KEEPING IT KOSHER

KEEPING IT KOSHER Copycat Devil Dogs

Cooking & Prep: 1.5 hours Servings: 18 Preference: Pareve Difficulty: Medium Diet: Vegetarian, pescatarian

Supple chocolate Devil’s Food cake batter nestles sweet, sweet marshmallow creme filling (you can use Fluff). These can be made as a dairy dish, and dare we say they just might be better than the original?

Batter

2 cups flour ½ cup Gefen cocoa 1½ teaspoons baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 1 stick margarine, softened 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon Gefen vanilla extract 1 egg 1 cup orange juice

Cream

1 stick margarine, softened ½ teaspoon Gefen vanilla extract 2¼ cups powdered sugar 2 egg whites

For the Cake

Preheat oven to 425 F. Sift together first four dry ingredients. Set aside.

Cream the softened margarine and sugar; add the vanilla extract and the egg.

Slowly add the orange juice to the margarine mixture, alternating with the flour mixture. Mix well.

Spoon batter by teaspoonfuls onto very lightly greased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 7 minutes. Cool.

Note:

Cookie batter can be shaped with the back of a spoon into ovals, circles, or rounded rectangles, if desired.

For the Cream

Cream margarine, vanilla extract, and 1 cup of powdered sugar.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff, gradually adding remaining powdered sugar.

Combine the 2 mixtures.

To Assemble

When cookies are completely cool, lay out half of them on a work surface (For example, if there are 36 cookies, lay out 18).

Evenly spread cream on the cookies and cover with the remaining cookies. Refrigerate.

Source: “Dining In” cookbook series, presented by the Ladies Auxiliary of Yeshiva Masoras Avos in Lakewood, N.J.

Photography and Styling: Chavi Feldman ì

Pet Names

It’s Dovid’s 70th birthday, and to celebrate, their son Avrum invites the close family to dinner at his house. During the evening, Avrum gets very emotional every time he hears his father call his mother by such endearing terms as “darling,” “flower” and “sweetheart.” It’s clear to Avrum that his father is still very much in love with his mother. While his mother is out the room, Avrum goes over to his father, kisses him and quietly says, “Aba, I’m so pleased for you both. I think it’s fantastic that even at 70 years of age, you’re still calling Ima by those loving pet names.” But Dovid, looking very embarrassed, says, “Things are not always what they seem to be, son. I must tell you the truth, I forgot your mother’s name about five years ago.”

Joke provided by David Minkoff www.awordinyoureye.com

YIDDISH WORD OF THE WEEK Farklemt ֿפאַ רקלעמט

Choked up (with emotion) (cf. German verklemmt)