DAY Recipe

Makes about 1 quart.

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2cups whipping cream
1 1/2cups milk
3/4cup sugar
1vanilla bean, split lengthwise
8egg yolks
1/3cup frangelico (hazelnut liqueur)
DIRECTIONS
Bring first 4 ingredients to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Whisk yolks in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk hot [...]

“When my daughter and son-in-law took me to Bridges in nearby Danville for my birthday, they told me the restaurant was in the movie Mrs. Doubtfire,” says Merrybell Loesel of Walnut Creek, California. “I was even more impressed by dessert than I was by the restaurant’s claim to fame—the chocolate pudding cake defies description.”
Warm Chocolate [...]

INGREDIENTS
CAKES
8 eggs
2 2/3 cups granulated sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 vanilla bean or1teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup melted butter (at room temperature)
SYRUP
3 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 1/8 cups water
1 3/4 cups Frangelico
1/3 cup toasted chopped hazelnuts

DIRECTIONS

PREPARE CAKE:.
Heat oven to 350ºF.
Grease and flour four 8 x 3 3/4-inch loaf pans.
Split open vanilla bean and scrape seeds into cream.
Drop pod into cream and heat until scalding.
Let cool.
Whisk together the eggs, sugar and salt until well blended.
Sift [...]

Makes 1 torte.

INGREDIENTS
1 recipe hazelnut praline

3 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped coarse

3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup sugar

4 large eggs, separated

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup well-chilled heavy cream

2 tablespoons frangelico (hazelnut-flavored liqueur)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat [...]

At the inn, the cake is decorated with Frangelico-flavored whipped cream and garnished with chocolate-covered almonds. Begin preparing the dessert a day ahead.

Makes 12 servings.

INGREDIENTS
for crust

20 chocolate-covered graham cracker cookies

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
for filling

3 8-ounce packages [...]