Tag: powdered sugar
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peanut butter and banana stuffed french toast
my brother got a tattoo today! it’s a bridge, and it’s on his RIBCAGE. where all the nerve endings are. owwwwww. i’m not sure exactly what the significance of it is, but it’s from the video game ‘shadow of the colossus’ and it looks fuckin BOMB. the tattoo artist’s main instructions were to…
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deep dark chocolate truffle cake
makes one six-inch cake, eight servings My mom bought a huge bag of assorted Lindor truffles. Some are filled with white chocolate, some contain a rich peanut butter mousse, and some (my personal favorite) are wrapped in shiny black foil, with an extra dark chocolate shell enrobing a smooth dark chocolate center. This cake encapsulates the truffle’s bittersweet richness, and…
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gingerbread diner
Tehila and I like diners. Characterized by rows of booths and floor-mounted stools, personable wait staff, and a wide variety of comfort food, just thinking about diners triggers a certain, incomparable sentiment in both Tehila and me. Because of the template we used, the structure does look quite house-like, but the prominent D-I-N-E-R cutouts elucidate…
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monday blues
Last year, one of my friends made me a little picture book entitled ‘The Jew Who Loved Christmas.” The book illustrates my inner conflict over staying faithful to my religion [Judaism] versus celebrating a holiday that I really love [Christmas]. My situation worsens when my pet cat and dog bully me for being so indecisive, and the book…
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mascarpone-filled cake with macerated berries
makes one cake I made this as a welcome home from Minnesota present for my mom. I wanted it to be small, so I quartered the recipe using my mini cake pans. It turned out great; probably the lightest cake I’ve ever made. very slightly adapted from www.epicurious.com Ingredients For cake: 2 cups sifted cake…
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