Black Death Recipes

BLACK DEATH FIZZES

Steps:

• Special equipment: skull and bones ice cube trays
• For the licorice ice: Place the licorice pieces and 4 cups water in a medium saucepan over medium high heat and bring to a simmer. Cook until the licorice is completely melted, remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• Fill the skull and bones cube trays with the licorice water and freeze.
• For the drink: Combine the sugar, ginger and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook until the sugar dissolves completely, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove and discard the ginger and set the simple syrup aside to cool completely.
• Fill a pitcher with the orange soda water. Add the simple syrup. Pour into glasses filled with licorice ice, garnish with black licorice sticks and add a jigger of gin if desired.

BLACK DEATH CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Add two cups flour and beat well.
• Mix in yogurt and extract.
• Combine remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Butter 10" Bundt pan and dust with extra cocoa powder.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Bake at 350ºF about an hour or until cake pulls away from edges of pan.
• Cool in pan for 20 minutes, remove and finish cooling.

BLACK DEATH

Steps:

• In a layering glass, layer the ingredients in the following order: Kahlua, Romana Sambuca, Bailey's, and half and half.