Maybe because she’s too busy partying in her Manolo Blahnik shoes, punk princess Marie Antoinette, as conceived by filmmaker Sofia Coppola, never offers cake to the angry rabble. But she does put away ...
The light and fluffy multi-tiered sponge cake has many forms and variations THE Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and it’s got us all inspired in the kitchen. But what is the infamous ...
The typical Passover Seder meal is a minefield of familial politics. Jackie Mason could base a stand-up routine on it: “I want the soup but no chicken in it; matzo balls but soft, not hard, ones; ...
During the infamous cake week, we watched the Great British Bake Off contestants tackle not just one genoise sponge but THREE during the technical challenge. A genoise sponge is the main star in the ...
When autumn comes, a whole new season of entertaining begins. Small dinner parties, club and charity meetings, cocktail get-togethers, big holiday open houses. No matter the size and type of event, a ...
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Some say that knowing how to make a good genoise is what separates "the girls from the women". I ...
When I learned that baking powder wasn’t invented until the late 1840s, I wondered how cakes ― which need some type of leavening agent to produce a fluffy, soft crumb ― used to get made. Ancient Roman ...
The "perfect" genoise cake is ready in just over one hour with Paul Hollywood's straightforward recipe for a "light and airy" sponge. Genoise cake is a type of Italian sponge cake that is light, airy, ...
THE Great British Bake Off is back on our screens and it’s got us all inspired in the kitchen. But what is the infamous genoise sponge all about, and how do you go about making one..? A Genoise sponge ...