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Ghiradelli you say... o:

Yup, made with Ghiradelli powdered cocoa. It's the only thing I use now - it's so much more rich and delicious from Hershey's. Really nice Dutch cocoa :)

Pff. Powdered. Had me going there for a minute. ;P

Yeah, powdered Ghiradelli cocoa :) I made the chocolate spongcake with it as well :)

Needs more fresh chocolate instead. X3 They really should sell that for cooking.

I haven't tried that before :) That's the baker's chocolate you mean, eh? I've only used those for making brownies :) I've yet to find a good recipe for cake/buttercream that uses that kind of chocolate O.o

Eh, it's always just a matter of knowing how it cooks and applying it, really. :)

WELL done! Not very dif than we do at the bakery I work at... we use yellow / vanilla cake with choco butter-creme instead... plus some mushrooms made from.. uhm.. I think it's meringue.

My mom was telling me of when my grandmother was young and used to work downtown, she used to get logs that were yellow, with banana cream inside O.O Oh man, that sounds so yummy! I'll have to see if I can find a yellow spongecake recipe for a log and try that with banana cream sometime :)

I was originally going to make marzipan mushrooms, but it's so hard to find marzipan these days =P

And I seriously swear...maybe I should try working in a bakery one of these days...I've been on a serious baking kick for the last year or so O.o

Just remember if you DO.... it's still work... lots of crazed deadlines.

Yeah, that's true >.>

...and CRAZIER brides!

We were trained to do wedding consultations when I took up floral design...but I never had a real wedding customer before ;) Probably just as well, I'm only now learning what Bridezillas are O.o;;

wow your SCA too awesome, Northshield, Barony of Castel Rouge here :) yah!!! HazAa

East Kingdom, Shire of Mountain Freehold :)

I know Yule Logs aren't period but...eh, sometimes we just need to have some fun food, especially if it's going along with a theme and all :) My husband and I love making period recipes whenever we can! =D

if its something that the SCA has its good food period or not, i keep telling folks about the feast, omg, the comments that people just dont have a clue

As much as I look forward to the archery and courts, and possibly meeting other scribes, the main thing I really look forward to, is the feasts!

And the consumption of mead by the campfire afterwards ;)

Now I want some.

What rolls downstairs, alone or in pairs? Rolls over your neighbor's dog? What's great as a snack? It fits on your back...

It's log, log, LOG! =D

That's the definition of sinfully delicious!

Mmmmm, bouche du noel.

Also, Ghirhadelli FTW. I've been in love with that chocolate ever since visiting San Francisco and smelling them grind the chocolate and make it right there in Ghiradhelli Square. The smell was unbelievable!

Looks nice, but no little mushrooms?

Nope, I wanted to make marzipan mushrooms, but couldn't find any marzipan :(

One the guys I know used to make it with a coffee grinder sorta like the following :

http://www.joepastry.com/category/p.....ents/marzipan/

Oh cool! I need to save that link...I don't have a coffee grinder, but I do have a mortar and pestle, although I can only imagine how long it'll take to grind the almonds by hand O.o Still though, that's handy to have around in case I want to make it by hand :)

Thanks for the link! =D

That looks really yummy.