Recipes for desserts
Kiev Cake is something I had not heard of until I read a recipe for it in The Guardian, provided by Olia Hercules. It sounded like a rather scrumptious cake, with so many elements. I was a little daunted by decided to try it. With Meringue, sponge cake, a creme mousseline and a chocolate ganache […]
I have made a full sized Bakewell Tart before, and posted it on the blog. Today I decided to make some Cherry Bakewells. These are a common fixture in the supermarkets in the UK, and I wanted to try my hand at them. But I thought I would ring the changes a little too and […]
What an enticing prospect a Rhubarb cake is. I found a recipe on a card from Waitrose, for a Rhubard and Soured Cream Cake, with a ginger syrup. The photo on the card looked very nice and reading the recipe made me want to try it. My sister had frozen some rhubarb, from her garden, […]
I just love a Bounty, from time to time. As an exercise in indulgence I thought I would try to make my own. Although not really baking, since nothing goes in the oven, I have included them in my blog as they fit nicely as a sweet snack, with lots of lovely coconut and chocolate. […]
After the success of my puff pastry for the Pithiviers I decided to make some more, and this time to use it to make Mille Feuille, known in the USA as Napoleon Pastry. Traditionally the layers of crispy puff pastry are filled with creme patissier. However since some of the ‘tasters’ are not so keen […]
French Apple Tart is a lovely dessert, with the soft apple slices on top of an apple sauce, with the crumbly and buttery pastry. I found several good recipes, but opted for one on a favourite site Joyofbaking.com That site has a host of very nice recipes, and videos too. I am never too […]
Harking back to the 1970s makes one think of a firm favourite of those days, Black Forest Gateau. It was almost a staple of the diet in those days, served in almost every restaurant. Although it is not so popular these days that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a very tasty dessert. I took a […]
It seems that Tarte Au Sucre, or Sugar Pie is different between France and Belgium and North Ameria. In France and Belgium, from the recipes I have read they tend to be a brioche type bread recipe, whereas in North America it appears that a shortcrust pastry is preferred. For my attempt I found a […]
Bread Pudding! That is something that brings back memories of childhood. Being a heavy, stodgy and sweet pudding, made, usually, from stale bread. It is simply lovely. I decided to make it, from as traditional a recipe as I could find. I had to search around, since many recipes, particularly those from USA, which called […]
When I first started this blog the very first item I mentioned was Tarte Tatin. However I hadn’t anticipated doing a blog when I first tried the recipe, so I had no photograph to post. I did promise to make it again, at some time and then post a photo. So today I did just […]