carpecookie's Profile

Joined: April 12th, 2011

White coconut cake with coconut frosting from Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Cafe

Nice crumb on the cake texture, and the frosting is not overly sweet. The directions are very detailed to ensure your success. The only change I made was to toast the coconut for garnishing, just a personal... read more >

recipe reviews (5)
book reviews (2)
useful review votes (8)

• Bookshelf Home
• Reviews
• Recipe Box
• Favorite Members
• Photos
• Covers

carpecookie's Reviews

1 recipe(s) reviewed. Showing 1 to 1Sort by: Title | Date | Rating

Baking: From My Home to Yours

By Dorie Greenspan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2006

The best biscotti recipe I've ever had. Unlike "traditional" or "purist" biscotti, which have no fat in them except for what is found in the egg yolks, these use butter. This means that they are tender enough to be able to eat without dunking into your coffee. If you want to eat it without drenching it, you won't break your teeth. Dorie mentions several variations. I always add lemon zest to mine, following her directions. It's a subtle lemon flavour, but I would never leave it out. Occasionally I add pistachios instead of the sliced almonds or a mixture of the two, totalling the original volume called for of almonds. These freeze really well- and I often serve them with crème brûlée, for a textural contrast.

useful (4)