Have not been for awhile but I’ll report back after Labor Day
Thanks! That’s not too far for me to take a ride.
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That looks perfect for a chilly Sunday. Unfortunately, no sourdough in the house today.
Never had the Cornish but looove the Welsch. Beer and cheese. What could possibly go wrong?
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Never even knew they existed. Learn something new every day. I’m still off kilter at the dropping of the choco taco. RIP
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Though I’ve never seen, let alone eaten one, my late father would often rave about a quintessential NY dessert called “Charlotte Russe”. They certainly look like something I would enjoy, though. Has anyone here ever had one?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/charlotte-russe-new-york
http://citylore-senseandthecity.blogspot.com/2018/10/taste-charlotte-russe-from-holtermanns.html
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That sounds familiar, but not from having eaten it but having read books in which it is mentioned. New York was the setting, cops and crooks, but probably not Ed McBain. Maybe Dashiell Hammett? Did he set any of his books in New York? I may be wrong about it being Hammett since he usually set his books in San Fransisco if memory serves.
Charlotte Russe really rings a bell but I can not place it.
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The name might ring a bell because there was a chain of fast fashion ladies’ clothing stores with that name in malls. I guess the name still lives on via the 'net. But the chain has/had nothing to do with baked goods of any sort.
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I haven’t, but my mother used to rhapsodize about them. It’s basically sponge cake with whipped cream in a push-up cylinder. You could certainly recreate something very similar.
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We made Charlotte Russe fairly frequently for company in the 70s,80s & 90s, also translated to Russian Charlotte sometimes.
Also, Charlotte Royale.
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I remember making a charlotte Royal in the 80s. Haven’t thought of it since.
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Charlotte Russe used to be widely available here in NYC. It’s my mom’s favorite. We’d get them when I was little, but they have been increasingly harder to find despite their simplicity–they are basically single serve cakes, very similar to strawberry shortcake.
It’s a layer of sponge or genoise, a little jam (usually raspberry or strawberry) and a generous mound of whipped cream. These would be served in little paper push-up cups for a single serving. It the paper cups that make them fun.
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I live in Japan now so although I could likely attempt to make something similar, finding those push-up cylinders wouldn’t be possible. In fact, in the link about the lone Staten Island bakery that makes them, the bakery says that there is only one manufacturer of those cylinders.
Maybe there’s something like this available near you:
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Thanks for the link.
Reading the ingredients and some of the various recipes from the links I and others have posted, the flavor and textures seem they might be somewhat similar to English trifle.
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Thanks for the links. I posted one of the same ones. Great minds think alike!
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Similar, but trifle contains custard and, more often than not, some alcohol.
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