Dorothy recently made an easy no-bake cake. It’s a very nostalgic one for her and it’s known as ‘grandmother’s cake’, ‘petit-beurre cake,’ or ‘cookie cake.’ It’s made with butter cookies that have been dipped in coffee and placed in alternating layers with buttercream. It’s then topped with chocolate. Normally, chocolate sprinkles are used. She opted… Continue reading Layers: Cookie Cake and Medovik
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Trifle, Waffle, and Macaron
Dorothy planned to make a cantaloupe layer cake with orange curd filling and cantaloupe buttercream last night. The curd ended up being too runny and the layers acted like they were on a Slip ‘N Slide. So she scrapped the cake idea and turned the components into a trifle. This morning, crumbled cake layers were… Continue reading Trifle, Waffle, and Macaron
Dorothy’s Desserts
Today, Dorothy made three desserts. The first dessert is lemon kiwi macarons with lemon zest in the shells and kiwi puree in the buttercream. The idea for the photo composition was borrowed from a photo on PetitPatissier.com. The second dessert is a lemon curd tart with a kiwi puree swirl. The third dessert is an… Continue reading Dorothy’s Desserts