It’s rhubarb season! And as my friend Susan will tell you, “everyone should eat more rhubarb.” Why not, when it’s so easy to make this sweet little cake highlighting summer’s best? I’ve seen this described as rhubarb “tres leches” cake, and although it actually only contains dos leches, the fruit and cream do sink to the [...]
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Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with Raspberry Sauce
Posted in Recipes, tagged baked, baking, chocolate buttermilk cake, chocolate cake, dark chocolate, dessert, easy, raspberry coulis, raspberry sauce, whipped cream on 04/27/2010 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago, I went on an Iron Chef-style mission to empty my fridge by cooking creatively. With plans to leave town for the next 15 days, I did not want to come home to any nasty (green, fuzzy, smelly) surprises. And I hate to waste food. When I found a pint of buttermilk [...]
Honey Oatmeal Bread
Posted in Recipes, tagged baking, bread, following directions, getting over phobia, yeast on 04/26/2010 | 5 Comments »
Yeast can be intimidating. It’s a living organism, and as such, can be temperamental. Forget a packet in the fridge for a couple months, and it may commit suicide. Mix it with too-hot liquid, and you can kiss it goodbye. And as I recently learned, if you neglect a batch of yeast dough for too [...]
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