1/12/11: Jon's Lemon Meringue & Cupcakes

In the midst of a wintery wonderland, Jon sprung for a wonderful Lemon Meringue pie that was light and sufficiently tart, a real crowd pleaser. The meringue was definitely the masterpiece of whatever chef was in charge that day: light, airy, and a perfect amount of burning on top.

As if that wasn't enough (even though it was), Jon also brought in some cupcakes. Half of the cupcakes had little ballerinas on them, which was a nice touch. The cupcake frosting was pretty sugary, and would have been a definite Dags circa 2006 fan favorite.

Trader Joe's Deserts

Frankly I can't believe I'm writing the first DDD blog post in over two months! It's an absolute travesty that nothing has been posted, because believe me we've had some delicious deserts in the past two months. I think I know DDD readers, and they've been dying to know about the frozen food aisle gems that Paul has been bringing, or the 42 key lime pies that Dubs has made, and of course the one of a kind gingerbread full scale replica Dude's Desert Day final supper that Tristan brought! It's been so long since our last post we've even lost a founding member! Farewell to Michael Salvator D'Agostino who is now a vegan and therefore disbarred from DDD.

Now I'll try to do my part by writing a blog post about my desert, even though it's admittedly half-assed. Basically, coming back from a 10 day vacation to see that I was responsible for desert was a little disconcerting, so I panicked and went to my local Trader Joe's. After much deliberation, I settled, no, decided on a delicious looking Berry Crumble Pie as well as a Lemon Raspberry Zinger Cake.

Berry Crumble PieLemon Raspberry Zinger

Chocolate Cream Pie

So this time around I didn't realize it was my turn for desert until yesterday afternoon. By the time I got home, the bakery I planned on going to was already closed, so that'll have to wait for another time.

Anyway, I was out almost all night so I squeezed in a trip to my local Stop & Shop for a baked good or two. What I found was a special little treat called chocolate cream pie. Now, I had never heard of chocolate cream pie - only banana cream pie like on Sesame Street. But in the true spirit of Dude's Desert Day I decided to try something new (and hopefully delicious).

The chocolate cream pie looked like a pie crust, heavy pudding, whipped cream, and then chocolate bits and pieces on top. Overall, it was pretty tasty - and Denbo said it was 'delicious.'

Unhealthy Chocolate Cake

OK, so in the spirit of wanting to be more like Drew I bought an iPhone (actually it's a birthday gift) and had my girlfriend (not fiance) bake for me. Unlike Nicki, Sarah is not a nutritionist, so she decided to make a chocolate cake and substitute unhealthy alternatives wherever possible.

I don't know exactly how she made it, because I was busy watching the Sox game and drinking beer. But I do know that it involves 4 eggs (extra cage & hormones for Dags), lots of chocolate chips, sour cream for some reason, and cake and pudding mix or something. Then it went into a funny shaped bowl (seen below), the oven for 1 hour, then my mouth (that's what she said).

After baking I sprinkled it with confectioner's sugar (my own touch) and that was that.