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sour cream belgian waffles with berries and squirty whipped cream
Lately I’ve been buying the quart size heavy cream which comes in a large plastic bottle. I suppose it looks a lot like a can of Reddi-Wip, because whenever I bring it home, my three-year-old jumps around with very big bright imploring eyes yelling, “Can I have squirty whipped cream? Pwease? Pweeease?” His cuteness quickly turns to a major tantrum when I try to explain that I can make whipped cream, but that I can’t give it to him in the form of a smiley face on his Winnie the Pooh plate.
The other day, while at the health food store, he spotted a can of squirty whipped cream. Since it used real vanilla, and since he asked nicely, I bought it for him. After giving each of the kids a smiley face on a plate this morning, my chubby little guy asked for waffles for breakfast. He explained, with very wide brown eyes and descriptive hand motions, how he wanted them with berries and squirty whipped cream. (Pwease, pweease?) How could I resist?
mango lime cheesecake bars with macadamia nut crust
My friend’s husband recently begged her to start making cheesecake more often. Anna, this recipe is for you.
tres leches marble cake with strawberries and chocolate ganache
I’ve been talking about this thing on twitter all week. It was quite the production. Mostly I was worried that in the attempt the cake would turn into a big sloppy mess on the cake plate. But it didn’t. I was very surprised.
My husband usually asks for a marble cake for his birthday, and every time I make it, I try making it moister than the last one. This is by far the winner. I doubt you can get much moister than soaking a cake completely in three different kinds of milk. When I made the marble effect, I did the zebra method where you pour a cup of vanilla batter into the center, and then top it with a cup of chocolate, alternating back and forth until the cake is finished. It ends up really pretty, the only thing is, once you pour in the milk, the pretty design all but disappears. So when you make it, don’t overexert yourself making the perfect marbelization. You won’t be able to see it anyway. I am not even that big of fan of chocolate cake myself, and if I were to make it again, I’d just keep the whole batter vanilla and not add the chocolate.
ANYWAY, here it is: tres leches marble cake with strawberries and chocolate ganache!
