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

[shain]

More from the backlog (I would love strawberry season to still last).

 

Crepes -

Strawberries with cream and vanilla.

Ricotta with strawberries, mulberries, Amarena cherries.

Lemon sugar.

 

 

 

[Cahoot]

Some cakes I've made recently.

 

Tres leches cakes (sponge cake, white chocolate Chantilly, strawberries)

 

 

Strawberry cake (vanilla cake, strawberry filling, rosewater buttercream)

 

 

 

Chocolate caramel cake (yellow cake, caramel filling, chocolate buttercream)

 

 

Pistachio rosewater cake (vanilla cake, rosewater ganache, pistachio buttercream)

 

 

Papa cake with baby cake (chocolate cake, white chocolate cream cheese filling, chocolate buttercream)

 

 

And some other pastries too.

 

Strawberry tart (almond-pistachio cream, pastry cream, strawberries)

 

 

Passion fruit tart (passion fruit cream, vanilla whipped ganache)

 

 

Walnut tart

 

 

Choux au craquelin (vanilla pastry cream, vanilla whipped ganache)

 

 

Maple eclairs and choux

 

 

Assorted sablés diamant (vanilla, lemon, chocolate)

 

[oli]

4 minutes ago, Cahoot said:

Some cakes I've made recently.

 

Tres leches cakes (sponge cake, white chocolate Chantilly, strawberries)

 

 

Strawberry cake (vanilla cake, strawberry filling, rosewater buttercream)

 

 

 

Chocolate caramel cake (yellow cake, caramel filling, chocolate buttercream)

 

 

Pistachio rosewater cake (vanilla cake, rosewater ganache, pistachio buttercream)

 

 

Papa cake with baby cake (chocolate cake, white chocolate cream cheese filling, chocolate buttercream)

 

 

And some other pastries too.

 

Strawberry tart (almond-pistachio cream, pastry cream, strawberries)

 

 

Passion fruit tart (passion fruit cream, vanilla whipped ganache)

 

 

Walnut tart

 

 

Choux au craquelin (vanilla pastry cream, vanilla whipped ganache)

 

 

Maple eclairs and choux

 

 

Assorted sablés diamant (vanilla, lemon, chocolate)

 

Wow, you've been a busy person. Nice cakes. Real professional job.

[Kim Shook]

4 hours ago, Cahoot said:

Some cakes I've made recently.

 

Tres leches cakes (sponge cake, white chocolate Chantilly, strawberries)

 

 

Strawberry cake (vanilla cake, strawberry filling, rosewater buttercream)

 

 

 

Chocolate caramel cake (yellow cake, caramel filling, chocolate buttercream)

 

 

Pistachio rosewater cake (vanilla cake, rosewater ganache, pistachio buttercream)

 

 

Papa cake with baby cake (chocolate cake, white chocolate cream cheese filling, chocolate buttercream)

 

 

And some other pastries too.

 

Strawberry tart (almond-pistachio cream, pastry cream, strawberries)

 

 

Passion fruit tart (passion fruit cream, vanilla whipped ganache)

 

 

Walnut tart

 

 

Choux au craquelin (vanilla pastry cream, vanilla whipped ganache)

 

 

Maple eclairs and choux

 

 

Assorted sablés diamant (vanilla, lemon, chocolate)

 

Stunned at all of these!  They are gorgeous AND they sound delicious.  I am in awe of your piping skills (especially the St. Honore).  

[David Ross]

I don't make a lot of pastries, but this was really good.  Somewhat similar to a pecan pie.  This is a Walnut Tart with Candied Walnuts as the garnish.

[MokaPot]

I like walnuts. An underrated nut & not crazy expensive! Even made a good "pesto" out of it.

[Smithy]

I made a walnut caramel tart some years ago. Very rich, very good...a little went a long, long way. @David Ross, your photo makes me think I should try that again. 

[heidih]

Walnuts in pastry is what I grew up with. I do not dislike them but not my favorite nut. The year my single but shops like for a family of 5 friend overbought various nuts at Costco and brought them over - my baklava was so so good. I think it was pecans and hazelnuts + walnuts.

[Smithy]

15 hours ago, heidih said:

Walnuts in pastry is what I grew up with. I do not dislike them but not my favorite nut. The year my single but shops like for a family of 5 friend overbought various nuts at Costco and brought them over - my baklava was so so good. I think it was pecans and hazelnuts + walnuts.

