O Magazine's 10 Anniversary Cakes - Dessert Recipes
We asked America's most brilliant bakers to dream up a delectable dessert for our 10th birthday. Here, a little slice of heaven.
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the May 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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As a child, Bill Yosses loved devouring the sweets his mother baked. These days Yosses, the White House pastry chef, creates both everyday sweets for the First Family and elaborate desserts served at state dinners. For O he made a Black Forest cake in a chocolate box, "a very modern dessert with classic underpinnings—dark chocolate cake, cherries, whipped cream," he says. He swapped in some whole grain pastry flour and used omega-3-rich almond oil instead of butter, explaining, "I often make healthy substitutions now because I'm taking care of the Obama family." He also subtly tinkered with the cake's traditional taste, adding honey from the White House garden, plus lemon zest. "I like giving people flavors that transport them out of the present," he says. Get the recipe: Bill Yosses' Black Forest Cake Plus: Next: Bill Yosses's favorite secret ingredient |
