Black Forest Cake

 Biergarten - Germany Showcase, EPCOT

 You can never go wrong with desert. This recipe makes 3 thin chocolate cakes and layers them with cherry pie filling, a sugary alcohol syrup, and whipped cream. Oh, and don't forget the shaved chocolate on top. What can be wrong about that?! The worst part was shaving the chocolate! The recipe looks really complicated and time consuming but it was easy and really didn't take that long either! It's not a sweet cake by any means though. For that reason it only gets 3 mickeys, but it's not bad!

Cheese Bread

 The Land Grille Room, Farmers Market - The Land, EPCOT


A good bread, but it takes a TON of time. Make sure you plan for a few hours. You need the time to mix it, then let it rise for 20 min. Then separate it and let it rise for 15 more minutes. Then shape it and let it rise AGAIN for 50 minutes. Then cook it for 20 minutes.  Then let it cool. It did give me some cheese grating practice. Not a great bread for breakfast, but good with dinner.  4 mickeys!

Cauliflower Soup

Verandah Restaurant -  WDW Shopping Village

Disney seems to know how to do soup...at least in 1986. Another easy recipe. The worst part about this recipe is pureeing the cooked cauliflower.  The recipe is literally cauliflower, chicken broth, heavy cream, salt and pepper. Yum. 4 mickeys.

Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup

 Liberty Tree Tavern - Liberty Square, Magic Kingdom

Oh my goodness was this amazing. From the recipe I didn't have high hopes, but it was great! I didn't add the tripe (yuck!!) but it was still good.The best part? It took no time to make!

5 mickeys, which means I'm giving you the recipe!


1 T margarine
1/3 c diced 1/4-inch onions
2 T finely diced leeks or green onions (I used the onions)
1/2 c 1/2-in pieces celerty
1/4 c diced 1/4-in ham
6 C water
5 chicken bouillon cubes
5 beef bouillon cubes
1/2 C 1/2-in squares green pepper
1/6 teaspoon cracked pepper
1 can (16 or 17 oz) tomatoes, diced 1/2 in
2 t salt
4 oz tripe cooked and cut in julienne pieces (again, I didn't use this)
1 Cup cooked rice

Heat margarine in a large saucepot. Add onions, leeks, celery and ham and saute, stirring, until vegetables are done. Add water and bouillon cubes and cook a few minutes to dissolve bouillon. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 5 minutes.

Carciofi Ripieni

L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante - Italy showcase, EPCOT

So, these would have been better had I read the recipe fully...just now I realized I didn't add the bearnaise sauce. Oops. That said, they still were fairly good. The best part was the stuffing. If you make this make sure you put the cut artichokes into the lemon juice IMMEDIATELY. I cut them up then put them in the juice. They were already turning color. Not to bad, nothing great. 3 mickeys.