Queen_Dopplepopolis
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devilish said:
What's this?
... and happy almost birthday, devilish!
Your Favorite Holiday Goodies!
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What's this?
... and happy almost birthday, devilish!
sniffles
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Queen_Dopplepopolis said:
Sigh - you are so young, Queen D!
IIRC, they're sort of like tiny cakes, about the size of a bite-size candy bar. Usually done with very colorful icings. Although I think I've seen some variety of cookies called petit-fours, too, just to make it confusing!
No takers for chess pie? I have yet to meet anyone who's ever had one outside my family, but I'm pretty sure it's not a private family recipe - I did find it in a cookbook once.
(goes away, mouth watering)
Queen_Dopplepopolis
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Mmm. Cake.
((I should probably eat something soon!))
((I should probably eat something soon!))
JimAde
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Chess pie is lemony, is it not? I remember running across a recipe called that when I was looking for the aforementioned lemon meringue.sniffles said:Sigh - you are so young, Queen D!
IIRC, they're sort of like tiny cakes, about the size of a bite-size candy bar. Usually done with very colorful icings. Although I think I've seen some variety of cookies called petit-fours, too, just to make it confusing!
No takers for chess pie? I have yet to meet anyone who's ever had one outside my family, but I'm pretty sure it's not a private family recipe - I did find it in a cookbook once.
(goes away, mouth watering)
Wombat
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sniffles said:
I've tried four or five different concoctions all called Chess Pie. One was essentially a "black and white" cake, one was a custard and treacle tart (custard on bottom, treacle on top), one was almost a cheesecake ... no two ways even vaguely similar!
All of them were good, though
sniffles
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Wombat said:I've tried four or five different concoctions all called Chess Pie. One was essentially a "black and white" cake, one was a custard and treacle tart (custard on bottom, treacle on top), one was almost a cheesecake ... no two ways even vaguely similar!
All of them were good, though
The recipe my mom used was sort of custard-like, but not quite as smooth as custard. I've never had treacle so I don't know how close it was to that.
@JimAde - it is sort of lemony, you're right.