 

I too grew up with walnuts. They were all around us! I now find them to carry a bitter element that I don't remember from my childhood years. I suspect it's my taste buds rather than the crop. Toasting them seems to help develop the sweetness that I remember. Pecans and almonds have that sweetness without any help. 

[David Ross]

18 hours ago, MokaPot said:

I like walnuts. An underrated nut & not crazy expensive! Even made a good "pesto" out of it.

I make a delicious walnut pesto, I'm glad you mentioned it.

[kayb]

18 hours ago, MokaPot said:

I like walnuts. An underrated nut & not crazy expensive! Even made a good "pesto" out of it.

 

I have frequently found the best use for walnuts to be in muffins, preferably with dates. Or in banana bread. For cookies and salads, I prefer pecans.

 

[David Ross]

33 minutes ago, David Ross said:

I make a delicious walnut pesto, I'm glad you mentioned it.

I'll post my Walnut Pesto Pizza over in the dinner thread.

[rotuts]

personally

 

which  is a bit OT for this thread :

 

If its good w Walnuts

 

its going to be better w Pecans.

 

a bigger issue is :

 

Are your Wal's and Pec's

 

fresh 

 

they oxidize quickly 

 

and many have not tasted

 

fresh , from the current season.

 

how do I know ?

 

my sister used to live in Central TX

 

an hour N of Austin.  all the small towns used

 

pecan trees as shade in the centra areas

 

people would come by in the Pecan season and pick them off

 

the ground.

 

she had a friend that cultivated Pecans

 

there are several varieties 

 

she used to send me in the fall

 

a lot from this grower.

 

Night became Day.

 

still in the shell

 

TJ's

 

for me , has much fresher nuts than any 

 

other place locally 

 

and Pecan prices went up years ago

 

I know this from the grower via my sister

 

as the Market in China

 

'' developed a taste "

 

good for the grower !

Edited May 28, 2021 by rotuts (log)

[Matthew.Taylor]

My Memorial Day dessert, Strawberry Pie!

 

 

[shain]

I have a huge backlog of pictures to share, so I'll start with one from the winter months -  germknödel.

This is enriched yeast dough filled with plum preserves lightly flavored with cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.

The buns are boiled, or as I did, steamed, then topped with vanilla flavored creme anglaise and poppy seeds toasted in butter.

Served with brandy. This was a great cold weather dessert.

[shain]

Mulberry crumble.

 

[weinoo]

6 minutes ago, shain said:

Mulberry crumble.

 

Not a berry I see much - do you get them fresh?

[shain]

3 minutes ago, weinoo said:

 

Not a berry I see much - do you get them fresh?

 

We have a couple of trees in our yard. In peak season we can get up to 2kg a day.

[weinoo]

3 minutes ago, shain said:

We have a couple of trees in our yard. In peak season we can get up to 2kg a day.

Whoa!!! That is a lotta berries.

[shain]

1 minute ago, weinoo said:

Whoa!!! That is a lotta berries.

 

It is. We give them to family and friends, neighboring kids, eat quiet a lot, and still end up with freezer full of them. They make very good smoothies and quite decent crumbles.

 

[shain]

French toast with vanilla, cinnamon, a bit of anise, some rum, brown sugar. Dulce de leche with a bit of salt, toasted coconut flakes, rum soaked raisins.

 

[ElsieD]

5 minutes ago, shain said:

French toast with vanilla, cinnamon, a bit of anise, some rum, brown sugar. Dulce de leche with a bit of salt, toasted coconut flakes, rum soaked raisins.

 

 

Almost enough to make me want to eat French toast.  It looks and sounds delicious.

[oli]

4 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

Almost enough to make me want to eat French toast.  It looks and sounds delicious.

If you didn't tell it was French Toast, I would think it was some fancy pastry.

[shain]

27 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

Almost enough to make me want to eat French toast.  It looks and sounds delicious.

 

Thanks!

If you are not a french toast lover, it will also work well on pancakes.

I need no excuse to want to eat french toast - custards are among my favorite desserts and french toast being one of my favorites. And while I enjoy variations, like this one, my favorite will always be the classic with vanilla, maple and a hint of cinnamon.

Edited June 6, 2021 by shain (log)

[shain]

More french toast, same batch but different flavor. 

Cardamom, garam masala honey, rose water, cinnamon. Yogurt, nuts and raisins.