Posts by Friday Baking Project
Chocolate Chiffon Cake
Like all chiffon cakes, this Chocolate Chiffon Cake relies on vegetable (canola) oil making it lighter in texture than a butter-based cake. It is an excellent base cake that is moist and chocolatey, but still allows the richness of a mousse or buttercream filling to shine. Read through the directions before proceeding as the chiffon…
Read MoreMidnight Glaze
This glaze, made from high-quality cocoa powder has an advantage over chocolate-based glazes in that it stays shiny and doesn’t become overly firm when refrigerated. For these reasons, I prefer it for cakes with soft interiors, such as dark or white chocolate mousse. The quality of the cocoa powder matters greatly in this recipe. A…
Read MoreHoney Cardamom Pound Cake
Honey holds a significant place as one of the main food symbols of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, signifying the hope for a sweet new year. This is why honey cake is a traditional dessert during the holiday season. Yet, the honey cake that many of us remember from our childhood wasn’t always a culinary delight;…
Read MoreBlueberry Crumb Cake
The memory remains vivid: it was a beautiful summer day, and we all sat outside, relishing the food and each other’s company. The cake was a resounding success, yet somehow, the recipe ended up tucked away in a file and forgotten over time. Two summers ago, while searching through my collection of recipes for entertaining…
Read MoreMeringue Bombe
Working at the Harborside Inn in Edgartown my first summer on Martha’s Vineyard I had heard about a unique restaurant in Menemsha on the other side of the island. The Beach Plum Inn had two seatings, a view of the sunset, and offered a rotating menu of four entrees each evening. When making a reservation,…
Read MoreBanana Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins Yield: 8 muffins # of Servings: 8 Method: Muffin Ingredients: Dry mixture: 1 ½ cups (7 oz / 198 g) pastry or all-purpose flour 1 tsp (.15 oz / 4 g) baking powder 1 tsp (.20 oz / 5 g) baking soda ½ tsp salt â…“ cup + 1 tbl…
Read MoreBanana Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana Walnut Muffins were a popular choice among the rotating morning muffin offerings at Seven Layers. During our second summer, we decided to experiment by adding chocolate chips to the batter and that’s how these delicious Banana Walnut Chocolate Chip muffins were born. They were an instant hit! With good quality bittersweet chocolate chips, these…
Read MorePeach Blueberry Crisp
In this easy and excellent summer Peach Blueberry Crisp, you’ll toss farm fresh peach slices and blueberries with lemon juice, place them in a baking dish, cover with an oatmeal crisp topping and bake. That’s all there is to it! The fruits require no sweetener or thickener and the peaches don’t require peeling. Served warm…
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Chocolate Cloud Cake
PRINT Chocolate Cloud Cake Yield: One 8†cake # of Servings: 8 to 10 Ingredients The Cake: 8 oz (227 g) 61% to 64% chocolate, wafers or broken up4 oz butter, cut into pieces, room temperature 4 egg yolks (save whites for next ingredient group)2 eggs ½ cup (3.5 oz / 99 g) sugar 4…
Read MoreChocolate Cloud Cake
This quintessential fallen chocolate cake is a perfect summertime chocolate dessert. It requires no elaborate decorating, just a generous cloud of lightly sweetened whipped cream spread over at the last minute. Bake it in the morning and you’ll have the rest of the day for summer activities. Â The cake is delightfully rich yet light,…
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