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[mostlylana]

The bacon in the bar is crisp and dry - so the shelf life is very long. In a truffle containing cream the bacon would soften and lose any crispness very quickly. I think the shelf life would be dependent on the proportions of the other ingredients.

so true, so true... I wonder if a butter based ganache would do the trick for shelf life - and even going an extra step of 'coating' the bacon in cocoa butter or chocolate before adding it to the ganache???

[gini]

I've been on a simple pie & bread kick lately.

Cranberry & pear pie with streusel topping:
Triple berry pie:
Double chocolate banana bread:

Sorry for the terrible camera phone pics.

[Jacquester]

Bittersweet chocolate and Strawberry pie



Mousse Cake

Edited by Jacquester, 13 October 2009 - 09:35 AM.

[DeliciouslyLekker]

Dorie Greenspan's Pecan Sticky Buns

Picture is pre-baking

[DeliciouslyLekker]

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[DeliciouslyLekker]

Nigella Lawson's Cream Cheese Brownies

[Lior]

Is anyone up and on egullet? Just got a phone call from my SIL that he passed the last of his accounting board exams. They are coming for dinner and I want to make a nice cake. I am not an expert by far. What do you recommend? I want something special that he has never had but that I am capable of making! Our usual is simple coffee cakes, chocolate cake, no frosting unless ganache at times, pound cake, etc
Thanks-if you have a suggestion I will probably need a recipe or some recipe source online.

Edited by Lior, 15 October 2009 - 11:33 PM.

[Kerry Beal]

Is anyone up and on egullet? Just got a phone call from my SIL that he passed the last of his accounting board exams. They are coming for dinner and I want to make a nice cake. I am not an expert by far. What do you recommend? I want something special that he has never had but that I am capable of making! Our usual is simple coffee cakes, chocolate cake, no frosting unless ganache at times, pound cake, etc
Thanks-if you have a suggestion I will probably need a recipe or some recipe source online.

Simple but good - how about gingerbread? I'll forward the recipe I use.

[Tri2Cook]

While Kerry's offering recipes, hit her up for the apple cake she posted a picture of a while back. It's easy and really tasty.

[Lior]

Hi. Thank you very very much! I just got home and ran to look to see if there was an answer and ! yes!!
I don't have enough apples for the pie, but I am glad to know about it-would have been PERFECT a few ago but will use it in two weeks. As to the gingerbread I also don't have all the ingredients-stores are closed for the sabbath already-draaaag! But I also want to make this in December for a special occasion. So I have a few questions:
1.I can google it I know but what is calvados?
2. What is the difference between apple juice and cider?

This sounds just fantastic! Thank you so much!!

So I decided to make something that I think is called cream puffs or eclaires-look fancy, taste good and are easy. I have made them many times but forgot about them for a long while.

[Aloha Steve]

1.I can google it I know but what is calvados?

Calvados |ˌkalvəˈdōs| (also calvados)
noun
apple brandy, traditionally made in the Calvados region of Normandy.

[Kerry Beal]

Hi. Thank you very very much! I just got home and ran to look to see if there was an answer and ! yes!!
I don't have enough apples for the pie, but I am glad to know about it-would have been PERFECT a few ago but will use it in two weeks. As to the gingerbread I also don't have all the ingredients-stores are closed for the sabbath already-draaaag! But I also want to make this in December for a special occasion. So I have a few questions:
1.I can google it I know but what is calvados?
2. What is the difference between apple juice and cider?

This sounds just fantastic! Thank you so much!!

So I decided to make something that I think is called cream puffs or eclaires-look fancy, taste good and are easy. I have made them many times but forgot about them for a long while.

As noted, calvados is an applely alcohol. Apple cider is like fresh pressed apple juice - it will ferment over time (then can be distilled to make calvados) - apple juice is the bottled or canned juice that is very clear.

[Lior]

I see. Thanks . Will make it for my mom in Dec. She loves gingerbread etc so this is perfect.

[pjm333]

Blue Cheese Naploian

http://www.flickr.co...ose/4021600675/

[pjm333]

Coffee Cashew Mousse, coffee cashew sponge.
http://www.flickr.co...ose/3996175603/

[deensiebat]

King Arthur Flour's Magic in the Middle peanut butter filled chocolate cookies:

[kitwilliams]

Boysenberry Pie.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. pie.

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[DeliciouslyLekker]

Dorie Greenspan's Sweet Cream Scones

[pjm333]

Passion Fruit Chocolate Napolian

http://www.flickr.co...ose/4030472941/

[Kim Shook]

deensiebat - I love the look of those chocolate PB cookies! I’ll be trying that recipe!

DeliciouslyLekker – that scone is seriously gorgeous!

Dessert tonight was supposed to be Cook’s Country Cold Oven Pound Cake, but this is what happened to my cake:



I’ve used this pan many times and never had this happen before. The cake ended up being awful and sodden (not surprising since most of it leaked out the bottom of the pan) and it was 10pm and I didn’t have any more soft butter. So I had a pound cake mix (I never have one on hand, but I make these really popular pumpkin pound cake muffins for Halloween that use the mix) and just made that quickly. I made some maple-caramel sauce with sautéed apples and served it over the cake slices:


The cake was blah, but the sauce was awesome!

[Aloha Steve]

I’ve used this pan many times and never had this happen before. The cake ended up being awful and sodden (not surprising since most of it leaked out the bottom of the pan)

Kim, why did that happen? I made a cheesecake crust bottom in a spring form pan and the butter leaked out. The reason is, it was a warped pan, too bad a I didn't know before baking!
Yours does not look like it was in two pieces, was it ?

[Kim Shook]

Steve - Yes, it's in two pieces. The part with the tube in it just drops into the part with the sides - there's no clamp like on a springform. I guess it must be warped. Time to get a new one!

[DeliciouslyLekker]

Kim Shook: Thank you! I don't know if they really should be higher though. Most scones recipes I've seen require Cream of Tartar or shortening (Dorie's recipe doesn't). They tasted great. I'm just over analysing it a little because the MIL asked me to bake scones for a birthday party next week...

Sorry to hear about your cake! BTW, butter can be microwaved (in 5-10 second zaps!) so in the event .....;)

[abooja]

Made some caramel cupcakes yesterday with leftover caramel from the freezer.

[Darienne]

I think the topping is coming right out of the computer and into my greedy mouth!

[Jmahl]

Oh what photos! Beautiful Beautiful. And for those cruel folks who just linked photos of their master pieces to flickr PLEASE, PLEASE post your photos here. It is so so easy now.

Jmahl

[Kim Shook]

abooja – I am in the process of cleaning out my freezers to prep for holiday baking and I don’t have any caramel – but now I wish I did!

I made a Red Velvet cake from Cooks’ Country Magazine for a work birthday today. Her birthday is actually Halloween, so I tarted it up with ‘blood’ and gummy eyeballs:




It was a LOT redder than it looks in the picture. I’m not a big fan of Red Velvet. To me, it has an off-putting aftertaste. Possibly the dye since I’ve heard that some people are sensitive to the flavor. But it was a request and everyone loved it.

[RWood]

My mother always requests Halloween cookies. These are fun, but take too much time to be profitable

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[Kim Shook]

My mother always requests Halloween cookies. These are fun, but take too much time to be profitable

Those are just beautiful! Great piping skills. I need to start practicing!! Happy Halloween!

[RWood]

My mother always requests Halloween cookies. These are fun, but take too much time to be profitable

Those are just beautiful! Great piping skills. I need to start practicing!! Happy Halloween!

Thanks! I love Halloween.