Comments on: Gingerbread Cake a la Cook’s Illustrated

By: FestiveRebel

FestiveRebel — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:17:22 +0000

Footloose, yes thanks kopi luwak it is… but what’s this i read, there are limits to your indulgence of worldly pleasures?

By: wg

wg — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:37:48 +0000

Hi MM, I had the same reaction as you when I read Cook’s Illustrated ‘s take on the adobo. Although I do recognize that there are several ways of making it (with or with out soy sauce, browned chicken/pork or not, the addition of ginger etc) I was still slightly aghast at their version. Happy holidays to you and your loved ones MM.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:04:03 +0000

Ah kopi luwak. I have been wondering if anyone has ever developed an alternative for processing coffee bean with similar results. This visceral method involving passage through animal entrails is a bit too much even for me. I mean, culling coffee beans from cat scat, to say the least, is downright scatological isn’t it.

By: Lissa

Lissa — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:00:22 +0000

Excited to see your posts on the christmas dinners MM!

By: millet

millet — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:37:56 +0000

MM, what are those gold foil-wrapped things on the table?

By: FestiveRebel

FestiveRebel — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:28:21 +0000

Yes natie, that’s what the pictures in this post reminds me of, macademia rum cakes! Now I got a terrible craving and of course it has to be paired with real Kona coffee or kopi luwat maybe?

By: faith

faith — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:29:13 +0000

Looks delicious.. yum yum!

By: natie

natie — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:53:02 +0000

I love the way this looks, MM..Butter and flour for my Bundt cakes too!! I do Rum Cakes in Bundt pans…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:51:00 +0000

Marlo, that’s where I buy my magazines too. And as for that recipe, I was so MORTIFIED by it, I started to write them a long letter, but never got around to finishing it. The writer was DEAD wrong about several things, and smug about the results which made me cringe. But to his his own adobo… :) Footloose, yes, this would benefit from candied ginger for another layer of ginger flavor. There is an apple pie on the table, and another cake I will feature next week…

By: Marlo

Marlo — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:50:03 +0000

Yummy… Looks beautiful as well. I love gingerbread cookies and gingerbread cake is a great idea. Someday, when I have saved enough to buy an oven I will make this! Thanks for this post! By the way, I love Cooks’ Illustrated magazine. I get old issues for 20 pesos at Book sale stores. Was surprised to see a Filipino adobo recipe in the last issue I got…