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Whipping cream that won't fall.
I'm making my girlfriend a rather elaborate cake for her birthday. I wanted to use a bit of whipping cream as part of the garnish, but I know just straight whipping cream eventually turns back into liquid. Is there any way, such as gelatin or a stiffener, to make the cream hold its volume and...- shipton
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Meringues that aren't quite meringuing
The recipe: 4 egg whites 1 cup sugar 3 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped 1. Preheat over to 275F. 2. In a suacepan bring 1-2 inches of water to a simmer. Put chocolate in a heatproof bowl over (but not touching of course) water, and melt stirring occasionally. 3. In another heatproof... -
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Meringues that aren't quite meringuing
As I suspected, but two things: 1, the chocolate is melted and added in for a marbling effect, rather than chocolate chips just being added. Will that cause the meringue to fall? 2, there is no other prepared dough. It's just meringue and melting chocolate. It's pretty good, I'll post the... -
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Meringues that aren't quite meringuing
One of my (well, my girlfriend's especially) recipes is a simple one calling for only 4 egg whites, a cup of sugar and a half cup of melted chocolate chips. To make the meringue, and I believe I have done this successfully in the past before (though now I'm not too sure), my recipe says to...