October 29, 2010

French Fridays with Dorie: Marie-Helene's Apple Cake


Lessons Learned From My First Recipe with My New Dorie Group:

1) Dorie still rocks...and so does this new cookbook
2) Brown butter makes everything taste amazing
3) It's possible to make a delicious apple cake at 8PM
4) When Dorie tells you to use a springform pan...use a springform pan
5) No matter how much you want a slice, let a cake fully cool before trying to remove it
6) Alex and his pregnant wife will eat it anyways, even when it looks terrible
7) One slice of Marie-Helene's Apple Cake is not enough

French Fridays with Dorie. Because there is NEVER enough Dorie in my life!

10 comments:

Sugary Goodness (Kim) said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Some great lessons learned!! It was a good cake...no matter what it's structure was!

Linda said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I couldn't get enough of this delicious cake as well...dessert last night, breakfast this morning, and an afternoon snack for me.

Also love sound of using brown butter...fantastic job!

LaJuana said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

LoL...love your post! And love that you loved it with brown butter...I've just got to try that!

I cut mine too soon too and it flattened a bit with the first cut. But that didn't hurt the taste even a tiny bit, the photograph, just a bit, but not the important part!

Thanks for the laughs!

Christina said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I'm going to have to try this with brown butter next time - that's a great idea.

Anonymous said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I love your list!

scrambledhenfruit said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I'll have to try the browned butter next time- it sounds amazing!

Steph said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Your post made me laugh...in a nice way!

Steph said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Totally agree with your list of things you learned :) I definitely need to try this with brown butter!!

Unknown said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

Brown butter...I bet that made this cake even better. And if you had used the springform, you wouldn't have had to wait for it to cool! You could just start hacking away after 10 minutes like I did!

Matthew said...Best Blogger Tips[Reply to comment]Best Blogger Templates

I did not use a spring form pan for this mainly because the last time I did it leaked out all over the oven. It popped out fine after it cooled in an 8x2 cake pan.