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From: Toronto, ON

Joined: October 19th, 2011

Silk Chocolate Cream Pie with Pecan Crust from The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: Sweetness in Seattle

This is a showstopper of a pie with rather sophisticated flavours - intense chocolate filling with salty, crunchy crust. Can't say I cared much for the crust on its own but it was a great foil, both texturally... read more >

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A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking

By Marcy Goldman
Whitecap Books Ltd. - 2009

Another fabulous baking book from Marcy Goldman!

The recipes are arranged according to Jewish holiday with introductory information about the holiday itself and explanations regarding the significance of the recipes that follow.

The author’s enthusiasm for over-zealous (my opinion) application of fillings and toppings, evident in her book A Passion for Baking, seems to have been tempered in this book, perhaps because of the nature of the product or as a nod towards tradition. But that doesn’t stop her from putting her own twist on these traditional recipes so that they will be among the best babkas, honey cakes etc you’ve ever had! This anniversary edition has an added chapter of savoury dishes that also don’t disappoint.

Though I imagine that this is a great resource for Jewish bakers, the recipes are really quite universal in their appeal.