[Sca-cooks] Wedding Cake Advice (OOP)

[Elaine Koogler]

Why not see if you can find a jam or something that's made with Grand
Marnier?  That stuff is DYNAMITE with chocolate!  Otherwise, I suspect
that the curd might be quite good, though I've never tried it.

Kiri

Laurie Hupman wrote:

> Okay, I know this has nothing to do with period
> cooking, but a friend was asking for wedding cake
> advice over lunch today.
>
> She wants chocolate cake, with orange filling and a
> smooth, white icing.  She thinks orange or tangerine
> curd would probably be a better filling than orange
> marmalade, but she's not sure if she wants bitter
> oranges or sweet.
>
> I'm not much of a pastry cook, so I'm out of my depth
> here.  Can anybody make some recommendations?  We're
> going to get together at my place some time next month
> (when we've both got the same weekend free) and
> experiment.
>
> Thanks,
> Rose
>
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Elaine Koogler

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