Tag: salted caramel
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dark chocolate caramel cake
something changed recently and i can’t get enough of bright colors. i guess it’s been raining a lot in dc, and that coupled with all the big gray and white buildings makes me feel sort of blah. i generally try to stay away from artificial food coloring. i’ll use it if i have to (e.g.…
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salted caramel potato chip ice cream
the last time i made ice cream was in my seventh grade science class. we put milk and sugar in a ziploc bag, stuffed that bag into another bag filled with ice and salt, and shook it until our hands felt like they were gonna freeze off. the experiment illustrated how sodium chloride lowers water’s freezing point,…
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chocolate cake with rosemary caramel
i officially have The Best spice cake in north carolina! and the best sweet potato biscuits, too! i entered a bunch of different cakes and baked goods into the competition at the fair, and i won first place ribbons for both of those items. i also won second place for my white chocolate chip cookies and two…
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london fog cake
edinburgh castle sits swathed in a shroud of cold fog, perched atop a craggy bluff overlooking the scottish capital. while visiting the city in november, my parents and i trekked up edinburgh’s cobbled streets to take a self-led tour of the castle. unfortunately, after five minutes of standing in the wind, my appendages were purple and…
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billionaire’s shortbread
this is a classic millionaire’s shortbread, but i’m replacing the ‘m’ with a ‘b’ in honor of the $1.5 BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT! i can’t wrap my head around how much money that is. the winner can literally book a flight with space adventures and take a trip to the moon. that’s probably what i would do.…
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brown butter cake with roasted rhubarb, salted caramel, and pistachio crumble
let’s take a second and personify rhubarb. it might come across as sullen and cynical, with a lot of pent-up anger towards strawberries for always stealing the spotlight, but it’s really just thirsty for some attention. some recognition. once roasted, its bitter flavor and tough stalks break down to an addictive soft sourness. paired with the dark brown…
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sea salt caramel pretzel blondies
blondies are THE most underrated dessert. bars in general, actually. people tend to go for cupcakes because of their aesthetic, but i would much rather indulge in a massive, dense slab of brown sugar and butter. the combination of salty pretzels and cloyingly sweet caramel feels both gourmet and nostalgic. these can easily be made…
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truffles etc.
After being commissioned to make a cake topped with an edible stiletto, there were about thirteen days that I was interested in fondant. The cake turned out pretty well, though I was not excited to work with the dry, flavorless stuff again. One good result of my fondant endeavor was the discovery of HowToCookThat, a…
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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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