One of my favorite recipes, hands down, is the Famous Chocolate Refrigerator Roll. I originally discovered this recipe at a friend’s house. She had made this for dessert, and I said, “I need this recipe.” I could have eaten the whole cake. She said what I now say to every person who asks for this recipe (and...Read More
Homemade chocolate wafer cookies are THE best cookies for chocolate pie and cheesecake crusts, sandwich cookies, and icebox cakes. Ditch the store-bought, hard-to-find version and EASILY make your own!
The history of the icebox cake, and the original icebox cake recipe. There's nothing better than a cool summer cake. From THE NIBBLE webzine of food adventures.
Awhile back, we went looking for those chocolate wafers that are often used to make cheesecake or tart crusts. You know the ones; they’re made by a big company whose name begins with N and en…
When a dessert chef renowned for her decadent chocolate pie didn't show up one day in a restaurant I worked years ago, a prep cook whipped up a quickie dessert: the old-fashioned icebox cake that his mother used to make. It proved a giant hit. Since then, I've done a number of riffs on that endlessly improvisable approach.
The homemade chocolate wafers in this icebox cake make a big difference. They are intensely chocolate and less sweet, which gives the cake so much more personality. When you slice into the icebox cake you reveal the beautiful stripes of caramel and chocolate. You can simply spread the top with the caramel whipped cream, or pipe a fancier design.
People, I am so excited about this recipe, it’s pretty much all I can talk about this week. I mentioned it to a broker who showed us another dud of an apartment (more about that if/when we ma…