Flakey tart shell with cream cheese filling that is topped with blueberry compote If you recall we were experimenting with the ratios of two types of flours (cake and all-purpose) in the preparation of tart dough shells for the summer about a month ago. If you want to refresh your memory, please click here. Also, …
What a beautiful day today! The sun is shining, the sky is bright blue and there is this gentle breeze, just enough for flying the flags that decorate the many homes around us. By now, Ken is pretty much used to the idea that the entire country is celebrating his birthday. For years, we were …
A variation of Rigo Jancsi (Double chocolate sponge cake, with mile high chocolate mousse and whipped cream fillings) If you have visited me often, you know that I love to teach and I love to share my knowledge with anyone interested to listen. Lately, I have carried out my wish for “sharing” by guest posting …
Brioche dough used in making a Walnut-layered, apricot jam-filled Yeast-leavened Sweet Cake If you recall, in my earlier post about yeast-leavened cakes, I promised to write a post about how seemingly minor differences in a recipe will create a substantially different cake. I love to bake sweet yeast-leavened cakes, because they are great for a …
A two-layers tart; usually not used with fruit fillings Hi, I am back. I trust every body is doing fine and you all enjoyed some great fruit tarts for the weekend? So lets continue with our tarts preparation. I like desserts that are easy to prepare, but not if it is on the account of …
Apricot Tart, used the Pate Brisee Recipe, with a mixture of cake-and all-purpose flour in a ratio of 1:1 Make Ahead Desserts for the Entire Summer – Then Relax and Serve or Setup a Buffet The first thing we need to think about is what type(s) of desserts we want to make this summer. I …
Last night I was tired to work, tired to write, I was even tired to watch anything on the TV, but not yet tired enough to call it a day. I was relaxing on my best armchair and while staring at the ceiling, it hit me – how about just surfing on the Internet with …
Isn’t it gorgeous? Yesterday I had a surprise visit from my friend and she brought some dairy stuff from her refrigerator because she had to travel unexpectedly to visit a family member that became ill. I received a few packages of farmer cheese (each weighs 8 ounces), goat cheese (each weighs 4 ounces), butter, sour …
Rigo Jancsi, the hungarian chocolate mousse cake I grew up with I decided to take a tour in the dessert blogging community and select the top 10 dessert blogs for you for the Memorial Day Holiday. The criteria for inclusion in this list, include the following: I hit the site and I yell out: Wow! …
III. Chocolate Cookbooks Cookbooks that discuss, cover, photograph, teach and write about chocolates are as important for us, chocolate enthusiast, as air to keeping us alive. Some of us are serious collectors with perhaps hundreds of books in our library; it is enough that the book has only the word “chocolate” buried somewhere on page …