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Some ask…
By Silver Blue
…what the “F.” in F. John Barker III stands for. Here’s a hint:
I just get tired of people misspelling it. If I tell them “Forester, like the bourbon,” they STILL don’t get it.
I don’t drink Bourbon, but I do cook with it. When I do, I always use my namesake.
Makes a great Bourbon Chocolate Almond cake, I might add…
Silver Blue…who needs to make another one of these…REAL SOON!
It may look like a massacre…
By Silver Blue
…but in fact, it was the very VERY first cake I made from scratch. A génoise cake, meaning one that has no leavening agents in it other than firmly beaten eggwhites. It can flop on you, but mine did not.
It’s a three-layered white chocolate génoise, with a strawberry glaze atop. I made it for dad for his birthday in 2008. He liked it so much that I wasn’t allowed to take it back home with me!
Same goes for what I made him for father’s day that year: Strawberry Mousse Chocolat. Now this does NOT look like a massacre… it looks like… heaven. At least MY take on it.
In the springform pan:
With little stars of freshly beaten, sweetened whipped cream atop.
Unmolded:
You can see the layers of strawberry mousse and the chocolate brownie bottom. Finally:
All decked out on Mom’s china. It was a Father’s Day to remember.
Silver Blue, who is thankful for every holiday I’ve gotten to spend with my parents.
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