’t help it; you wouldn’t be able to, either, if…
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Classic Chocolate Mousse
My memories of Passover desserts involve dry cakes, crumbly ladyfingers and ubiquitous boxes of macaroons- the chewy, coconut type, not the trendy french ones. As a kid, I kind of dreaded the whole holiday and by the end of the eight days, I was usually desperate for some sort of gluten. But as I got…
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Sour Cream Poundcake with Grilled Peaches
Peaches are one of my favorite fruits, but I’m careful when buying them, as they’re fickle. As disappointing experience has taught me, when you buy them in the winter, or even early spring, they’re a ghost of what they can be; lackluster in both flavor and color. But come summer, and all their beautiful potential…
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