Friday, 2/1/19

Dinner with Jen and John: two Blue Aprons (roasted chicken with a brown butter/orange sauce, plus mashed potatoes and sauteed red cabbage, and a sort of ramen with spicy beef and sesame)The chicken was so good that I took the recipe card. Jason made a loaf of onion-caraway bread and I made a cake from Cook's Country, Blum's Hazelnut cake. I made this a few years ago and never forgot the interesting frosting, with a secret ingredient: Fluff. It is a touch sweet, but easy and fluffy. This time I used almond meal instead of grinding hazelnuts and that worked great. Jen was put out because she says she doesn't like nuts in her desserts, but of course she loved it. Silly Jen. The only thing I would change is adding some kind of flavoring to the frosting---the recipe called for Frangelico, but any sweet liqueur would do.