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The Pink Cake from Vintage Cakes: Timeless Recipes for Cupcakes, Flips, Rolls, Layer, Angel, Bundt, Chiffon, and Icebox Cakes for Today's Sweet Tooth

I made the pink cake for a friend's birthday and it was a big hit. In fact, I think the chocolate sponge for this recipe is probably the best chocolate cake I have ever made, or tasted. It was so moist... read more >

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Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook

By Anya von Bremzen, John Welchman
Workman Publishing Company - 1990

Egg and Mushroom Salad,while apt, is such a boring name for this dish. It should be more like "Looks so ugly but tastes so good that I make it over and over again egg salad". Or if you want something shorter "the best egg salad you will ever eat in your life". If you really want to shorten it I suppose you could just call it "Russian Egg Salad". If you, like me, love the combination of dill and mushrooms, and are also an egg salad fan, then stop reading this and go make it. You won't regret it. It's a homely dish, looks a bit like the dog's breakfast in fact, but tastes so good I almost wish I had been born in Russia. And that's really saying something coming from a Cold War kid such as myself, who grew up programmed to despise the USSR and all things Russian. So glad the cold war is kaput, because Russian food is delightful and delicious.

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I believe I doubled the pickling liquid for this recipe because it seemed very scant for the amount of vegetables called for. I really, really loved this relish. It was totally awesome on our fresh caught trout. Super easy to make too. It would make a nice food gift for the Holidays. I always seem to enjoy the Moldavian recipes in this book, and the funny thing is I had never even heard of Moldavia until I got this book.

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This recipe didn't overly thrill me. It was somewhat bland and boring. I ate it all, but it was mediocre. Maybe I did something wrong.

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Came out slightly dense, but very flavorful. I will try making this again. I am sure the dense texture is my fault and not the recipe. This is the most successful bread recipe I have tried in my short bread baking career thus far. I love, love, love the caraway seed flavor.

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