I have a huge collection of cookbooks, and I seem to always be adding to it. Some books are great for flipping through to get ideas; some I've bought just to try one particular recipe; some are the kind of books you curl up with in bed and read like novels. And some are books I really connect with and end up turning to over and over again. One such book is Baked Explorations, which my sister got me for Christmas two years ago.
The recipes in Baked Explorations come from the Brooklyn bakery Baked (which I plan to go to as soon as I have time to get to Brooklyn). I've made a bunch of recipes from this cookbook and from the first cookbook from the bakery too. I've found the recipes reliable, interesting, creative, and, above all, delicious. Some of my favorites have been the black and white cookies, the stump de Noël, the carrot scones, and now... this Mississippi mud pie.
This pie, also known as muddy Mississippi Cake (which I think suits it better), starts with an Oreo cookie crust.
A rich, flourless chocolate cake, flavored with espresso powder and brewed coffee, is baked inside the cookie crust.
The cake sinks as it cools...
...making room for the most luscious chocolate pudding I have ever made.
The three chocolate layers are then topped with lightly sweetened homemade whipped cream.
This combination makes for one of the most decadent pies (or cakes) I've ever had. The three chocolate layers provide three different textures: crunchy, soft and cakey, and silky. The whipped cream is just the thing to balance all of the chocolate.
This recipe alone makes Baked Explorations a worthwhile investment.
What rich desserts have you been enjoying?
23 comments:
This looks amazing!! I don't own their cookbooks (and although I live in NY I haven't been to the bakery), but last weekend one of my foodie friends baked their white out cake for her birthday and it was decadent! I love a great baking cookbook :)
Wow, that looks really rich! I love Oreo crusts!
Wow. That really looks like a serious cake. Brava! Thanks for the tip on the cookbook, too. I'm always looking for new ones. Not that I need anymore, of course!
This cake looks GORGEOUS!
What an impressive dessert. I love the layers!
WOW! That pie (or cake) looks to die for! The layers all look so rich and delicious!
this looks absolutely incredible. bravo on this cake/pie!!!
3 chocolate layers?? Yes please!
I recently received a GC for Hotel Chocolat and bought lots of different treats so I've been eating those non stop lately :)
This looks so amazing!!
Ok, one, that cake looks INSANE. Two, I love Baked, if we're ever in NY at the same time, it would such a fun field trip. I actually have a way overdue post about them in my drafts folder, I should get on that...
oh wow, what a cake! looks pretty incredible ;)
I love the different layers!
INCREDIBLE! i've flipped through that cookbook but dont remember seeing this! must remember this!!!
Megan, I've seen Mississippi Mud Pies before, and they do not look like this. Yours is the World Series Trophy of Mississippi Mud Pies. My goodness, all those layers and the height. I'm slack jawed looking at it!
Every time I make something from that cookbook I wonder why I ever bake from anything else. Amazing. All that chocolate - my tastebuds would be SO happy.
This is downright dreamy looking! I have to agree with Lisa - this is one of the best I've seen!
I have to admit, I don't agree with 100% of their techniques, BUT I own and love both books and am looking forward to the one they're working on right now. I know there are two Mississippi Mud pies in the book and this is the one I have had on my list. I have got to get on that!
MUST try this recipe-- looks amazing!!
Woah, Can we get this recipe!?
Here you go: http://www.marthastewart.com/348641/mississippi-mud-pie-aka-muddy-mississippi-cake
This is the same recipe that's in the book. Let me know if you make it. It's incredible!
Yum, I love all those delicious layers! I've actually never had Mississippi Mud pie before - that needs to change!
This looks incredible.
I've heard great things about that cookbook. I might have to add it to my collection. Like you said, this recipe probably makes it worth the purchase. This looks awesome and super decadent.
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