Gingerbread made from oatmeal, treacle, golden syrup, and dark brown sugar, spiced with ground ginger and nutmeg. I like the idea of bonfire night, and enjoy thinking of all manner of things to be eaten out of hand before this extremely pagan ritual, but I haven’t actually been out to a see any fireworks for […]
Category: Baking
German chocolate jimbo cake
Well, here we are. A tall cake, full of flavour and texture: there’s chocolate cake, a coconut filling that is better than a Bounty bar, salty-sweet pecan-feuilletine crunch, and mellow Ovaltine frosting. Each layer is delicious on its own but makes the most sense together. It’s a lot of work and I’m very proud of […]
Bravetart’s feuilletine recipe (small batch with parchment paper and a butter knife)
So I found a recipe which used feuilletine and thought: today is the day I finally attempt this, since I refuse to spend five quid on a box of it. Homemade feuilletine! This is @bravetart’s recipe. LOV THE CRONCH #baking A post shared by Pear (@pearpiesyrup) on Jul 31, 2017 at 12:25pm PDT Stella Parks’ […]
Choux au craquelin stuffed with banana custard
Not much to say, except these are rather good. Standard choux pastries topped with a rich, barely sweet cocoa cookie crust and stuffed with banana-infused pastry cream. You might be thinking: why bother infusing it? Surely it’s nicer and simpler to just have fresh sliced banana. I am not denying you that option, rather, I’m suggesting this […]
Chocolate hazelnut brown butter cake
This chocolate-deep, star-topped cake formed part of my New Year’s spread, the first party I’ve thrown in absolute years. The rest of the menu: Massaman curry, half of Leela’s with chicken drumsticks Khanom jeen nam ya (rice noodles + curry chicken) – this is made to be served at room temp, which helps a lot Mac & cheese, […]