Cakes, Gateaux, Tortes, Tortas, & Tarts: The Difference

[1] A chocolate torte—a short, dense cake—topped with chocolate truffles (photo © King Arthur Flour). [2] A coconut torte: one dense layer (photo © Food 52). [3] A chocolate tart. Notice the chocolate crust around the perimeter (photo © Pichet Ong).   Although the chocolate delight in photo #1 is baked in a rectangular tart…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Valentine Brownies, Quick Or Old School

[1] Share the love with heart-shape brownies. [2] Dutched cocoa removes the bitterness by adjusting the pH with alkali. [3] Use the best quality chocolate chips. We like Ghirardelli and Guittard (photos 1, 2 and 3 courtesy King Arthur Flour) [4] Dutched cocoa at left, and natural cocoa at right (photo courtesy Silk Road Spice…
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RECIPE: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

[1] Sink your teeth into this chocolate peanut butter cheesecake (photo © Plugra). [2] Use your favorite creamy peanut butter (photo © Jif). [3] The better the chocolate you use, the better-tasting the outcome will be (photo © Nothin’ But Foods).   National Peanut Butter Day is January 24th. We’ve had many flavors of cheesecake…
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FOOD 101: The Different Types Of Pastry

January 23rd is National Pie Day, and we’ve been fielding questions about the difference between pies and tarts, and the difference between pie and pastry. To start, we refer you to one of our most popular articles, The Difference Between Pie and Pastry. Now on to pastry. Pastry is a broad category that includes pies…
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HOLIDAY: National Pie Day

January 23rd is National Pie Day. If you have free time today, bake a pie. It can be sweet or savory (pot pie, shepherd’s pie, vegetable pie, etc.) February 23rd is National Pie Day, an annual celebration of pies launched in the mid-1970s by Charlie Papazian, a nuclear engineer, brewer and teacher from Boulder, Colorado.…
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