Your Daily Sweets (2005-2012)

[nikkib]

Peanut butter parfait with peanut butter crunch tuile, cherry sorbet and cherry sauce, Absolutely fantastic mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Parmhero]

Today's dessert: Nougat gugelhupf on Mocha sauce with mint leaves

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That looks lovely!

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That does look nice, legourmet. Very professional looking. Did you make it yourself, or is it a restuarant dessert? Your post didn't make it clear.

[ludja]

Now I want individual gugelhupf molds!

The recipe also sounds like an interesting variation on the traditional recipes, legourmet.

[Swisskaese]

I don't normally bake during term time since the oven in my residence kitchen is pretty dodgy, but I made some apple tartlets this morning because this afternoon my team competes in qualifying race heats, and I thought we'd probably want a little something for afterwards.

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Those are gorgeous!!! Can we have the recipe?

[Ling]

lexy: I love how you layered the apple slices to resemble a flower! Very pretty indeed!

I made brownies for dessert.

[legourmet]

That does look nice, legourmet. Very professional looking. Did you make it yourself, or is it a restuarant dessert? Your post didn't make it clear.

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I made it myself.

[lexy]

Those are gorgeous!!! Can we have the recipe?

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Thank you! - unfortunately they got a bit squashed before the end of the day.

The recipe is a loose adaptation of Rose Levy Beranbaum's Open-Faced Designer Apple Pie (pg. 84 of the Pie and Pastry Bible)

Make a batch of your preferred pie dough (I use my Mum's recipe, but it doesn't really matter much what you use - phyllo or puff pastry would probably be nice too), roll it out and cut out circles about 3-4" wide (depending on the size of your muffin tin). Blind bake the pastry shells at 425?F for a little under ten minutes, then prick the bottoms and put them back into the oven, uncovered, until lightly browned. Let cool.

For the apple filling:

I used four medium-small apples for 12 tartlets, but mileage may vary. Peel, core, and halve the apples and slice them as thinly as possible. Toss with 2/3 cup brown sugar (packed), splash of lemon juice, pinch salt, shake of cinnamon, and a touch of nutmeg. Let the apples macerate for at least an hour (I left mine overnight in the fridge with good results). Strain the apples, reserving the liquid. Add a knob of butter to the reserved apple-sugar liquid and boil down untiil syrupy and lightly caramelised. Arrange the apple slices in the now-cooled pastry shells, starting from the outsides of the shells, and layering the apple slices in tighter circles as you get towards the centre. Pour the caramel-syrup over the tarts and let cool. If you transport them, do so very carefully, because there isn't actually much holding the apples in place.

[Abra]

Gorgeous and interesting, Lexy. So the apple slices aren't actually cooked, only the shells and the syrup?

[Chufi]

Lexy, they are very pretty!

Today I tested a recipe for a catering job I'm doing in June. I don't have to do all the food (for 150 people) but I will have to make dessert. Lexy, when I saw your apple tarts I actually thought of doing those!

here are the cakes I made today: strawberry/almond/cinnamon cakes. The fruit is baked with the dough, which is equal amounts of sugar, butter, selfraising flour and ground almonds. The cinnamon gives it a lovely and unusual flavor. We just had it for dessert.. Now, will I be able to make 150 of them

[Megan Blocker]

Catering job? Go Klary! Those cakes are gorgeous...really beautiful stuff.

Today I had lunch at Andre's, a cafe just downstairs from my apartment. The desserts there are fabulous, though I'm still partial to the croissants. Today's dessert was chocolate mousse cake.

Needless to say - I could only eat about half (after cherry soup and weiner schnitzel, I think half is respectable :laugh).

[lancastermike]

lexy: I love how you layered the apple slices to resemble a flower! Very pretty indeed!

I made brownies for dessert.

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Perfect brownies Ling, looks like a straw could be used to eat them, my favorite kind, they are lovely

[Desiderio]

Ysterday and today ( and probably tomorrow )Sfogliatelle with Lobster tail filling.

Kinda hard to accomplish with no rolling machine for the dough so they are very rustic look.Maybe next investment will be a pasta rolling attachment for my KA .Hehe we have been muching on them so the filling went little bit everywhere ,oh well they taste good though, a taste I havent had for a while .

Ahh and my PH chocolate dessert arrived today, cant wait to experiment something out of it .

Edited May 21, 2006 by Desiderio (log)

[miladyinsanity]

Cinnamon sugar cookies--a bit too sweet, but good that way.

Flourless Chocolate cupcakes.

I swear, I should have gotten the user ID KitchenDisaster. Last week when I made the cupcakes, I used too much sugar.

This time? I forgot to add the flour! That's why they are flourless. It's not the original recipe--original recipe contains 1tbsp of flour, which contributes quite a lot to the texture, despite the small amount.

