Beignets
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, desserts & sweets
I thought after my last post about the brioche with chocolate ganache, things couldn’t really get much better – but then I tried these. They are made from the same brioche dough, but they’re fried. And doused with powdered sugar. And those two things can only mean goodness (although, maybe not for the scale the [...]
Brioche with Chocolate Ganache
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, desserts & sweets
I’ve never made brioche before; in fact, I’ve never even made bread before I received my copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day for Christmas last year. I’ve been so happy with the master recipe and how versatile it is that I’ve barely explored any of the other doughs and recipes in the [...]
Tags: chocolate, French, ganache, pastry
Happy Mum’s Day: Petits Fours
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets, holidays
Finally, I finished the mother’s day treats: petits fours! Tiny, double-layer cherry chip cakes covered in poured fondant, each with a mum on top made of royal icing. I baked them using a bite-size cake/brownie mold: Once cooled, I cut off the tops to level the mini cakes. Then, for each petit four, I stuck [...]
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