A real fire, right on your plate. And it’s so easy!
I was sitting by an event a few months ago; it was very elegant and the caterer did a phenomenal job with each and every course. Each dish was better than the next. How was this amazing meal going to end?
Dessert showed up, and we weren’t disappointed.Right there on the plate was a small “log” fire burning. It was so spectacular; I had to go over to the chef and compliment him. Also, I had to learn the secret to this log fire.
And I did.
Turns out all you need is a few cubes of sugar and a few drops of lemon extract. Make sure the lemon extract has a high alcohol content. This one here will work well.
Start by plating your dessert. This can be a scoop of ice cream, a brownie (there’s a great 9×13 brownie recipe in Dinner Done) or our popular chocolate chip sticks (cut them into squares).
Once your dessert is plated, place 3 sugar cubes wherever you want the fire to be. Right on top of the cake works great, on the plate works well too.
In a small bowl, soak as many sugar cubes as needed (depending on how many desserts you are plating) in the lemon extract. You will only soak the top cube, as to keep the fire in control. You don’t need much lemon extract, a few drops will do.
Once ready, top each 3 sugar cubes with the 4th soaked cube.
Bring the dessert to the table and use a match to light the top cube. You want to light it at the table because the fire lasts less than a minute.
Watch the sugar burn and caramelize, and enjoy your Lag B’Omer!
DISCLAIMER: Be careful. Don’t let your children do this! And don’t let your children know that the lemon extract is your secret so they aren’t tempted to do this on their own. And don’t forget–it’s super important that the bottom sugar cubes DO NOT get lemon.
Oh my goodness I just love this! I guess to be done for the supposed dinner I’m making before running to all the Thursday night weddings?? ????
This is so cool. Not sure it makes sense for my boys to learn about…;)
Amazing!
Wow!! this is so COOL!!!
thank you!
Any idea if Bakers Choice Lemon Extract is high in alcohol content?
As long as alcohol is listed in ingredients as first or second ingredient it should work.
Love this idea!!! Very cool! Can’t wait to do this. Thank you!
I want to try this! Question: why lemon and not another flavor?
Or another kind of alcohol like vanilla walders ?
Hey, you can use straight up alcohol – 40 or so years ago it was a popular trend. Ask your mothers that were born in the ‘50s!
I met another between carpools reader in the grocery store and we were trying to figure out a replacement for the lemon extract, since the store didn’t have any. I bought mint extract and just tried it out. It worked well!
J
Thanks so much! Our store was out too and I was so excited to surprise my family with this tomorrow night! You saved us!
We did this!! So cool! My kids especially the teens loved it.
Thanks so much
So wonderful to hear how you all loved it! Thank you for the feedback!
A year ago the night before I made my sons bar mitzvah you posted this. I immediately sent it to my caterer at 1am (I’m in london!) and said please try and do this! He text me back your making bar mitzvah in a few hours please try sleep and we can’t change the menu now. Lo and behold a few hours later the desserts were served with mini sugar cubes on fire on them! So thank you so much! They were a showstopper!