January 2020 – Valerie

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Dobos Torte

By: Valerie January 5, 2020December 3, 2020

Cakes and Cupcakescaramel, chocolate, dobos, hazelnutLeave a Comment

This recipe is one that I have been avoiding for years. Every time I was looking for a beautiful and impressive dessert to make for a special occasion, I would look through the cookbook, come across the Dobos Torte and immediately think to myself that it looked way too complicated, so I would pass on it and do something else, something that was in my comfort zone. Again, looking for an elegant dessert, ideally a cake, to make for our New Year’s Eve party at friends’ place, I stumbled upon this recipe.

Chocolate Hazelnut Buttercream

By: Valerie January 1, 2020December 3, 2020

Frosting, sauces and garnishesbuttercream, chocolate, hazelnut3 Comments

For New Year’s Eve I offered to bring a dessert for our hosts since they were taking care of everything else. I wanted to make a beautiful-looking cake that would be tasty as well, and this is the chocolate hazelnut* buttercream required for the recipe. This is a more involved buttercream that requires more steps than simply whipping eggs with sugar and butter, but I enjoyed making it and the flavour was delicious.