The BellGab Bakeshop

[K_Dubb]

I happen to absolutely love cookies.  They have to be crisp though, I don't enjoy soggy, soft and half-baked ones.  I do not like Oreos though, although I do appreciate a decent "sandwich" cookie.  I must admit, much to my shame, my brand of choice for "sandwich" cookies is Always Save!  Particularly their Lemon & Peanut Butter ones, the Double Fudge & Vanilla are pretty good too.

It is funny, I hate Peanut Butter in general (think I ate too much as a child), but love a good Peanut Butter Cookie (as long as it is crisp) and that Thai Peanut Sauce (made with Peanut Butter) you dip the un-fried egg roll things in (spring rolls).

The Cookie/Snack aisle is awesome, although I usually don't buy anything most of that shit I can make myself and better.  And another thing, 90% of the cookies are the "Soft & Chewy" nasty ones.

Yay, cookies!

I do not like Oreos, either; if you take them apart the cookies taste like dirt and the filling like the cheapest kind of margarine.  So gross.

[pate]

So I assume the only dish guaranteed not to contain chest hair is that containing roux?...

Maybe I wax that area?  Nautical Shore.

(Settle down Dubb!}

Hah!

[K_Dubb]

Maybe I wax that area?  Nautical Shore.

(Settle down Dubb!}

Hah!

👁👅👁

[Asuka Langley]

[WORTHAUGERa]

Company BBQ is best BBQ... here, have a cigar.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10782-katharine-hepburns-brownies

Maybe I wax that area?  Nautical Shore.

(Settle down Dubb!}

Hah!

Dude... lighten up.

[Master Trollda]

[pate]

K_Dubb, Attend:

This morning while perusing the Intar-Tubes with the morning coffee, I saw a recipe for "Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake."  This freaked me out for obvious reasons, but upon further thought it occurred to me that mayo is just egg yolks and oil with a bit of vinegar/lemon juice.  I think the Mayonnaise was some sort of Depression Era substitution because Old Socks were difficult to find or something.

Still, it was odd enough that I mentioned it to my sister (the cake baker of the family) and suggested that she make a test "Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake," she says 'Yah, I should make that and try the Dutch "Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake" recipe...'

Sauerkraut in a Cake, what madness is this?  Those wacky Dutch Buggers!  I realize Dutch is not Norse, but they are pretty damn close in my book;  is there some wacky Nordic "Sauerkraut Cake" that you are aware of?



Who will be the brave soul to make a "Dutch Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake" and report back to the thread on their findings?

[K_Dubb]

K_Dubb, Attend:

This morning while perusing the Intar-Tubes with the morning coffee, I saw a recipe for "Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake."  This freaked me out for obvious reasons, but upon further thought it occurred to me that mayo is just egg yolks and oil with a bit of vinegar/lemon juice.  I think the Mayonnaise was some sort of Depression Era substitution because Old Socks were difficult to find or something.

Still, it was odd enough that I mentioned it to my sister (the cake baker of the family) and suggested that she make a test "Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake," she says 'Yah, I should make that and try the Dutch "Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake" recipe...'

Sauerkraut in a Cake, what madness is this?  Those wacky Dutch Buggers!  I realize Dutch is not Norse, but they are pretty damn close in my book;  is there some wacky Nordic "Sauerkraut Cake" that you are aware of?



Who will be the brave soul to make a "Dutch Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake" and report back to the thread on their findings?

Sir, we do not put surkål in our cakes but I did find this Danish recipe.  It seems to be more of a savory casserole.

https://no.gesund-ungesund.de/dekket-surkaal-kake-i-henhold-til-bestemors-oppskrift/

I am planning a chocolate cake for Father's Day since chocolate is my dad's favorite.  I do not know if I dare mess with the much-modified sachertorte (not so dry, but still quite sturdy) recipe I have used in the past but it is a possibility.  If I show up with an American-style fluffy cake with some kind of whipped frosting instead of ganache it might wind up being pitched at my head.

[WOTR]

K_Dubb, Attend:

This morning while perusing the Intar-Tubes with the morning coffee, I saw a recipe for "Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake."  This freaked me out for obvious reasons, but upon further thought it occurred to me that mayo is just egg yolks and oil with a bit of vinegar/lemon juice.  I think the Mayonnaise was some sort of Depression Era substitution because Old Socks were difficult to find or something.

Still, it was odd enough that I mentioned it to my sister (the cake baker of the family) and suggested that she make a test "Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake," she says 'Yah, I should make that and try the Dutch "Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake" recipe...'

Sauerkraut in a Cake, what madness is this?  Those wacky Dutch Buggers!  I realize Dutch is not Norse, but they are pretty damn close in my book;  is there some wacky Nordic "Sauerkraut Cake" that you are aware of?



Who will be the brave soul to make a "Dutch Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake" and report back to the thread on their findings?

Dutch? Was it the Dutch who were referred to by derogatory, hurtful, racist term "Kraut?" No! It was my grandparents. Why would anybody but a Kraut put sauerkraut in a cake?

With that out of the way, I'm really, really tempted to make it. I might copy the recipe and take it with me when I next visit my nieces for a "project". I'm pretty certain they already suspect their uncle is not quite right in the head...

[K_Dubb]

Dutch? Was it the Dutch who were referred to by derogatory, hurtful, racist term "Kraut?" No! It was my grandparents. Why would anybody but a Kraut put sauerkraut in a cake?

I looked up a bunch of recipes for it, it is apparently Dutch in the Pennsylvania Dutch sense (Deutsch = German) so yeah.

[Laser]

This looks incredibly interesting. Has anyone ever attempted this and what were the results?

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-make-pastila

[K_Dubb]

This looks incredibly interesting. Has anyone ever attempted this and what were the results?

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-make-pastila

I have not made them but the Russian grocery has homemade marshmallows of the zefir variety once in a while, I think they use gelatin and some fruit juice though.  I did not know the original was apple and used the natural pectin instead!

[WOTR]

I looked up a bunch of recipes for it, it is apparently Dutch in the Pennsylvania Dutch sense (Deutsch = German) so yeah.

I bought some kraut today. I assume that fermented high quality probiotic is not necessary for chocolate cake.

[K_Dubb]

I bought some kraut today. I assume that fermented high quality probiotic is not necessary for chocolate cake.

Most of the recipes I looked at didn't specify what kind of kraut but those that did mentioned "canned".  Since you chop and rinse much of the character will go away, I think.

[pate]

Most of the recipes I looked at didn't specify what kind of kraut but those that did mentioned "canned".  Since you chop and rinse much of the character will go away, I think.

Huh, I figured the acidity of the 'kraut was used to react with the baking soda, eliminating the need to use baking powder as leavening.  The rinsing seems to defeat that, in my mind.

I honestly have not looked up a recipe for this dubious cake.  That said, I would still like to try it.