
Remember my Blueberry and Cream Cookies from Milk Bar? The gigantic, pillowy, highly addictive treats I ate half of on my own? Yeah. I just cannot get enough of Milk Bar-style cookies, so they’re a regular event in my kitchen. … Continue reading
Remember my Blueberry and Cream Cookies from Milk Bar? The gigantic, pillowy, highly addictive treats I ate half of on my own? Yeah. I just cannot get enough of Milk Bar-style cookies, so they’re a regular event in my kitchen. … Continue reading
So I had a lot of thoughts for my seventeenth birthday cake, a few of which I discussed in my last post. A few things I wanted to incorporate were graham cracker crust, liquid cheesecake, and charred marshmallows from Momofuku Milk … Continue reading
S’mores are a pretty simple concept- roasted marshmallow, bar of chocolate, two graham crackers. One night I decided to change it up a bit. I had just made a batch of chocolate chip cookies when my family decided it was … Continue reading
This cake. This is the cake that I was hired to make twice, but that I have never actually tasted. It’s gorgeous and elegant and it must be good because I know a ton of people who love it. Putting the … Continue reading
What to do with leftovers? This is my recurring dilemma. When no one wants an extra slice of cake, or you have day-old cookies sitting on your counter, what can you do? Eat them? Throw them away? Either choice, to … Continue reading
Freshly back from vacation, I thought I’d start with a basic. This chocolate cheesecake was requested by my friend Margaret for her birthday, and our friend Melania requested that it be fully loaded with chocolate. The result, I have to … Continue reading
Can we all please agree that chocolate chip cookies will never go out of style? I mean, some things are pretty transient. The high-low dress, for example. Extremely cute. I am really jealous of anyone who can pull it off, … Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there! Shoutout to my dad for always caring, keeping us together, and stocking the kitchen. I couldn’t ask for a better parent. My dad is a purist, meaning no mix-ins or change-ups. … Continue reading
And we’re back with Strawberry Week in Teenage Cakeland! Where one girl turns a surplus of strawberries into a surplus of cakes.
In case you missed them, here are the first two entries for Strawberry Week:
Devil’s Food Strawberry (Tall)Cake
Strawberry Cookie Dough Stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes
Today I’m sharing my first on-purpose gluten-free recipe, in the form of a flourless chocolate cake topped with strawberries. The Italian teacher at my school, Signora Brunetti, is my study hall teacher, and although I often bring in desserts or talk about the things I make in front of her, I feel bad because she cannot have any of it. So, as an end-of-the-year present, I decided to make Signora a cake that she could actually eat.
This recipe was a spin-off of the Devil’s Food Strawberry (Tall)Cake, which was in turn inspired by Pioneer Woman. A single layer flourless cake topped with whipped cream and strawberries.
And as I am writing this, I realize I didn’t take a picture…I’m really angry with myself. I’m sorry everyone. But just picture the Devil’s Food Strawberry (Tall)Cake, in a single layer:
Unfortunately, I did not have a piece of this particular cake. I know, how un-Dru-like of me. But it filled my kitchen with the most wonderful chocolately smell, so I knew it had to be delicious, and I was reassured that it was. I almost didn’t post it because I don’t really have many conclusions, but it seemed too beautiful not to.
Signora said something really nice to me about this cake. She was absolutely touched that I had made it for her. Not for a grade, because I just have her for study hall. Just because. That made me feel really good, how happy I made her 🙂 See, I told you cake can improve your life!!!
To all my gluten-free readers, and everyone else, too, enjoy this darling little cake, and please tell me how it is!
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Strawberries
Flourless Chocolate Cake from Martha Stewart
Topping
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Let me clarify. Browned butter strawberry cookie dough, stuffed inside a chocolate cupcake, topped with strawberry whipped cream. But I thought that was too long of a title. This is a conglomerate of a few different, but equally amazing, recipes … Continue reading