You might need to buy:
- vegetable shortening
- butter
- baking powder
- Butter pecan frosting
ready in about an hour and 20 minutes;
serves 10
You might need to buy:
- vegetable oil
- chopped nuts
Always a kid pleaser and easy to make.
ready in about 30 minutes
You might need to buy:
- soda
- salt
- white sugar
- water or leftover coffee
- baker's cocoa
- eggs
- buttermilk
- vanilla
I found this in nmy recipe box, photocopied, originally written on Los Angeles Firemen’s Credit Union notepad. I have no idea where it came from!
You might need to buy:
- evaporated milk
- german chocolate cake mix
- melted butter
- chopped nuts
- semisweet chocolate bits
ready in about an hour and 15 minutes;
serves 12
You might need to buy:
- vegetable oil
- fresh lime juice
- baking powder
- salt
- superfine sugar
- sifted cake flour
- vanilla extract
- large egg yolks
Chef’s Note: To make successful chocolate curls, bring a block of chocolate to room temperature and, using a vegetable peeler, slowly move the peeler across one of the flat sides of the chocolate. Keep the curls in the refrigerator so they remain firm until you are ready to use them.
You might need to buy:
- Kirschwasser
- Cherry Cream:
- zest of 1 lemon
- vanilla extract
- sugar
- large eggs
- cocoa powder
- cornstarch
- cake flour
- Chocolate Sponge Cake:
- cold water
- cornstarch
- vanilla bean
- cinnamon stick
- pitted sweet cherries
- Cherry Filling:
- heavy cream
- confectioners' sugar
- Assembly:
- about 3/4 cup Kirschwasser
ready in about an hour and 15 minutes;
serves 8
You might need to buy:
- salt
- eggs
- zest of 1 lemon
- and 1 tablespoon self-raising flour
- milk
- confectioner's sugar
- and 1 tablespoon sugar
- unsalted butter
You might need to buy:
- unsifted flour
- white sugar
- brown sugar
- butter or margarine
- eggs
- mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- chopped walnuts
You might need to buy:
- allspice
- mace
- vanilla
- plain yogurt
- eggs
- cinnamon
an idiot-proof recipe
ready in about an hour and 10 minutes;
serves 10
You might need to buy:
- sugar
- vanilla
- baking soda
- flour