Your Daily Sweets (2005-2012)

[Aloha Steve]

And here's a little hen in time for Easter. She's sitting in a dark nest on a milk base.

So detailed, it looks like a piece of porcelain ! Gorgeous

[Kim Shook]

Richard – those spheres are awe inspiring. The sheen is like a mirror!

emmalish – your muffins look delicious.

I made cupcakes from Michael Ruhlman’s recipe for pound cake from Ratio:

The only thing that I did differently was to use 10X in the glaze. I was taking them to work after we had one each and I thought a more icing like glaze would go over better with them:

Gorgeous crumb:

[Spring]

Richard – those spheres are awe inspiring. The sheen is like a mirror!

emmalish – your muffins look delicious.

I made cupcakes from Michael Ruhlman’s recipe for pound cake from Ratio:

The only thing that I did differently was to use 10X in the glaze. I was taking them to work after we had one each and I thought a more icing like glaze would go over better with them:

Gorgeous crumb:

OMG those look fantastic

[Spring]

Here are my Easter bunnies. White are passionfruit marshmallow, milk are gianduja and dark are manjari/madagascar. They are just looking for a good home.

ME ME!!! they are beautiful Ruth

[Spring]

Here are some Easter eggs I've been playing with. Well, they're actually spheres because I have more sphere moulds. Mainly based on ideas from Wybauw's decor book.

They are beautiful

[emmalish]

I've finally gotten around to making Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies. OMG people, someone tell me why I haven't made these before!?

Just look at this cookie!

Seriously, the photo doesn't do it justice. These cookies are so chocolatey, they're almost black. I think I've just heard so many raves about them that I was afraid they couldn't possibly live up to all the hype. Boy was I wrong.

The plan was to have a few myself and take the rest to work. Heh. That ain't happenin'.

[RWood]

This cake was a major pain. The people couldn't decide what they wanted. It was a birthday cake for only 10-12 people, but it had to be a "display". I don't do cakes full time, I would go nuts. I'm sure there will be something wrong with it anyway.

[Kerry Beal]

This cake was a major pain. The people couldn't decide what they wanted. It was a birthday cake for only 10-12 people, but it had to be a "display". I don't do cakes full time, I would go nuts. I'm sure there will be something wrong with it anyway.

Looks pretty amazing for a major pain! Love the shells - what are they made with?

[RWood]

The shells and coral are a 50/50 mix of fondant and gumpaste. There are a few real ones mixed in (that's how they wanted it). I used lustre dust to color them. I think the cake is fine, but if you saw the 30 something emails back and forth, you would understand

[deensiebat]

RWood: Gorgeous!

Emmalish: I had the same reaction when I finally tried the World Peace Cookies a few months back.

I needed a last-minute Passover dessert Satuday, and made the Payard flourless chocolate walnut cookies:

[Kim Shook]

emmalish – I am also ashamed that I haven’t ever made these after hearing all the raves. Now that I’ve SEEN them, I’ve gotta make them! Wow.

My Easter dessert buffet:

Sugar cookies:

Coconut cake w/ lemon curd filling:

inside:

Meringue cupcakes:

This was a Martha Stewart recipe. Gluten free for a niece – I served them with whipped cream and macerated strawberries and brushed them with luster dust for a pretty touch:

Carrot cake cooky bars:

[emmalish]

Kim, all I can say is do it!!

And here I was, feeling so proud of myself for making cookies this weekend, and lookit you! Where on earth do you find the time?

[Honkman]

An Old German Family Recipe for Sour Cherry Pie

[Lior]

Kim!! Wow! SO many beautiful things! So much love!! You are one of a kind!!

[ManhattanLawyer]

Here is a dark chocolate tart with fleur de sel.

[Special K]

No pictures, sorry, but I made some little creme brulees on Sunday. I'd bought some St. Marcellin cheese and it came in tiny little crocks (about 1/3 cup). The salesperson mentioned that the crocks would be great for little creme brulees and so of course I had to make some.

Whenever I make snickerdoodles I always have leftover sugar/cinnamon mix, and some time back I made something else (I forget what) that I rolled in a sugar/ginger mix. Well, I sifted and combined the two sugar mixes, then put them away and forgot all about them - until these creme brulees!

Mmm, mmm! Had to use regular brown sugar for the carmelized sugar topping, though (the spices in the sugar mix burned).

[dystopiandreamgirl]

i know easter is long over, but i was too busy to post then...

orange / sour cream pound cake

tangerines and blood oranges macerated in cointreau and orange-blossom water

(i found this pan at the goodwill for 3 bucks!)

panna cotta with orange sauce, raspberries, mint and candied violets

(found this pan at st.vincent de paul for 2 bucks!)

[Kim Shook]

dystopiandreamgirl – your panna cotta is just so lovely and the pan you used is just perfect.

Inspired by emmalish’s gorgeous picture, I made Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace cookies today:

Truly some of the most divine cookies I’ve ever tasted.

[Kim Shook]

Someone at work ordered a giant cupcake cake to give to a friend:

The cake was a weird recipe – Melted Ice Cream Cake. It’s one of those Ann Byrn cake mix fix-up recipes. I still haven’t found a yellow cake recipe that I love, so when someone requests yellow cake, I tend to tart up a cake mix. This was actually pretty good – you just add melted ice cream in place of any water and oil to the cake mix and then add eggs. The cake was very moist and dense and rich flavored. The frosting is my usual Fudgy Chocolate Buttercream. I used a yellow-dyed white buttercream on the bottom to mimic a paper cupcake cup.

[Darienne]

I saw the word 'cupcake' and thought...Kim Shook. All hail the Cupcake Cueen!!

[merstar]

For my birthday today, one of my favorites:

Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cake:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/101955

Edited April 24, 2010 by merstar (log)

[Aloha Steve]

For my birthday today, one of my favorites:

Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cake:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/101955

Happy Birthday !!!!!! The cake looks yum.

[merstar]

For my birthday today, one of my favorites:

Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cake:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/101955

Happy Birthday !!!!!! The cake looks yum.

Thanks, Steve!!!

[Darienne]

Dessert started with thawed extra frozen whipping cream and ended up as Creme Anglaise with Floating Islands with blackberries.

The little meringues were so good. And with less sugar than I have seen in a recipe...but then I have little experience.

Here's the dessert. Took a bite before I remembered the eG credo: First we photograph; then we eat.

[Aloha Steve]

Coconut Blondies

Have not tasted yet but my BH says they are like a yummy exotic chocolate chip cookie.