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Cooking & Baking

MissMillie

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6. I am attempting something similar--a new recipe for me

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Original post)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 08:52 AM

Dec 2023

Chocolate babka. The recipe comes from the Cook's Country cookbook.

I made the smart move of not mentioning it to family. If I screw it up, no one will miss it.

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finished baking the Family Chocolate Pound cake. I am pleased with the result [View all] yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 OP

Good for you cooking up a storm! MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #1

I read this as nocoincidences Dec 2023 #2

I did the same! Bayard Dec 2023 #3

Fixed! Thank you nt yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #7

My husband's family always made a "hard sauce" that they served with pie--pecan, mincemeat. japple Dec 2023 #4

we always had "flavoring" for our custard - Bourbon yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #9

I was thinking of making some hard sauce Marthe48 Dec 2023 #10

Make sandwich cookies with it, using vanilla (or chocolate) wafers. I love it, too. japple Dec 2023 #11

use up your stale bread by making up some bread pudding yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #13

That sounds good Marthe48 Dec 2023 #14

My grandmother, whose savory cooking was ambrosial, wasn't a dessert cook Warpy Dec 2023 #5

maraschino cherries are boozy? I did not know that yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #8

It might be somewhat artificial now Warpy Dec 2023 #12

I am attempting something similar--a new recipe for me MissMillie Dec 2023 #6

one of these days I am going to attempt a babka yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #15

Followup: My friend loved the coconut cake, and Yep he never heard of boiled custard yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #16