LENA'S LUNCHBOX

Tag: ganache

  • neopolitan cake

    neopolitan cake

    i like some artificial fruit flavorings – banana laffy taffys, sour apple lollipops, and blue raspberry slushies are all delicious – but i have a strong aversion to anything made to taste like strawberry. that goes for strawberry milk, strawberry jelly beans, and store-bought strawberry ice cream. the quarts of neopolitan ice cream with chocolate, vanilla,…

  • dark chocolate clementine cake

    dark chocolate clementine cake

    clementines offer a brightness matched by few other types of winter produce. beets are earthy and evasive; radishes are spicy and curt; grapefruit packs a punch, but its bitter aftertaste offsets its initial sunniness. january’s gloomy nights, often solely illuminated by dull moonlight on dirty snow, parallel this cake’s dense chocolate sponge and thick, dark ganache. solace arrives in the form…

  • chocolate chip peanut butter cookie dough brownie cake

    chocolate chip peanut butter cookie dough brownie cake

      this is more a Neat Stack Of Diabetes than it is a cake. rounds of peanut butter cookie dough get spread with chocolate ganache and squashed between brick-like layers of brownie, then doused in more ganache and frosted with rosettes of whipped peanut butter buttercream. butterbutterbutterbutterbutter. i’m not sure what the best occasion for…

  • s’mores stuffed french toast

    s’mores stuffed french toast

      this is the perfect back-to-school breakfast! it’s packed with protein and light on carbs in order to ensure long-lasting energy for a full day of classes. okay that’s BULLSHIT do NOT give this to your children before school. they’ll bounce off the walls for a few hours, and then crumple to the ground in…

  • big mac(aron)

    big mac(aron)

    these would be good for a weirdly themed party. maybe some ironic hipster kickback where all the grub is fast food from scratch? or an american girl doll mcdonald’s tea party? makes two dozen big macs i used a basic macaron recipe tinted with cocoa powder for the bun, topped it with a slice of fondant…

  • peanut butter cookie dough brownie cake

    makes twelve servings In my head, I divide food bloggers into three subgroups – the ones who are all about eating good food, it doesn’t necessarily have to incorporate kale or cookie butter or anything, it just has to be satisfying; the ones who would never dream of using butter or gluten or eggs, only coconut…

  • i made a lego cake

    I was commissioned to make a lego cake for a seven year old’s birthday party.   This is a big step. I knew that if I simply frosted it with bright colors, the effect wouldn’t be as great. So I faced my fear: modeling chocolate / fondant / gumpaste etc. Fondant tastes gross. It tastes…