When my nephew was a young boy, he had a favorite cake we named Roger Cake
in his honor. It was a multi layered nut torte, filled with a lightened
lemon curd, and covered in chocolate ganache. No recipe existed for the
Roger Cake. It was concocted and baked by the housekeeper of our cousins
from Toronto, who like so many European cooks, rarely followed a recipe.
Over the years I've tried to recreate it with varying degrees of success.
When my nephew was a young boy, he had a favorite cake we named Roger Cake
in his honor. It was a multi layered nut torte, filled with a lightened
lemon curd, and covered in chocolate ganache. No recipe existed for the
Roger Cake. It was concocted and baked by the housekeeper of our cousins
from Toronto, who like so many European cooks, rarely followed a recipe.
Over the years I've tried to recreate it with varying degrees of success.
Despite the fact that it was 90 degrees here in Los Angeles yesterday and I was swimming in the ocean, cold and flu season is still upon us. And with two young children in the house, I am sure we will be having our fair share of runny noses this coming winter. So I am already looking...Read More »
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