lukestar

That's basically what it is. I was talking with a friend at lunch the other day and I asked if he had ever had one of Shorty's Black Forest Cakes and he related a story that I found funny. He told me he went to Shorty's shop to pick up a cake for his wife and Shorty was in the process of finishing his cake. He told Shorty that he bet he had probably sold a million of those cakes over the years. Shorty laughed and said that he probably had. He went on to tell him that he had gotten the recipe out of a Southern Living Magazine. Shorty said the recipe sounded good so he tried it an had one for sell in his shop. A Junior Leaguer came by and bought the cake, told all her friends and the rest was history. The Revel Cookbook is put out by the Junior League of Shreveport. ← If you ever type up this recipe for any reason...I'd love to receive a pm with it. All this description and discussion is making it more and more fascinating and delicious sounding. Chocolate, baked in meringue... ← As soon as I receive the book I will send the recipe to you... I have a copy at work but it is hard to read and I want to make sure I have everything right, it's kind of a complicated recipe...

I just found one of the Cook's Tour of Shreveport Cookbook on Ebay and got it for $3.25. A steal!!!!

That's basically what it is. I was talking with a friend at lunch the other day and I asked if he had ever had one of Shorty's Black Forest Cakes and he related a story that I found funny. He told me he went to Shorty's shop to pick up a cake for his wife and Shorty was in the process of finishing his cake. He told Shorty that he bet he had probably sold a million of those cakes over the years. Shorty laughed and said that he probably had. He went on to tell him that he had gotten the recipe out of a Southern Living Magazine. Shorty said the recipe sounded good so he tried it an had one for sell in his shop. A Junior Leaguer came by and bought the cake, told all her friends and the rest was history. The Revel Cookbook is put out by the Junior League of Shreveport.

I don't think Katrina and Rita is the biggest problem with the crawfish crop this year. We have been under a drought in Louisiana this past year, Central and North Louisiana was up to 15 inches below normal rainfall this past year and this has been bad for the crawfish farmers...

An excellent article! ← Am I the only person that lives in Louisiana that is not a big fan of the King Cake? Maybe it's because I have only had the ones that are made in North LA...

A friend of mine had the Revel Cookbook that you mentioned so I was able to get a copy of the recipe and I do believe that is the one I was looking for. Thanks again for the heads up...

It was definitely post Katrina, there were a lot of references to the storm and the condition of NO. Besh made the statement that it was good for him and his crew to get away from all of it for a little while.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will definitely be looking up those cook books!!!

This was the best Iron Chef America I have seen yet. Besh rules!!! Louisiana Chef, Louisiana product.... It doesn't get any better than that. The dishes both Besh's and Batali's all looked great.

I got to see it last nigt, it will be repeated tru 3/26. This was one of my favorite episodes because of them actually using a secret ingredient indiginious to Louisiana. The show starting next week is Batai vs Besh. This show will also be of interest because of Besh being from NO and the secret ingredient is going to be Andouille sausage...

The cake I speak of did not have cherrys or a cherry filling. It had a chocolate frosting but the cake layers were malted tasting. They had a crunch to them kind of like a malt ball.

The cake I speak of had a chocolate frosting but the cake itself was almost malted like. I am not sure if the cake was malted or the iceing between the layers had some sort of malting or what. The cake or iceing had a crunch to it and tasted like a malt. This cake did not have cherrys or a cherry filling.

Hi, Shorty Leonard was a well known chef in Shreveport over the past 30 years. Shorty died in 2003 after a legnthy career in several well known Shreveport restraunts. His claim to fame was his famous or infamous Black Forest Cake. This is my wifes favorite desert of all times. This cake did not have cherrys like most Black Forest Cakes have in them. I have been looking for a recipe that is close to Mr. Leonard recipe. If anyone has his or one that is close I would appreciate a little help. It is Valentines Day and I am trying my best to find the recipe to make my wife of 27 years happy. thanks, lukestar