30 January 2018

Best Easy Chocolate Cake (Cook's Illustrated)

Whisk together:

7.5oz flour
7oz sugar (200g)
1/2tsp soda
1/2tsp salt


Mix together:

2oz Dutch process cocoa (55g natural)
2oz bittersweet chocolate (Ghiradelli Intense Dark w/ Cocoa Nibs)
1c hot black coffee

Whisk in:

2/3c mayonnaise (160g)
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla (1 capful)

Stir into dry ingredients. Bake in an 8" pan 30-35 minutes at 350*F.

This is an ok cake. Definitely not best.


Buttermilk Not Soft Serve (Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream Desserts)


300g heavy cream (1.25c)
85g cream cheese (3oz)
1/4tsp salt
130g sugar (2/3c)
36g tapioca syrup (2T corn syrup)
600g buttermilk (2 1/2c)
6g tapioca starch (2T cornstarch)

Measure cream (reserving 3-4T) into saucepan along with tapioca syrup and suger. Mix tapioca starch with the reserved 3-4T of the cream and set aside. Whisk together cream cheese and salt and set aside.
Bring cream mixture to a boil and boil for 4 minutes. Whisk in starch mixture (bring back to a boil if using cornstarch). Whisk into cream cheese, and pour in buttermilk. Cool, cure, and churn.