Desserts
Fresh Fruit Tart with Vanilla Pastry Cream
Today’s blog is from Maddy, Seattle, WA. She is an amazing baker and she makes ice cream that is to die for. This tart is so beautiful and professional. Fresh Fruit Tart with Vanilla Pastry Cream Adapted from Baking Illustrated For the tart dough: 1 large egg yolk 1 tbsp. heavy cream 1/2 tsp. vanilla […]
Continue ReadingOde To Elvis
My brother-in-law, Russell, and his partner, Todd, live in Oswego, NY. They went to dinner at The Red Sun Fire Roasting Co. and ordered this dessert. Fortunately, four of them shared it, otherwise, I think you should have paramedics standing by…. Ode To Elvis From The Red Sun Fire Roasting Co., Oswego, NY Warm Peanut […]
Continue ReadingZabaglione with Cream
My husband made some awesome dessert the other night. Zabaglione is a light custard, whipped to incorporate a large amount of air. It is usually served with strawberries, blueberries, peaches, etc. in a champagne glass. Classical Zabaglione uses raw egg yolks, but it’s best to cook the custard in a bain-marie. Zabaglione with Cream Serves […]
Continue ReadingButterscotch Slice
Today’s blog comes from Sharon & Annabel, Brisbane, Australia. Australians do love a slice – for a gathering of kids, or to take to one of our many sporting camps we would usually make a slice of one type or another. I have a group of girls coming to stay with us at the beach, […]
Continue ReadingCoconut Custard Pie
I was thinking his recipe would be one giant coconut macaroon. It was actually more custardy than coconut, but very good and quick to make. Coconut Custard Pie 1/2 cup Bisquick 3/4 cup sugar 4 eggs 2 cups milk 1 cup flaked coconut 1 tsp vanilla 1 Tbs butter, softened Combine all the ingredients and […]
Continue ReadingBrown Sugar Cake
Guest blogger, Shannon (New York, NY) makes this very sweet cake for her husband’s birthday. Since I got so many requests here is the Brown Sugar Cake and Brown Sugar Frosting recipe that I make each year for Rich’s Birthday – His mother used to make this for him as a child – but he […]
Continue ReadingChocolate Fudge Slice
Today’s blog comes from Sharon, Brisbane, Australia. This is a great recipe given to me by an old friend, Nicky, who used to have a cafe in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast here in Queensland. There are three fantastic features to this recipe – it is absolutely delicious, we would have made it literally hundreds […]
Continue ReadingLemon Meringues Cookies
Don’t Make Meringues in the rain…. Moisture is the enemy when making meringues. When it’s humid or raining the dampness will prevent the egg whites from forming into stiff peaks. Needless to say, I made these about a month ago on a humid day. They were still good, just a little flat. Some other tips […]
Continue ReadingMarie-Hélène’s Apple Cake
The best cake Guest blogger Jessica (Denver, CO) from Beauty Marks again. Everyone needs a go-to cake, the one you always have all the ingredients for, the one that takes no time, the one that never fails. Dorie Greenspan’s Marie-Hélène’s Apple Cake is my go-to cake. (And if you don’t have Dorie’s Around My French […]
Continue ReadingMatzo Crack
Guest blogger Jessica (Denver, CO) from Beauty Marks. This dish has come to be a Passover staple, and is, as far as I’m concerned, the highest and best use of matzo. Some call it matzo Roca (and put almonds on it like Almond Roca), some matzo toffee – but matzo crack most aptly describes it. […]
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