John
June 24, 2009
Just wanted to give a quick shout out to Bear Silber from Pizza Party in Santa Clara, CA. Bear has the Belly Buster Challenge going on, where if you can eat his 20-inch pizza topped with pepperoni, pepperoni Bagel Bites, pepperoni Pizza Rolls & pepperoni Hot Pockets in under 12 minutes and 30 seconds you can win $100. The $100 sounds great, but just being able to eat that pizza sounds like it would be worth the attempt. If you’re in the Santa Clara area or plan to be in the future, make sure you check out Pizza Party. I’m dying for that Tandori Chicken Pizza. The website and blog are for sure worth checking out, as well. Click on his pizza cams to watch the staff at Pizza Party making pizzas in real time.
Pizza Party
3581 Homestead Road
Santa Clara, CA 95051
John
June 24, 2009
John
June 24, 2009
Now, I know the whole Irish Car Bomb shot is in terrible taste because of PIRA terrorism, but it’s so delicious that I ended up not caring. Plus, if I’m ordering one of these things I’m most likely too drunk to consider Irish history. I’m not much of a baker, but this sounds absolutely delicious. I want one of these for my next birthday(March 15th). Actually, I want one of these things tonight, damnit. I’m actually going to have to get out my measuring cups for this one. What a travesty.
For those who don’t know – -the drink is made by filling a shot glass half full of Irish Cream, then floating Irish Whiskey on top of that before dropping the shot glass into a half-full pint glass of Guinness and chugging it as quickly as possible so that it doesn’t curdle in the glass. It is a variation of a boilermaker and for some reason whoever invented it thought it was a good idea to name it after a common form of Irish domestic terrorism of the time, which — understandably — pisses the Irish off to no end.
Chocolate cake with guinness, filled with chocolate ganache with just a touch of Irish whiskey, and then topped with an uber rich Irish Cream butter cream frosting. The whole thing is incredibly rich and decadent. I made a layer cake — the base cupcake mix poured into to 8 inch round cake pans, baked for 15 minutes at 350, then lowered to 300 for another 10 until done in the middle — then doubled buttercream to ensure I had enough to go around. If you make cupcakes, go with Deb’s proportions for sure. If you go the route I did and make a layer cake you could probably get away with not doubling frosting sinceit is incredibly rich, but you might have to really stretch a single batch of the frosting to get the cake covered.
For the recipe, head over to:
http://biscuitpusher.blogspot.com/2009/02/irish-car-bomb-cake.html
edit:
My girlfriend found this rather disgusting, so I felt that I must include a recipe that is more to her liking.. Gin and Tonic Cupcakes.