[Swisskaese]

Ysterday and today ( and probably tomorrow )Sfogliatelle with Lobster tail filling.

Kinda hard to accomplish with no rolling machine for the dough so they are very rustic look.Maybe next investment will be a pasta rolling attachment for my KA  .Hehe we have been muching on them so the filling went little bit everywhere ,oh well they taste good though, a taste I havent had for a while .

Ahh and my  PH chocolate dessert arrived today, cant wait to experiment something out of it .

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Those look great Desiderio and I know that they are not easy to make. Almost as good as the ones I had in Italy.

[lexy]

Gorgeous and interesting, Lexy.  So the apple slices aren't actually cooked, only the shells and the syrup?

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Hmm, having read your comment, not baking the apples didn't sound quite right so I double-checked the recipe - oops, I was meant to bake them after layering in the apples! That'll teach me to bake by (hazy) memory. That said, I don't think they lost anything by being uncooked - it gave them a firmer bite, although because they had been sliced thinly and macerated they were nowhere near the crunchiness of a raw apple. I'd try baking if I made them again, but to be honest I rather liked them as I (incorrectly) made them.

[alanamoana]

vanessa,

i love sfogliatelle but am intimidated by the dough. yours look great!

p.s. don't apologize for your spelling...i think it is cute to read your posts in "italian/english"!

[Desiderio]

vanessa,

i love sfogliatelle but am intimidated by the dough.  yours look great!

p.s. don't apologize for your spelling...i think it is cute to read your posts in "italian/english"!

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Hehe thank you

[Desiderio]

Ysterday and today ( and probably tomorrow )Sfogliatelle with Lobster tail filling.

Kinda hard to accomplish with no rolling machine for the dough so they are very rustic look.Maybe next investment will be a pasta rolling attachment for my KA  .Hehe we have been muching on them so the filling went little bit everywhere ,oh well they taste good though, a taste I havent had for a while .

Ahh and my  PH chocolate dessert arrived today, cant wait to experiment something out of it .

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Those look great Desiderio and I know that they are not easy to make. Almost as good as the ones I had in Italy.

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Thank you ,I am sure they are nothing like the one you had in Italy ,but its a start , the only thing is that you really need a long work surface or a rolling machine ,welll we do what we can right ?

[RuthWells]

Last night one son wanted lemon squares and one wanted mixed-berry shortcakes. To try to please everyone, I made shortcake biscuits and served them split and filled with fresh lemon curd and lightly mascerated berries. It would have been even nicer with a dollop of whipped cream, but nobody complained!

[Ling]

I went to a luau party today! I made a coconut cream cake (coconut cream filling recipe based loosely on the Peninsula Grill cake) with lemon buttermilk layers, lemon cream cheese frosting, mango gelee, and brittle pieces.

Also had a slice of cassava cake, some gingerbread, and a cream puff at the party.

When I got home, I had a bowl of the leftover coconut cream filling...I made extra today, just so I could have more even though the cake is gone!

[dejaq]

I don't normally bake during term time since the oven in my residence kitchen is pretty dodgy, but I made some apple tartlets this morning because this afternoon my team competes in qualifying race heats, and I thought we'd probably want a little something for afterwards.

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Those are gorgeous!!! Can we have the recipe?

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they really are, wow I think I know what I am having in the morning for breakfast...

Michael

[Eden]

My wonderful husband made Basil icecream for dessert tonight. if I hadn't done it already, I'd marry him for this one - it's SO lush!

Lexy those apple tarts are an inspiration!

And Desiderio's lobster tails make me think of my favorite pastry shop in Positano

[Patrick S]

I've been doing a bunch of bite-sized desserts using my little tart pans. Actually I don't know if they are supposed to be tart pans or petite brioche pans, but they work fine as tart pans regardless.

Little financiers:

Lemon cream tartlets:

Milk chocolate ganache tarts with dark caramel and a sprinkle of sea salt:

Mini lemon meringue pies:

[Desiderio]

I've been doing a bunch of bite-sized desserts using my little tart pans. Actually I don't know if they are supposed to be tart pans or petite brioche pans, but they work fine as tart pans regardless.

Little financiers:

Lemon cream tartlets:

Milk chocolate ganache tarts with dark caramel and a sprinkle of sea salt:

Mini lemon meringue pies:

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Oh I love mini tarts,those are sooo beautiful!

[Desiderio]

My wonderful husband made Basil icecream for dessert tonight.  if I hadn't done it already, I'd marry him for this one - it's SO lush!

Lexy those apple tarts are an inspiration! 

And Desiderio's lobster tails make me think of my favorite pastry shop in Positano 

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Ahhh Eden you are honoring me !! I wish they were even close to something coming out of Campania

I can understand ,want to marry someone that can make Basil ice cream!!!!!!!!Lucky Girl