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Need Recipe for English Toffee
Rose Levy Beranbaum has a recipe in her book, "Rose's Christmas Cookies." I haven’t tried that particular recipe, but it sure looks scrumptious from the photograph.
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what baked dessert says "happy 1st wedding anniversary!"
One of the sexiest desserts ever: Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Oblivion Truffle Torte. Easy to make, gorgeous, heavenly. I’ve decorated it with both marzipan flowers and fresh flowers. One of the best was a white rose,...
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advice sought on RLB banana cake
I’ve twice made the Rose Levy Beranbaum Cordon Rose Banana Cake from the Cake Bible. I love chocolate and banana together, so getting this cake right is a goal of mine. First time—horrible doming, undercooked center,...
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Sex In The City Cupcakes
Hi - I made pink cupcakes for my nieces birthday a couple of years ago. I used Rose Levy Beranbaum's recipe for Strawberry Buttercream, found in The Cake Bible. Basically it is a buttercream recipe (can’t remember which...
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Hot or Cold/Greased or ungreased: Sponge/genoise issues
If you could find a Cooks Magazine, May/June, 1981 there is an excellent article by Rose Levy Beranbaum....“Understanding Genoise”. Perhaps a public library, nearby, could be of help. In this article she does mention...
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Baking bread
Rose Levy Beranbaum's Bread Bible or any thing by Bernie Clayton. We have not bothered with a hearth kit. We have a very substantial pizza stone and an old stainless gratin pan for water that sits on the lower shelf for steam. I...
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Good basic baking cookbook for a teen?
I’d recommend Nick Malgieri’s cookbook “ How to Bake” because it would not be intimidating introduction for a teen. I love Bakewise and Rose Levy Beranbaum's book but the detail might intimidate a beginning...
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Buttercream: where did I go wrong?
It sound like Cook’s cribbed Rose Levy Beranbaum's neoclassic buttercream recipe from The Cake Bible. You didn’t need a temperature because, according to RLB, when the sugar-corn syrup mixture comes to a rolling boil...
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cashew cookie recipe?
There is a cashew cookie in Rose Levy Beranbaum's Christmas cookie book. I don’t remember a lot about it, as it’s been probably a decade since I made it (not a big cashew fan) but I liked it, and my dad LOVED it (he...
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Baking Books
All the Rose Levy Beranbaum books use weights in the recipes. True, some find her a little overly complicated, but the recipes always work.
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Recipe for honey buttercream frosting?
Rose Levy Beranbaum has a recipe for honey buttercream in the Cake Bible. She does use egg yolks (which are traditional for buttercream – the confectioners sugar version not the ‘classic’ but it sure is...
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Flour
.Not because local climat,because the flour is drier,more absorbant.(?milling location also) Rose Levy Beranbaum is quite brand specific/particular,not just for promotional consideration.The constant off the shelf at some levels is...
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substituting arrowroot for cornstarch in lemon curd?
You don’t need any thickener in lemon curd besides the egg yolks. A classic curd contains lemon zest, egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice, butter and salt. That’s it. Look for another recipe (I use Rose Levy Beranbaum's...
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Challah -- what went wrong?
. Otherwise, I would recommend the recipe in The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum. Toasted with cinnamon sugar is a treat that makes me feel like I am 10 years old again.....
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Buttercream Frosting – Egg Question
Yes..using all yolks will turn it slightly off yellow. I suggest doing a google search for rose levy beranbaum's Mousseline buttercream. It’s from the cake bible. It’s the only buttercream I ever use. Please...
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