This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was chosen by Tracey of the blog Tracey’s Culinary Adventures and she chose Dorie’s Cinnamon Squares. Pretty much it’s a cinnamon cake with a ribbon of melted chocolate topped by a layer of chocolate icing. According to my family this cake is a real winner! (more…)
This week’s Tuesday with Dorie hostess was Kelly of the blog Baking With The Boys and she selected the recipe for Mango Bread. This was quite a fun adventure because while I was peeling the mangoes, my wonderful DH came into the kitchen to see what I was up to. He wasn’t sure if he liked mango so I cut him a slice and he loved it! So much so that he asked if he could help me make the bread. I always have fun when DH cooks with me and this time was no exception. He got so into the process that before we knew it he was pretty much doing it all himself… and I was merely providing direction!
This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe was selected by Megan of My Baking Adventures and she chose the Tiramisu Cake. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you’ll know I steer far clear of anything that smells or tastes like coffee. The mere scent of it does a number on my tummy that’s not unlike the oft-described symptoms of morning sickness. Yup… pretty bad. But tiramisu is one of DH’s all time favorite desserts and he always orders it when we’re out. So when I considered sitting this week out I thought about how wonderful my husband is… and how thrilled he’d be with this dessert… and quite literally completing this week’s recipe became a full on labor of love :)
This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe was the Chocolate Cream Tart selected by Kim of Scrumptious Photography. Once again I couldn’t quite bring myself to do the just standard recipe and instead decided to play around with flavor combinations. I made a total of three tarts… two 4″ and one 6″. This one above is a 4″ Chocolate Banana Cream tart. A thin layer of banana flavored cream followed by a thick layer of banana flavored chocolate filling and topped with a layer of banana flavored whipped cream. DH picked this combo and I used Banana Cream Rum for the flavoring. It was a total winner in his book! I had to rush and get photos because he couldn’t wait to taste this… and once he started, well, the nom-nom-nom sounds were not far behind. He LOVED this! But remember, I made a total of three tarts. Sooooooo…. care to see the other two?
Today is DH’s birthday and this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was seemingly chosen with him in mind. Oh sure I could’ve made a traditional birthday cake but then I realized this has both almonds and chocolate… two of his favorites… and though it’s a torte it’s definitely close enough to cake for my DH. Trust me, this chocolatey-almondy dessert made him one very happy birthday boy :)
