Friday, 10/14/16

I was planning to make eggplant parm, but a look at my eggplants revealed that I had let them languish too long in the fridge. So, a big batch of caponata instead (from David Liebowitz). We had that with a loaf of Jason's bread, some fancy cheese (manchego and delice de bourgogne, from Big Y, which has recently stepped up their cheese game), apples and for dessert, a giant cake. The Funfetti cake recipe is from Food52, and it is not bad. I didn't want to make the American buttercream that the recipe called for, since it looked too sweet and used too much butter (even by my standards), so I made a milk chocolate frosting recipe from Cook's Illustrated instead. It is a nice, silky and easy frosting, but I thought the chocolate was too overpowering. Next time I will make a cooked flour frosting.

Another bad photo. Maybe red plates aren't my best option