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C H O C O L A T E C H E E S E C A K E S A N D S O M U C H M O R E 245

FILLING: and up the sides of a 9- to 10-inch loaf pan
with waxed paper. Set the loaf pan aside.
1 jar (10 ounces) lemon curd, or 1 recipe
Julie’s Lemon Curd (page 459) 2. Melt the white chocolate in a small
White Chocolate Ganache (page 444) glass bowl in the microwave oven on high
power for 1 minute. Remove the bowl from
the oven and stir with a small rubber
TOPPING:
spatula until smooth. (See Melting White
1 cup fresh blueberries or sweetened Chocolate, page 92.) Let the white choco-
sliced fresh strawberries (see late cool slightly.
“the Cake Mix Doctor says”)
3. Place the cake mix, water, oil, whole
eggs, egg whites, lemon juice, and lemon
1. Place a rack in the center of the oven zest in a large mixing bowl. Pour in the white
and preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly chocolate. Blend with an electric mixer on
mist a 13- by 9-inch pan with vegetable oil low speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine
spray. Set the pan aside. Line the bottom and scrape down the sides of the bowl with

Chocolate-Dipped Fruit

ver wonder how to make those strawberries—rinsed and dried, with the
Egorgeous white- or dark-chocolate- hulls still attached—halfway into the
dipped strawberries? It’s pretty easy. Just chocolate. Transfer the berries to a waxed
chop about 8 ounces of white or semi - paper–lined tray and allow the chocolate
sweet chocolate, place it in a glass bowl, to set, about 30 minutes at room temper -
and microwave on high power for 2 to 3 ature or quicker in the refrigerator. Chill
minutes, removing the chocolate from the the berries, lightly covered with plastic
oven every 20 seconds to stir it. The white wrap, until ready to use. They will keep,
chocolate will melt more quickly than the chilled, for 2 days. You can also dip other
dark chocolate. Or you can carefully melt fruits in chocolate. Try fresh cherries on
the chocolate in a saucepan over low heat, the stem, apple wedges, sliced kiwi and
stirring constantly. star fruit, even pineapple sticks.
With your fingers, dip about 24