Finally - Brisket for dinner

elzbth

I picked up a half brisket yesterday (seems small to me, but the butcher at Fresh Market said he cut one in half and trimmed it up). At any rate, Grandpas Grub pointed me to Third Eye's brisket advice link (thanks to you both) and I went for it - fast cook. It's not bad - will try again for sure.






And dessert - when life give you apples....


Apple cake with caramel frosting!

Fluffyb

The brisket looks great, nice smoke ring, but that cake looks down right decadent!

Hoss

LAWAMERCEY!That is an AWESOME smoke ring on the brisket...I think,..when I saw the cake I fainted!WOW!

Boxerpapa

Wow-very impressive

cookn biker

Sweet smoke ring and glazed to perfection Elzbth!!
Nice apple cake. I think you would be much happier with fresh caramel that you make. It's easy and so dang great!

elzbth

Actually, this was from scratch - I got distracted and overcooked it. We had a piece and it was okay - just a bit crumbly. Taking the rest to work tomorrow - the ladies in my office will probably not even notice. I have made it with a cream cheese frosting too...

elzbth

Thanks - it's one that we enjoy. Actually it's a recipe that I adapted from my aunt's carrot cake recipe.

elzbth

Thanks Hoss - I will confess, the brisket was so -so. The cake was awesome. The ladies in my office are gonna love me tomorrow!

elzbth

Thanks - I'm going to keep practicing with brisket until I get it right. I want to take some to the office the next time we have a covered dish luncheon....if not brisket, pulled pork.

Beli

Wowwwwwwwwwwww that sauce & smoke ring are great!!

elzbth

Thanks! We enjoyed it...think it will be just as good tomorrow night.

SSN686

Morning elzbth:

GREAT looking brisket...looks like you nailed it!

fire egger

Briskets a tough cook for me, and it looks like you got it right!
cake never hurts either!!

EggSimon

very nice !

elzbth

Appreciate the kind words...just had a sandwich for dinner tonight - pretty good leftovers!!

elzbth

Thank you for looking....next time I will probably foil it sooner though. I took the cake to work today - the ladies in the office loved it!

elzbth

Thansk!!

eenie meenie

Elizabeth, nice lookin brisket and a delicious cake for dessert!

elzbth

Thanks Rebecca! I always look forward to making apple cakes in the fall - (wish I hadn't overcooked the caramel frosting - still everyone at work loved it).