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May 25, 2005
And there shall come... A SMOTHERING!
A week or so back, my faithful and tenacious aide-de-camp Jenny joined me on the latest adventure of Cake Club: the quest to create a Boston Cream Pie. This was ironic in two ways: first, since it is a cake that is clearly named "Pie," and B) the last Cake Club meeting produced a cheesecake, which is a cake in name only.
Because Jenny has enough cookbooks to reach from here to Tavern on the Green and back, she found one to try in The Joy of Cooking. It seemed simple enough, though the cake for the layers was to be made of "hot milk cake," which is something neither of us had tried before.
Nevertheless, we proceeded with our usual abandon (after eating two big-ass burritos), and ended up with something that, while it tasted good, really didn't taste great. The cake was a bit too eggy, and we clearly overdid it with the chocolate glaze. I guess we didn't have to use it all, but I think you'll agree when I say it's hard to resist once you start to drizzle. It's a slippery slope!
The best bit was most assuredly the custard in the middle, which turned out to be not so hard to make as we thought, though Jenny's arm got quite the workout whisking.
Once we're in the mood to repeat the experiment, I think we'll try the recipe I found in my new favorite cookbook, The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion. Those mid-western types sure are kooky, but they know their way around an oven.
You can click here to see the pictures Jenny and Harold took of the events of the night. Yes, I have had a haircut since then.
Posted by kyle at May 25, 2005 7:23 PM