So... the tiramisu cake. Ahh, wasn't it beautiful? Dinner was lovely, and they made such a big deal over the cake and the candles and boy's brother was touched. Yay. I would make this cake again. With one or two modifications. (See, this is why you always practice a cake before you take it out and share it with people and they critique you!). The cake was too dry. No one said it except Boy, who was just providing me honest feedback which I truly appreciate. It really was, and I was sad about this. I have a 1234 cake recipe that I swear by and honest to god, I should just use that from now on whenever I have a white cake to be made. It has never done me wrong. Always perfect, fluffy, flavorful cake, and it woulda been just perfect with this. Oh well, lesson learned. The other was that the cake coulda been soaked with the espresso syrup a whole helluva lot more. I mean, tiramisu by definition is a coffee-soaked dessert and, well let's just say I feel that I scrimped a bit too much on this. Now, the icing I must say was divine, and I did a Baily's buttercream frosting for the decoration, which was just perfect. And the chocolate covered espresso beans were quite perfect. But, on the whole, I would give it a 6, simply because of the cake. Bad on me. Well, at least now I know. And I shall make this again for a different crowd (perhaps for an office birthday) and it will be fabulous!
Have made a banana cake with chocolate chocolate chip frosting for Miss L's birthday today. It is not decorated, but it's one of those southern cakes that doesn't need anything too fancy - the cake will speak for itself and really, it doesn't need all that extra frosting on the top because I think it's going to be so sweet anyways. I didn't bring my camera today so there will be no pictures. But it is going to taste amazing because I couldn't get myself out of the batter bowl yesterday - might be the best batter I've had in about a year. Also I did 3 layers instead of 2 so there could be more frosting and I didn't let em cook too long so they'll be nice and moist.
Highlight of the weekend: (musta been double-) smoked applewood bacon from the pork shop on Smith Street in Brooklyn. Just one piece sent me straight to heaven yesterday. Wow.
Dinner last night was White Chili. Except, well it turned out not being so white. Substituted Rotel tomatoes (yes, the same stuff you make the cheese dip from!) and another beefsteak tomato because there were no tomatillos at the store. I also decided at the last minute to make the full recipe except I didn't have enough white beans on hand, so I added black beans instead because that's all I had in the cupboard. It was just fine. Add to that homemade tortilla chips (really, they are worth the effort!), a little jack cheese and some sour cream. Suppose this white chili is more like a mexican stew or soup of some sort, but it is yum yum yum! Perfect for the (stupid) cold winter weather we're having right now. It is January 11th and I have no idea how I'm going to make it through the winter cold. Brrrrrr.
That's it for now y'all! This week will be quiet because I have clients in town and we'll be eating out. Maybe will have to review some restaurants then.
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