This week's Tuesday's with Dorie recipe, from the cookbook Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan is Berry Surprise Cake, can be found on pages 273-275, and was chosen by Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen. If you would like to try the recipe before buying the book, click on Mary Ann's site above and she will have it posted today. I wasn't certain if I was going to be up to tackling a genoise with various layers and steps and what I call, "A great deal of fussiness," as I am not a fussy-type baker/cook. That said, this recipe was quite fun...and fairly simple. Dorie does a great job precisely describing each step and layer, and before you realize it, the little berry surprise cake is sitting there in all it's glory. I did everything exactly as she said, and it turned out exactly wonderful. The only change I made was that I used strawberries instead of the raspberries she suggested as Mark does not care for raspberries (I know, I married him anyway figuring it was worth the risk). I sliced the cake top off, hollowed it out, filled it with the filling of creams and berries, and then set it in the frig so that I could frost it all with the whipped cream at another point in the day. The cake is very pretty, inside and out, and the taste is too good...it would be important to have thin guys who eat a lot, or an entire dinner party, present to eat this...one thin slice would suffice as it is very rich and calorie-laden. The guys here were very excited to see the cake waiting for them...each of them being thrilled with cake, berries, and whipped cream, so what's NOT to love...and it helps to be thin, as they all are, so that they could launch in with gusto and a fair amount of let-the-devil-care attitude. I would love to say that we all sit around an elegant table each week and enjoy the desserts, but the truth is, I serve them up at the kitchen island, they grab a fork and head off to the men's den to enjoy their treats while watching, usually, a ballgame...they have come to EXPECT this routine, so they are just delighted with the whole TWD program! Make this one...and make sure you have exactly in mind how you are going to dispose of it, so that you aren't tempted with more than one thin slice! Next week's recipe was chosen by Heather of Sherry Trifle and is Fresh Ginger and Chocolate Gingerbread, which is found on page 212.