Marcella Hazan’s Diplomatico is a showstopping Italian dessert made of rum-coffee-soaked pound cake, silky chocolate mousse, and whipped cream. Chilled overnight and topped with fresh berries, it’s rich, light, and full of flavor. A hidden gem from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking that deserves tiramisu-level fame.
Celebrated Pi(e) Day with Stella Parks’ Dark Chocolate Cream Pie featuring an all-butter crust, espresso-infused chocolate pudding, and towering meringue. While visually impressive, the slices didn’t hold well and the combination was overly sweet. Next time, I’ll opt for lightly sweetened whipped cream instead.
Enjoy Oscar Sunday with Claire Saffitz’s exquisite Millionaire Shortbread, a Scottish-inspired treat featuring buttery shortbread, chewy caramel, and dark chocolate topped with sea salt. This decadent dessert, we discovered during a 2022 Scotland trip, perfectly balances sweetness while providing a delicious companion to award night.
Enjoy this iconic Beatty’s Chocolate Cake – I’m not even much of a chocolate cake lover, but this one won me over years ago! The supremely moist chocolate buttermilk sponge (enhanced with fresh-brewed coffee to intensify the chocolate flavor) is covered with a lush chocolate buttercream, made extra luxurious with an egg yolk and instant coffee to turn up the volume.
Elevate your holiday baking with Justine Doiron’s Tiny Salted Tiramisu Cookies. These innovative treats blend chocolate cookie texture with tiramisu flavors, featuring mascarpone, ground coffee, and rum. Crisp edges, chewy center, and a cocoa powder dusting make these miniature cookies irresistibly delicious.
To commemorate two years since completing the project and making Boston Cream Pie with Ina, I made this twist on the classic dessert: Boston Cream Pie Pie – an actual pie version of the famous cake!
Book: Mayumu, page ??Rating: 5/5 How Easy Is That: EasyStore-Bought Is Fine: dark chocolate Pricey Ingredients: —Hard-to-find: pink peppercorns Recipe on NYTCooking.com
Book: Go-To Dinners, page 233Rating: 5/5 How Easy Is That: EasyStore-Bought Is Fine: buttermilk Pricey Ingredients: —Hard-to-find: — Recipe on CassandrasKitchen.com Other options for pairing: Beatty’s Chocolate Cake – Jane (Meryl) makes a chocolate cake for the dinner Jake (Alec Baldwin never shows up for. She […]