Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: F
Apr 20th, 2010 by Marilyn
Fundraiser
Forsythia
Faux
Farm
Focus
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Fundraiser: Hazelnut Mocha Cherry Torte, made this week for a fundraising auction. Not pictured: extra mocha buttercream, made for sitting around my kitchen.
Forsythia: Now popping everywhere in shades of lemon meringue, forsythia rings in the season by dangling over porches and sidewalks, showing its aggressive, smiling best in April rain.
Faux: Faux macarons – cute, but extremely faux – macarons. An open bag of oyster crackers plus extra mocha buttercream prompted these tiny, salty-sweet, maddeningly painstaking treats. How to split an oyster cracker? Use the tip of a paring knife – then sandwich with a piped dab of buttercream or chocolate ganache.
Farm: Josie used this farm-animal bowl from babyhood, grabbing, then spooning, years of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, granola, gummi bears, ice cream. And oyster crackers. Now it’s a measuring dish on my scale – no longer her serveware but as I couldn’t part with it, now it serves me.
Focus: Here, our tender-hearted Cleo stares at a single treat, undistracted by phone, music, chatter, Internet, blogs or doubt. She will not budge. She will sit as long as it takes. And who among us couldn’t use a dose of that?
Please post the recipe for the Hazelnut Mocha Cherry Tort! I would love to make it for my husbands birthday. Post all your recipes, you make everything look so delicious.
Fantastic, frankly. I made the acquaintance of forsythia for the first time this year—a glorious introduction to an East Coast spring. And we’ve had a plethora of oyster crackers around here; now all I need to do is whip up some mocha buttercream and I’ll be on my way to bliss.
Hah. I wanted to simply write FABULOUS but WordPress said it was a bit too short and sent me back. Serves me right.
Fabulous times 2.
Fantastic ! But I cannot name a Favorite.
That torte is RIDICULOUSLY gorgeous. And now I will go dive into my pantry and not come out until I find a scrap of chocolate to serve the sweet tooth you created.
absolutely darling. i wouldnt mind having some of that mocha buttercream icing. i love the way you write, M. x shayma
Oh my, that torte looks fabulous. Yes, please! A recipe!
I can’t decide which is my favorite, though right now it’s a toss-up between the torte and Cleo. Any chance of being able to bring home either one?
gorgeous… all of them.
Thank you. Okay, okay, we’ll make a layer cake together – but it involves a lot of steps. I’m seeing a 5-part cake skills thing. Anyone?
What a fabulous idea for a post! (Is this a series? Can I copy you?) I love the doggy focus. Mine does that too!
For sure, this list is the fazizzle!
Marilyn…re: #10…I’M IN!
I wish I had the concentration that Cleo has!
Girl, I so had a dream about you the other night! I dreamed we (Mary Margaret and I) came to visit you in Chicago and you lived in this gigantic 3-story brownstone w/an elevator downtown. It was Christmas time and you cooked the most extravagant meals I’ve ever seen (or tasted!) Have no idea why I dreamed all this, but just had to tell you before I forgot!
The cake of course looks out of this world, but I’m hung up on the awesomeness of the faux macarons. Simply brilliant!
Re #10: I’m in, too! I can make lasagna, tortilla soup and fudge from scratch, but I’m still a mess with baked goods. (No disasters, just solid mediocrity.) Teach me, Master! *bows*