i grew up eating these cookies called black and whites in nj. then moved to tx and not only can i not find them here but i can not find a good recipe that taste right. this little bakery in nj was called the cake box andd they where the best. i have a very big party to cater and they asked for them, can any one please help?

By Chefspike (Chefspike) on Saturday, April 30, 2005 - 10:33 pm: Edit

are they just sugar dough?
thats what some of the europeans made them from that I worked with.
Plain sugar dough for the light side...and...sugar dough with cocoa added to it for the dark side.(add a couple more eggs)
I'll look and see if theres another recipe that I may be forgetting.
I'll be back on Monday night.

By Cvincolorado (Cvincolorado) on Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 12:05 am: Edit

I grew up in NJ as well and loved those cookies. I got a real craving for them a couple of months ago and looked on the internet for a recipe. I tried one from Zabars and they looked great but didn't taste anything close to the ones I used to get.

By Cheftim (Cheftim) on Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 10:00 am: Edit

We made a dry white cake batter to make the cookie, then royal icing on one side and a thin ganache on the other.

By Chefspike (Chefspike) on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 11:04 pm: Edit

Sorry Monday came and went, i'm on it now.