Yesterday evening was the first annual St. Paul Underclassmen Appreciation Dinner for SMYRT. The juniors and seniors of SMYRT prepared and served dinner by candlelight to the freshmen and sophomores. TE and I were in charge of dessert. I spent all day at a friend's house baking tiramisu and gourmet chocolate chip cookies for an elegant Italian evening affair to remember.
Putting me in charge of dessert is a dangerous thing; I end up eating half of it before it reaches the table. To go along with the Italian bistro theme, we decided to make tiramisu, which I have never made before, but I love it. Although technically it really was not tiramisu because we used a cheesecake layer instead of ladyfingers, everything else was amazing. This is the first time that I have ever made homemade whipped cream and I have to tell you that I did not know what I was missing out on! Mocha-y chocolatey creamy goodness.
Because some crazy people do not like tiramisu (they are pretty much crazy), the second dessert we made were chocolate chip cookies. But not just any old chocolate cookies. Wolfgang Puck's white and dark chocolate chip cookies... I think they are the best that I have ever eaten!
Dessert was definitely a hit, and the evening a success and the SMYRT leadership expressed their thanks to all of the underclassmen for their service this year.
