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Although naked cakes were trending a few years back, a double or triple layer cake with super smooth buttercream will always take first place in our hearts. Add chocolate mousse, fruit jam, or simply more buttercream on each layer for an even more jaw-dropping dessert with plenty of sweetness and flavor. Any home baker knows that timing is crucial when frosting freshly baked desserts. And there s no worse feeling than frosting a cake that s too warm and watching as the fluffy buttercream melts down the sides. To help home bakers produce perfectly frosted baked goods every time, we asked Melissa Weller, author of
The 11 meals I ll remember the most from 2020
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âThe best dishes of 2020â reads like a headline from the satirical Onion website.
In a normal year, lists of this type are stocked with dishes from around the world. Theyâre an opportunity to celebrate (read: brag) in ways big and small about the places you went and the edible treasures you discovered. References to caviar and truffles abound.
But in 2020, the hospitality world has been fighting for its life. Chefs, restaurateurs, bartenders, and bakers have been simply trying to keep their places open and their staff employed.
By Bill Addison
Los Angeles Times
Cookbooks are always about connection written to share the love of a cuisine or celebrate ancestry, or sometimes to eulogize broken bonds and safeguard history. If you ve run out of ideas or motivation for preparing your next meal, if you re longing to be somewhere far away or want to explore fresh approaches to comfort food at home, or if you re thinking about the broader context of food in our troubled culture, take heart and inspiration from 11 standout books of the season. Baking at the 20th Century Cafe Admit it, begins the jacket copy of Michelle Polzine s hefty, handsome book. You re here for the famous honey cake.
Bill Addison
Los Angeles Times
Cookbooks are always about connection â written to share the love of a cuisine or celebrate ancestry, or sometimes to eulogize broken bonds and safeguard history.
If you ve run out of ideas or motivation for preparing your next meal, if you re longing to be somewhere far away or want to explore fresh approaches to comfort food at home, or if you re thinking about the broader context of food in our troubled culture, take heart and inspiration from these 11 books of the season. Baking at the 20th Century Cafe Admit it, begins the jacket copy of Michelle Polzine s hefty, handsome book. You re here for the famous honey cake. Well, yes and no. The 10-layer version of the Russian cake that Polzine serves at her cafe in San Francisco s Hayes Valley, given mysterious depths by caramelizing the honey and lightened by dulce de leche in the frosting, deserves its legendary status.