Baking
I’ve never actually seen, or even tasted a macaroon, but after reading post after post about these beautiful delicacies by many food bloggers I held them in the highest regard as one of the most delightful yet difficult petit fours in the dessert world. Because of the the difficulty rating that everyone seemed to give [...]
After reading Jen’s post about making chocolate-filled sable biscuits, I decided to give them a try myself as I’m also quite a fan of Shannon Bennett’s book “My Vue”. Similar to a shortbread biscuit, these sable biscuits have an almost ’sandy’ texture upon the first bite, but very quickly dissolve into nothing but a sweet [...]
One of my favourite cakes in my repetoire is a cinnamon teacake which takes a total of about 45 minutes from start to finish, and is the perfect accompaniment to a good cup of coffee or tea. The cake itself is very simply flavoured, but the cinnamon sugar on top provides crunch as well as [...]
Now, I’ve had one prior success with a muffin/cupcake recipe which turned out well as you may have seen, but unfortunately the next day the oil started to ooze out of the cupcakes, and by the third morning they were extremely dry and stale. Not impressive at all, I must admit that I was quite [...]
This cake is delightful - light, airy, nutty and the cream is lovely and sweet without tasting too rich. It’s starts with a meringue mix, and needs a lot of care so it’s not a cake for a quick night fix but more for an afternoon tea or dinner party dessert.
The icing isn’t meant to [...]
