Posts Tagged “dessert”

Pesach Sheini: Chocolate caramel matzah squares (aka matzah crack)

By | April 23, 2013

This one is for all you people who don’t eat gebrokts on Pesach. Because Pesach Sheini starts tonight! You have your second chance. It seems like everyone has a different name for this dessert. Chocolate caramel matzah squares, matzah toffee, matzah candy, matzah crack. I didn’t make up that last one, honest. Whatever you call [...]

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The Kosher Baker: Chocolate candy hamentaschen (Plus: February Kosher Connection linkup!)

By | February 11, 2013

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This is the first in a series of recipes that I’ll be testing and sharing from Paula Shoyer’s cookbook on pareve baking, The Kosher Baker. I was provided with a review copy of the book, but my opinions are my own. You can learn more about Paula’s work at In Paula’s Kitchen. — This is the first [...]

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Almond olive oil cake with almond glaze

By | December 6, 2012

VLUU L200  / Samsung L200

This recipe and story first appeared in the Nov. 26, 2012 edition of “From Tali’s Kitchen,” my biweekly cooking column in Binah magazine. I’m a city girl turned country mouse. Wait — I grew up in residential Silver Spring, and that’s suburbia. So I guess I’m a suburb girl turned yishuv mouse. I never imagined [...]

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Heart surprise cake

By | November 30, 2012

VLUU L200  / Samsung L200

So I made a cake. On the outside, it’s pretty nice, though I could certainly use some more practice with my frosting techniques. (Focus on the edible hearts, please. They never get old.) And on the inside… It was supposed to be a heart cake, in honor of our second anniversary (17 Kislev, which is [...]

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