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

[Anna N]

 

 Cinnamon buns. For my granddaughter. I made them and assembled them and she baked them and ate them.  Not all of them. She complained bitterly that she had no more room for more cinnamon buns. Oh to be that young, active and healthy again. 

[rotuts]

@Anna N

 

may I ask for the Rx ?

[Anna N]

21 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Anna N

 

may I ask for the Rx ?

Of course. Click.

[kayb]

What @Anna N said. That's gorgeous.

[rarerollingobject]

I made a pistachio layer cake, filled between each layer with mandarin curd, pistachios candied in yuzu syrup and crushed, and then iced with mandarin French buttercream frosting. Decorations will be freeze-dried mandarin segments and canded baby clementines.

 

And then I made a cupcake version of the same, for the inevitable whingers at work who'll miss out on the main cake. 

 

 

But note to self; shutting your freshly-made cupcakes in the laundry so your dogs can’t get at them for the hour you’re out of the house isn’t very effective if you accidentally lock a dog in the laundry with them while you’re at it.

 

 

She ate them all, cupcake liners included. 

 

[Okanagancook]

You forgot the sign...’these are not for doggies’

 

amazing cake as usual.

[blue_dolphin]

@rarerollingobject, as usual, your baked items are works of art.  As is the dog, in a slightly different way !

[chromedome]

12 hours ago, rarerollingobject said:

But note to self; shutting your freshly-made cupcakes in the laundry so your dogs can’t get at them for the hour you’re out of the house isn’t very effective if you accidentally lock a dog in the laundry with them while you’re at it.

 

 

She ate them all, cupcake liners included. 

 

LOL Every pet owner can identify with that. I *do* love the wistful look on the one who's had to make do with a shoe, instead of cupcakes. 

Edited January 29, 2018 by chromedome (log)

[kayb]

The dog does not look a bit sorry. I hope his/her stomach wasn't too upset.

 

The cake is a work of art, as are all your confections. I am in awe.

[Okanagancook]

2 hours ago, kayb said:

The dog does not look a bit sorry. 

 

 

He's forgotten what he did by now but I bet his stomach remembers!

Get the newspaper out, roll it up and give yourself a big whack on the head.

[Kim Shook]

@rarerollingobject– Oh, dear.  And they looked so wonderful, too.  But those faces!  So “sorry, not sorry”. 

 

We celebrated Jessica’s BD yesterday.  She requested Bananas Foster cheesecake:

 

Banana caramel sauce:

 

 

[kayb]

Oh, yum.

 

[pjm333]

White & dark chocolate mousse cake !

[caroled]

Tribbles!! 

[Kim Shook]

19 hours ago, pjm333 said:

White & dark chocolate mousse cake !

That is absolutely stunning.  

[pjm333]

Thanks Kim !

[pjm333]

kouign amann

[ChocoMom]

Let's see how well you all know your Sesame Street characters.  Cupcakes befitting Grandpa on his birthday, done way too quickly but I ran out of time....

 

 

[Kim Shook]

7 hours ago, ChocoMom said:

Let's see how well you all know your Sesame Street characters.  Cupcakes befitting Grandpa on his birthday, done way too quickly but I ran out of time....

 

 

I love these! So were the cupcake liners silver?  

[heidih]

The grumpy garbage can guy - right? (Oscar the Grouch) Oh my kids would have been huge fans

[ChocoMom]

@Kim Shook Yes! Those are silver liners. Convenient little touch that I didn't even know I had until it was time to bake. 

 

@heidih  Oskar is Grandpa's middle name, and he can be a bit grouchy at times- in a rather colorful way.  So, it was a good choice.

 

He remembered it was a Sesame Street character, but thankfully he forgot that its the fellow that lives in a garbage can. Whew!  I'd never hear the end of it if he knew.  

Gramps especially enjoyed the eyeballs.  Grandma got green frosting on her nose.   It was a fun night. 

[shain]

Apples, oat brown sugar and pecan muffins.

[pjm333]

Macaroons 

[cakewalk]

27 minutes ago, pjm333 said:

Macaroons 

 

Those are beautiful. How do you get feet like those ^ as opposed to feet (or non-feet; maybe just toes) like these:

 

 

[pjm333]

cakewalk, 

  Here is my recipe..

Macaroons              300 degree oven / convection preferably 

 

165 grams 10X / confectionery sugar 

145 grams almond flour

1/2 cup egg whites

3/4 cup sugar

color

                            Sift sugar and almond flour, beat whites soft peak & add sugar slowly beat whites stiff peak. Add desired color, fold in dry ingredients in 2 stages then mix with spatula until mixture when lifted flows back into bowl. Pipe onto flexipan if you have, when piping there can be a small point/ nipple on top but should disappear within a couple of seconds but if the point stays there you did not mix the macaroon mixture enough. I bang the sheet pan on the table 2 times then let them rest for 15 minutes.  Convection ovens make better Macaroons but conventional will obviously work, I have a rotating oven at work and they take 8 to 9 minutes. When I touch the tops of the Macaroon the bottom/ feet give just a little, just play with the recipe oven temp etc. 

Patrick