Tag: jewish
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chocolate tahini cake with brown sugar, chocolate ganache, and halva filling
dark, damp chocolate cake is given a middle eastern kick with tahini, an oily paste made from toasted sesame seeds. savory-wise, tahini is the star of hummus and baba ghanoush, but it’s also the main component of crumbly, cloyingly sweet halva. sesame halva is popular across the Balkans, the Middle East, and throughout the Jewish…
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a week of citrus
Have you ever had a chocolate covered orange? Back when my family hung up stockings (thank you so much to my parents for not depriving my brother and me of the joy of waking up to a stocking even though we’re J E W I S H), I’d always find a big, round, shiny foil-wrapped…
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honey cake with brown sugar and cream cheese buttercream
makes eight servings Happy New Year! Shanah Tova! The solemn atonement of Yom Kippur has passed and now we can make that cake that we meant to make on Rosh Hashanah! This cake was devoured before I got the opportunity to take a picture of its inside, but believe me when I tell you that it…
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mocha soufflé roll with whipped cream and a ribbon of caramel (gluten-free!)
makes ten servings It’s Passover! The absence of bread gives us an excuse to make this decadent dessert, adapted from The Jewish Holiday Kitchen. First comes an airy chocolate soufflé – don’t be intimidated by the word ‘soufflé,’ it’s incredibly easy! Then we make a quick batch of whipped cream and drizzle it in caramel sauce.…
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