Your Daily Sweets (2005-2012)

[Patrick S]

Patrick, that's the recipe from F&W, right?

I made it once and burned it, I think the cooking time in the recipe was totally off or my oven was.

I remade the cake and it was pretty good, but it never called out to me to make it again.

However, your pictures might make me change my mind- beautiful!

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Yes, this is the recipe from Food and Wine.

I think the cake has made a much better impression on me than it did you! I'm sure this is something I'll make again.

[Susan G]

Lemon meringue pie.........something went wrong though - three hours later it was weeping like it had lost a loved one!

[Chufi]

A plate of Dutch hazelnut aniseed cookies (aka Friese dumkes)

[rooftop1000]

Yesterday I had for dessert....a sliver of the following - apple brandy cake, german chocolate cake, and chocolate bunt cake decorated like a pumpkin.

Then I decided on a slab of chocolate bunt cake and grilled pineapple with maple chile caramel.

Also had chocolate bunt cake for breakfast today

T

[bluechefk]

chufi - those cookies look delicious! any chance you'd give out the recipe?

kerry

[Moopheus]

Last night we had a packet of McVitie's HobNobs.

[Mooshmouse]

Tonight, Bill Yosse's white chocolate vanilla bean cake. I used Lindt white chocolate, 3 Tahitian vanilla beans, and a little extract on top of that. I can't wait to take a slice to my brother, who loves all things vanilla.

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Patrick, those photos are absolutely exquisite.

[Ling]

I had an "Egg Twist" from a Chinese bakery--an eggy dough piped and twisted, fried, then covered in a light syrup. It was HUGE! (about 10" by 4". Impressive stats. )

[Steven Blaski]

I had an "Egg Twist" from a Chinese bakery--an eggy dough piped and twisted, fried, then covered in a light syrup. It was HUGE! (about 10" by 4". Impressive stats.  )

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Ling, that sounds a lot like churros! (Maybe this is another one of those foods that every culture has -- like dumplings?) I'm surprised, given your love of chocolate, you didn't dunk the Egg Twist in hot chocolate, which is something I like to do with churros. Something for you to keep in mind for next time.

[Ling]

^It was much thicker than a churro, and the batter was more like fried choux pastry than fried donut. I love churros though--especially dipped in hot chocolate!

Edited October 31, 2005 by Ling (log)

[Mooshmouse]

At the end of a dinner party with friends, we poured glasses of Warre's Warrior Special Reserve Port and obliterated two Lindt bars (70% and 85%).

[Chufi]

chufi - those cookies look delicious! any chance you'd give out the recipe?

kerry

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Hi Kerry, ofcourse,

the recipe is here in RecipeGullet, recipe and demo with pictures are also in the Dutch Cooking thread (see the link in my signature)

[Ling]

Here's the cake I made a few days ago. Unfortunately, this has go to be the ugliest slice--look how unevenly I spread the buttercream.

Edited October 31, 2005 by Ling (log)

[spaghetttti]

Oh yum, Lorna --- I'd eat that slice in a second!

Some chocolate dipped sandwich cookies for us last night.

[Ling]

^Wow, those are beautiful! Did you make them yourself?

[spaghetttti]

Yes, I just got this and it seems I'm a very messy person when it comes to making spritz-type cookies. Dough was all over the place and the first few cookies were truly horrible looking.

[Ling]

dessert after breakfast (ribs) was brownie batter

[spaghetttti]

A cousin brought over a chocolate mousse cake she special ordered.

Oooey gooey.

Along with some lemon curd tarts her 7 year old daughter made. The crust was so flaky and buttery. She also got creative with adorning them with mini chocolate chips and shredded cheddar cheese, she's so cute

Edited November 3, 2005 by spaghetttti (log)

[Megan Blocker]

Chocolate chip cookies...soon. They're cooling!

[prasantrin]

I am proud to say that today's dessert is the last of the pecan pie I made more than 2 months ago. Pecan pie keeps amazingly well in the fridge!

[RuthWells]

Leftover Halloween candy. Somebody stop me......

[Ling]

Today it's the levelled tops of RLB's Golden Almond cake, a few spoons of Amaretto cream cheese frosting, lemon curd, and pie crust scraps (baked, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar)

Tomorrow's desserts: the cakes will be split in 4 layers, sandwiched and covered with the frosting, and a lemon meringue (Italian meringue) pie

ETA: One thing I did differently with the pie crust today was leave out the beaten egg and add about 2 tbsp of sour cream instead. The dough was more tender and very easy to work with. (I also usually add vinegar to my dough, but I didn't b/c there's a bit of acid in the sour cream already.)

Here's the cake...I'm didn't take a pic of the pie yet, because I'm doing the meringue at my aunt's house tomorrow.

(again, sorry about the messy kitchen and the foil...not to mention the awful platter I use to frost my cakes. The cake will go on my cake stand tomorrow. )

Edited November 5, 2005 by Ling (log)

[Ling]

Oh yeah, the hearts are for my grandma. So don't fault me for being corny....

[Moopheus]

Yesterday I made a Chocolate-Peanut Butter S'mores cake. (graham cracker crust, choclate cake, peanut butter and meringue toppings). Very rich and dense--had a slice last night and still feeling it today. Tasty, though.

[prasantrin]

Last night I had a cruller for dessert. Except I actually ate it before eating my dinner. Can I still count it as dessert? I also hacked a big slice off the over-baked brownies I made last week. Or maybe two weeks ago.