"I think this is the best one you've made," he said, gently scraping his fork against the white dessert plate. He gathers the crumbs in a pile and presses the fork against them -- the cake is so moist that the last bits stick together. He scoops up the last bite.
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Let's talk a little bit about comfort. Lately I've been baking a lot for comfort. If I'm feeling listless, or uncertain, it gives me a wonderfully concrete task to focus on. You have to walk to the market with purpose, and make actual choices instead of meandering with your hands in your pockets, eating too many cheese samples and asking questions like "how late are you open?", to indicate that you could possibly buy something at some distant point in the day, instead of just eating all the aforementioned samples.
Read moreCHOCOLATE MINT LAYER CAKE
I have a serious love-hate relationship with chocolate cake. I love it, because it is chocolate cake and because it makes for beautiful, impressive and dramatic desserts. I hate it, because all the recipes that claim to be the best ever seem to be the same one, which has failed me many times!
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