Jade's Food Enemy
Jul. 22nd, 2008 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sareaWell, I finally finished the borscht. And while I was making it, I realized that it is definitely ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jade_okelani's kryptonite. She would hate it. :)))) First of all, it has beets, which I don't think she's a big fan of. But that's the least of it. There's also the onion. But she's used to having to deal with that. Not sure if she's a big fan of cabbage, which there's 2 cups of. But then comes the red wine vinegar. And last, but not least, the 3/4 cup of fresh DILL. Dun dun duuuuuun!! In fact, it was way too much dill, even for me. If I ever make it again I'm putting 1/4 cup, if even that, since I'd still probably have to buy it in a bunch and it's just not worth it.
I also made Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake! Well, half of one. Since it's just for me and I'm going to have to eat it all, even that's probably too much. As you can see from the pic I still have a lot to work on with regard to my cake making skills (aesthetically in particular), but flavor wise it's fabulous. Even though it looks like a plain vanilla cake it's actually lemon, with lime-flavored buttercream and tayberry jam (because those are the things I had on hand, but if I ever made this for other people I'd follow the recipe exactly).
It's not too sweet, which is a real bonus. I think I beat the buttercream a little too long, so that it came out thicker than I wanted, but still serviceable. And I'm not sure why the recipe has you spreading the buttercream over the jam instead of the other way around -- the buttercream just keeps moving the jam around and it's just more challenging than it needs to be.
jade_okelani's kryptonite. She would hate it. :)))) First of all, it has beets, which I don't think she's a big fan of. But that's the least of it. There's also the onion. But she's used to having to deal with that. Not sure if she's a big fan of cabbage, which there's 2 cups of. But then comes the red wine vinegar. And last, but not least, the 3/4 cup of fresh DILL. Dun dun duuuuuun!! In fact, it was way too much dill, even for me. If I ever make it again I'm putting 1/4 cup, if even that, since I'd still probably have to buy it in a bunch and it's just not worth it.I also made Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake! Well, half of one. Since it's just for me and I'm going to have to eat it all, even that's probably too much. As you can see from the pic I still have a lot to work on with regard to my cake making skills (aesthetically in particular), but flavor wise it's fabulous. Even though it looks like a plain vanilla cake it's actually lemon, with lime-flavored buttercream and tayberry jam (because those are the things I had on hand, but if I ever made this for other people I'd follow the recipe exactly).
It's not too sweet, which is a real bonus. I think I beat the buttercream a little too long, so that it came out thicker than I wanted, but still serviceable. And I'm not sure why the recipe has you spreading the buttercream over the jam instead of the other way around -- the buttercream just keeps moving the jam around and it's just more challenging than it needs to be.
