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Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2016 – 2017)


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23 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

So if it didn't set up - you may have started beating it while it was too hot - a double batch would change the cooling time I expect. Perhaps melt it again, cool undisturbed to 110 F, then beat.

 

 

It worked, it worked!!!  Thank you so much!!!

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1 hour ago, Shelby said:

It worked, it worked!!!  Thank you so much!!!


It's something Kerry has in common with duct tape. If she can't fix it, throw it away... it's f'd up.

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It's kinda like wrestling a gorilla... you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired.

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Dessert #1 for today's dinner..... French Vanilla cake; raspberry filling, butter cream icing, and a bunch of gum paste poinsettia.  I made this over at the new house, since they installed one of the ranges.  The house is not done, but, parts of it are functional, so I am trying to get used to it. Fun way to break in the new range! 

 

 

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A 'balanced diet' means chocolate in BOTH hands. :biggrin:

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1 hour ago, ChocoMom said:

Thank you, Oli!    Next up are desserts 2, 3 and 4.  One blueberry and two raspberry streusel-type things.   Garnished with raspberries and mint leaves. 

 

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19 hours ago, ChocoMom said:

Thank you, Oli!    Next up are desserts 2, 3 and 4.  One blueberry and two raspberry streusel-type things.   Garnished with raspberries and mint leaves. 

 

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@oli, that looks interesting but what is it exactly?

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7 hours ago, JohnT said:

@oli, that looks interesting but what is it exactly?

 

It's called, Chocolate Espresso Dacquois, from ATK. Won't make it again because its just tooooo rich.

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For Christmas dessert, made a gingerbread cake with orange zest, with cookie butter Swiss meringue buttercream and some salted caramel glaze. 

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"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced" - Vincent Van Gogh
 

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There are some seriously gorgeous treats displayed here! Here was my contribution for Christmas morning (a good way to celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas - a chocolate babka wreath courtesy of the browneyedbaker blog whose directions made it very easy!) and chocolate cupcakes for after dinner! Happy new year all!

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Great looking galette, @Franci!

 

Lots of baking in this holiday season.

Last week my daughter was in the mood for apple pie. Luckily I had a bunch of apples in the fridge (Granny Smith and a pink variety, probably Pink Lady). Still I was a bit short of the 3.5 lbs I needed for the recipe, so I used an Asian pear for the remainder. I went with Jeffrey Steingarten's recipe for the filling (no cinnamon, just a bit of vanilla extract for flavoring), and David Lebovitz for the pie dough. It was great but I need to invest in a proper pie pan - the pan I used has straight edges and makes it difficult to extract a perfect slice.

 

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I had it with crème fraiche as we often do with apple tarts in France.

 

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For Christmas dinner, I was asked to bring a dessert with no further direction. So I decided to make one of my favorite pies which is a ginger pie with a touch of rum.  I love the little crispy crust that forms on top, and the leftovers are always great the next morning.

 

Ginger pie

 

 

Ginger pie

 

 

 

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Because my family has a few chocolate addicts, I also made a chocolate dessert for Christmas - individual soft chocolate cakes. They can be made in advance, and reheated in the microwave for 30 seconds for a molten center, and served with whipped cream. Always a hit...

The original recipe calls for baking them in ramekins. I find it easier to use a muffin pan so I don't have to worry about them potentially sticking.

 

Soft chocolate cakes

 

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Lovely, all three of those desserts. I was particularly taken with the ginger pie so I clicked on your link. I really had to laugh - I had seen that about a year or so ago and bookmarked it, then completely forgot about it! So I will take this as a sign that I have to try that recipe. Yours looks stunning. (I was very impressed with that website and sorry that he had already stopped posting by the time I found it. And I've seen Harold & Maude several times, but never noticed the ginger pie.)

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Just now, cakewalk said:

Lovely, all three of those desserts. I was particularly taken with the ginger pie so I clicked on your link. I really had to laugh - I had seen that about a year or so ago and bookmarked it, then completely forgot about it! So I will take this as a sign that I have to try that recipe. Yours looks stunning. (I was very impressed with that website and sorry that he had already stopped posting by the time I found it. And I've seen Harold & Maude several times, but never noticed the ginger pie.)

Thank you! :smile:

You do have to try this recipe! I've been making it for years now because I love it so much.

He doesn't post on the website anymore but wrote a couple of books!

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18 hours ago, FrogPrincesse said:

For Christmas dinner, I was asked to bring a dessert with no further direction. So I decided to make one of my favorite pies which is a ginger pie with a touch of rum.  I love the little crispy crust that forms on top, and the leftovers are always great the next morning.

 

Ginger pie

 

 

Ginger pie

 

 

 

Have you brought this one up before? I just went into my MacGourmet data base and there was the recipe.

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Just now, Kerry Beal said:

Have you brought this one up before? I just went into my MacGourmet data base and there was the recipe.

I have!

This year I used Plantation 5 for the rum. Next time I want to use an aged agricole. :)

 

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