I have a friend who is an expert at pavlova. Named after the Russian ballet dancer, it's a dessert featuring egg whites and sugar whipped to stiff peaks then baked, so the outside is crisp and the inside is marshmallow-y. Unlike a floating island, which is surrounded by a pool of … [Read more...] about My First Meringue
low-fat desserts
Anniversary Post and Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Cake
2 years ago tomorrow I wrote my first blog post. It was based on the story of making my own birthday cake - a dairy-free chocolate-hazelnut mousse cake, because you can't buy one of those around here, and I could make it better than a store anyway. Hubris, I know. Layers of … [Read more...] about Anniversary Post and Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Cake
Finally! Angel Food Cake with Maple-Honey Dessert Wine Apricots and Honey Ice Wine Figs
Basically the whole concept of the 3rd Annual Volk/Watson Christmas Extravaganza started because I wanted to make Angel's Food Cake. To me, that's more than reason enough to have a party. The fact that it was Christmas came second. I've made this recipe before, and it's … [Read more...] about Finally! Angel Food Cake with Maple-Honey Dessert Wine Apricots and Honey Ice Wine Figs
Building A Lemon Mousse Cake: Gravity hurts us all in the end, I suppose…
This is the horrible picture of what was left of the mousse after 30 minutes: So my lemon mousse cake was a bit messier than the picture in the book...but every bit as delicious. It was a little better than lemon pudding, but not quite as spectacular as my first lemon mousse … [Read more...] about Building A Lemon Mousse Cake: Gravity hurts us all in the end, I suppose…