Watch these videos in order as they show segments of the preparation of the Pistachio Torta!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDTBHLHAD28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsaqmXhKtiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGePMTjoJRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6g6nMgwygs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMZC_9uWkKE
Posts Tagged ‘cake’
Preparing the Pistachio Cake on VIDEO!
Posted in Recipes, food, tagged cake, pistachio on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Posted in Recipes, entertaining, food, tagged cake, carrot, cheese, cream on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It suddenly occurred to me, after I received a lovely comment from someone who apparently had been searching for my Carrot Cake recipe for years, that I had not included the recipe here on my blog. Well here is the link.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/105-12142007-1456360.html
As Ruth Reichl stated in the Gourmet compilation, “it is one of the best we’ve [...]
Beatty’s Chocolate Cake
Posted in Recipes, entertaining, food, tagged cake, chocolate on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Also known as Hershey’s Chocolate Cake. This recipe was featured on The Barefoot Contessa during a show where she was baking for one of her fabulous gay friends. I recalled it as strangely familiar. A little searching in my pantry and sure enough it was the recipe on the back of the Hershey’s Cocoa box! She [...]
Red Velvet
Posted in entertaining, tagged cake, red, velvet on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m such a tease. For my February column (phillyburbs.com) I will be writing a piece on Red Velvet Cake and its effect on me. When I say effect I mean the near obsession I had with this cake last summer. From what I considered a rather bland cake vis a vis flavor, with just a [...]
The Ulterior Epicure
Posted in Events, Recipes, tagged cake, carrot, epicure, gourmet on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I searched and searched the dark cave of our basement and realized that I had misplaced my 15 minutes of fame. In June of 1990 a recipe that has been in my family for years was published in Gourmet Magazine. I can still remember the cover of the magazine, with its dewey fruit [...]
Celebration
Posted in Events, Recipes, tagged cake, carrot on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I offered to bake the birthday cake for my friend Brian Raynor, who turned 40 last week. About 40 guests to feed so I knew an 8 inch cake would not do. And a sheet cake is so well, institutional. Why not do a three tier I said? What flavor Brian I asked? Carrot Cake with Cream [...]
