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Today I made an Alhambra, which is a chocolate hazelnut cake, filled with a chocolate ganache, covered with a chocolate glacage with a ring of pistachios around the bottom. This wasn't my favorite. Oh well, can't win them all. I thought the recipe made it too chocolaty.
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Today I made an Alhambra, which is a chocolate hazelnut cake, filled with a chocolate ganache, covered with a chocolate glacage with a ring of pistachios around the bottom. This wasn't my favorite. Oh well, can't win them all. I thought the recipe made it too chocolaty.
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