41st Dessert Exchange, January 12 @ 4:00 PM

41st Dessert Exchange!

January 12th, if necessary a snow date of January 19th

Wintering in the suburbs for the dessert exchange this month. I am easy access from 94/41, 294 and Metra North line. I will PM directions the week prior. I can accommodate 10 people, if there is more demand I will try to work it out.

Rules are:

- I'll provide a light meal. Please let me know if you are vegetarian or have any food allergies.
- Bring one recipe of any dessert, because we taste and share.
- Bring containers to cart home the desserts. You may want to bring several; one for refrigerated items, one for other items, etc.
- Come hungry!

Attendees:
1. Cathy2
2. Helen - some Filipino dessert
3. irisarbor
4. Pie Lady - cake
5. SueF
6. razbry
7. toria
8. ms ingie
9. LAZ - something experimental
10. LHS - maybe apple crisp

I should be able to join you- will try to make something good for winter
E

Me too, please. Dessert undetermined. Probably cake.

SueF will be there, unwilling to commit to a particular dessert yet, but I did get her the Bouchon Bakery cookbook.

I'm in.

And I'm still vegetarian. But you knew that already.

Put me down as attending!

Add me in as well. I usually get Sundays off from nursing home duty and with any luck, we'll have my dad home by then.
I will come up with a dessert when my brain clears from the fog.

Please add me as well. Right now, I am thinking of making an apple crisp but will confirm next week.

Thanks!

Ms. Ingie wrote:Add me in as well. I usually get Sundays off from nursing home duty and with any luck, we'll have my dad home by then.
I will come up with a dessert when my brain clears from the fog.

If you came come with or without desert, you will be welcome!

Regards,

Pretty sure I will be making some brownies or something chocolate.

Hi,

I have some puff pastry in the freezer. If it is still good, I will make a King Cake with it.

Otherwise it will be a Filipino Sans Rival cake.

Regards,

Still not sure what I am making - but I will be there. Are you sending out directions?

Ms. Ingie wrote:Add me in as well. I usually get Sundays off from nursing home duty and with any luck, we'll have my dad home by then.
I will come up with a dessert when my brain clears from the fog.

If I come, I will be bringing Chocolate Hazelnut Meringues. Dad will be in the hospital until at least Monday. Rita plans on being there Sunday, but if his condition doesn't improve, I may be there as well.

Ms. Ingie,

You're welcome whether or not you bring anything. This applies to your sister, too, though I guess someone has to hold down the fort.

Instructions to be PM'd shortly.

Regards,

I am leaning towards Japanese Fruit Cake. It is not Japanese and has hardly any fruit. I'm restarting my Year of Cake so I no longer will have to remember what month a new "year" begins on.

LOL I do not have a year of anything- although really for me it could be all cookies all the time, since those are my fave.
but I am trying to make myself stretch.
E

My Year of Cookies will probably be 2015.

Okay so I am coming out of the throes of the plague but I think I should bow out. I'm mortified by all of my coughing & sniffling and know full well I would not want to eat anything made by someone coughing, sniffling, & sneezing as much as I am.

Regrets. Hope to see you all soon.

May I take Ava's place? At first I thought I'd bring Tom and Jerry's, then I thought it would be too messy. Perhaps something with raspberries!

Hi Ava,

I was hoping you would recover. However after having been sick for six weeks with laryngitis and finally back in full voice. I will be very happy not to catch whatever you have.

Chris - I expect to see you on Sunday. Drive carefully!

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi Ava,

I was hoping you would recover. However after having been sick for six weeks with laryngitis and finally back in full voice. I will be very happy not to catch whatever you have.

Chris - I expect to see you on Sunday. Drive carefully!

Regards,

Awwww, she loves me, she really, really loves me.

I realized that this cake is not only four layers, but it's two alternating flavors. I don't have the pans, I'm tired, the hell with it...I made Emergency Blender Cupcakes. They'll have sprinkles, so already it's better.

My plans for apple crisp are not working out. Now my plan is to bring cranberry orange nut bread.

Looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow

LHS wrote:My plans for apple crisp are not working out. Now my plan is to bring cranberry orange nut bread.

Looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow

Great! There is a tradition of something not coming together, then switching to something else. Since this is a group to test recipes out, it fits perfectly.

Light meal will be a Russian zakuskie or appetizers. If our weather were colder tomorrow, I would have made dumplings. My freezer is too full, I needed the outdoor freezer to pull it off.

Regards,

Ok so I just popped Cheesecake Brownies into the oven
If they turn out as yummy as the batter they will be really good Mmmmmmm

Thank you Cathy for a lovely evening of Russian nibbles and bright conversation. Desserts were diverse and delicious.