It was Ryan’s birthday today, and his girlfriend’s parents invited us all over to dinner.
Our part of it: one homemade angel food cake.
One bag frozen raspberries cooked with about a half cup mango juice and a not-full 1/4 c sugar in the microwave for about three and a half minutes, then cuisinarted so that the seeds (which do add to the flavor) become one with the puree. Pour over diced pieces from six ataulfo-type (smallish yellow kidney-shaped) mangoes.
Chocolate sauce: fill a measuring cup to yay high with pieces of good dark chocolate, then pour coconut cream to almost that high. Dunk every bit of chocolate below the surface once before nuking so the chocolate doesn’t seize, then one minute for my about a cup and a half’s worth of chocolate. Stir hard while the pieces melt. Can serve as sauce or refrigerate till hard, scoop into balls, roll in cocoa, and call it truffles. (Mine was still sauce when it was time to go; it’s all good.)
One portabello mushroom/onion side dish, sauteed by Michelle.
Two other cakes, one by the girlfriend and hers was the best. Chocolate pear torte. I’d really like the recipe.
And a good party was had by all.