Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions See part 1 until ready to use. Assemble the cake: Using a long serrated knife, cut the cake lengthwise into 3 long strips of equal width. Place one cake strip on a wire rack. Using a pastry brush, moisten the top of the chocolate cake strip with some of the framboise syrup. […]

Ingredients & Directions CHOCOLATE BUTTER CAKE 2 c Cake flour 3/4 c Unsweetened alkalized; cocoa -powder 1 1/4 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 12 tb Unsalted butter; softened 1 c Granulated sugar 3/4 c Packed light brown sugar 2 lg Eggs; at room temperature 1 tb Vanilla extract 1 1/3 c Strongly brewed coffee; […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 3 ounces pac each lady -fingers 2 tb White grape or apple juice 8 oz Cream cheese; softened 2/3 c Sugar 1 ts Almond extract; divided 2 c Whipping cream; whipped 21 oz Cherry pie filling Toasted almonds and -additional Cream; optional Split lady fingers lengthwise; brush with juice. Place a […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Walnuts; (about 7 ounces) 1/3 c All purpose flour 8 oz Bittersweet; (not -unsweetened) or ; semisweet ; chocolate,chopped 1/2 c Unsalted butter; room -temperature (1 ; stick) 14 tb Sugar 7 lg Eggs; separated, room ; temperature Powdered sugar Position rack in center of oven and preheat to […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Butter 3 oz Unsweetened baking chocolate 1 1/2 c Sugar 3 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/8 c All-purpose flour 3 c Miniature marshmallows 1/4 c Milk 3 dr Peppermint extract 3 dr Green food coloring 1 c Heavy cream; whipped Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Semisweet chocolate chips; -(6 ounces) 2 1/2 tb Unsalted butter; cut into -bits 1 lg Egg 1/4 c Sugar 1/2 ts Vanilla 2 tb All-purpose flour 1/2 c Chopped walnuts Coffee ice cream as an -accompaniment Butter and flour an 8-inch round cake pan. In a small metal bowl set […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Unsalted butter -; (1 stick) 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Blanched whole almonds -; -(abt 4 oz) 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1 c Sugar 3/4 ts Salt 6 lg Egg whites 1/3 c Sliced almonds Sour Cherry Sauce; see * -Note * Note: See the “Sour Cherry Sauce” recipe which […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 3 c Walnuts; (about 12 ounces) 1 c Whole almonds 1/3 c Firmly packed dark brown -sugar 1/4 c Unsalted butter; melted, -cooled (1/2 ; stick) ICE CREAM 3 c Whipping cream 1 c Half and half 3/4 c Sugar 4 lg Egg yolks 8 oz Imported white chocolate; -(such as […]

Ingredients & Directions CRUST: 1 c Finely crushed vanilla -wafers 1/4 c Melted butter FILLING: 1/4 c Softened butter 3/4 c Powdered sugar 1 Egg 21 oz Can blueberry pie filling 1/2 pt Whipping cream Yield: Makes one 10-in pie DIRECTIONS: Crust: Mix together 3/4 cup crushed crumbs and butter (reserve remaining crumbs for topping). […]

Ingredients & Directions CAKE 2 1/2 c Cake flour 2 3/4 c Confectioners’ sugar 1 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 3/4 c Butter 4 oz Unsweetened chocolate; -melted and cooled =or; (1 c. cocoa plus 4 ; tbsp. shortening) 1 1/4 c Water 1 ts Vanilla 4 Eggs 1 ts Creme de […]