Baked anything tasty lately?

Lisha

First ever attempt at choux pastry.
Shapes are a bit all over the place but my daughter was happy piping lines and balls as the mood took her.
Have cream left over..... there’s no other option I’ll just have to make scones In the morning

Dizzyblonde

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Bread quiz......

https://www.thejournal.ie/bread-quiz-sourdough-5079686-Apr2020/

7/10 here :rolleyes:

6/10

rubadub

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Bread quiz......

https://www.thejournal.ie/bread-quiz-sourdough-5079686-Apr2020/

7/10 here :rolleyes:

7/10 here too, some lucky guesses. I never have had cornbread (that I know of!) whenever I hear the word I think of this guy (from the film Life with Eddie Murphy)

Tree

9/10, the shaobing threw me.

Just to show it's not entirely deserved, today's bread was prooved overnight...

(and it made a phenomenal hang sammich)

I found a couple of stale hot cross buns today, so used them as a base for a bread and butter pudding. I buttered them plus two slices bread. Layered with raisins, 2 beaten eggs, a mug of milk, tablespoon of sugar, nutmeg and mixed spice. I soaked the lot overnight and baked for 45 mins @ 175 degrees. Ate slightly warm with vanilla ice cream. mmmmmmmm

TheKBizzle

Made a batch of vegan strawberry & lemon poppy seed scones this morning.

Lisha

Scones made with leftover sweetened cream.... they are lush and I’m not even a bit sorry.....

Seamai

Got 8 out of 10 in the bread quiz but have to admit 2 were wild guesses. Knew the one about the Latin name for the sourdough yeast though.

Seamai

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I found a couple of stale hot cross buns today, so used them as a base for a bread and butter pudding. I buttered them plus two slices bread. Layered with raisins, 2 beaten eggs, a mug of milk, tablespoon of sugar, nutmeg and mixed spice. I soaked the lot overnight and baked for 45 mins @ 175 degrees. Ate slightly warm with vanilla ice cream. mmmmmmmm

I get a great sense of satisfaction when I use something past it's best by date or I was going to throw out to make something that turns out really delicious.

Minnie Snuggles

Tree wrote: »

9/10, the shaobing threw me.

Just to show it's not entirely deserved, today's bread was prooved overnight...

(and it made a phenomenal hang sammich)

Love it

the beer revolu

I'm really not much of a baker, at all.
But all the baking talk and actually having flour led me to making a small white soda bread.
I put a little polenta in it for colour.
I'm pretty pleased with the result.

https://i.imgur.com/A1S989h.jpg

the beer revolu

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'm really not much of a baker, at all.
But all the baking talk and actually having flour led me to making a small white soda bread.
I put a little polenta in it for colour.
I'm pretty pleased with the result.

https://i.imgur.com/A1S989h.jpg

Brilliant. White soda was a treat when we were kids. It wasn’t until much later that we realised that we only got it when the wholemeal had run out!

Shenshen

I got the idea from reddit and made pesto bread with olives :

ellejay

TheKBizzle wrote: »

Made a batch of vegan strawberry & lemon poppy seed scones this morning.

They look lovely, what makes them vegan though? the fat element of the ingredients?
The star of the show is your view!!

TheKBizzle

ellejay wrote: »

They look lovely, what makes them vegan though? the fat element of the ingredients?
The star of the show is your view!!

Yeah there’s no dairy or eggs in it and I boiled a lemon and blitzed that up minus the seeds and added that. Hard to get tired of that view from my kitchen every day

Planet X

Minnie Snuggles

Planet X wrote: »

You have not only made flapjack interesting - you have made them appetizing.

Shenshen

Walnut Coffee cake

Ryath

Made brioche burger buns again but doubled the recipe and made a loaf with bit under half. Had two egg whites left over so had to use them up so hence the Pavlova!

Conor Bourke

Made a first year Home Ec classic last night: coconut and raspberry buns

Cornelius Crow

Cornelius Crow wrote: »

Made a first year Home Ec classic last night: coconut and raspberry buns

There’s a blast from the past!

Conor Bourke

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There’s a blast from the past!

I know! Was rummaging through my recipe box, thought they’d be nice and I was right! Absolutely delish, real comfort food with a cuppa

pew

I made pitta bread from scratch for the first time. It's very nice.

Sabre0001

Been messing around with a lot over the last little while. Still trying to get the hang of tempering chocolate (I feel like I'm in a race against time once it starts getting close to the right temperature!).

Made honeycomb - fizzed up nicely (one to try with kids if they like the volcano experiment ) but used a metal pan so the sugar kept cooking I think and it also stuck to pan! Ended up cracking some out into a bowl which then congealed into one overnight. Disaster

Did a batch of chocolate chip cookies - always good!

Tried making sable biscuits for first time. Saw them on instagram as a base for plated desserts. Worked out well. Ended up with loads of dough left over!



Experimented with gelatin in mousse to try to get it to hold its shape and then combined the mousse with the biscuit and a chocolate dome (I've been watching too many baking shows )



Yesterday, I made a "brookie" - cookie base and a brownie top layer. BUT the brownie layer seemed to sink into the middle and cookie mixture came up the sides. So I've ended up with a marble cake instead...Tastes nice at least.



Plenty more on the list of things to try to make still

bigron2109

Rice krispes squares made with Mars bars and melted Dairy Milk over the top.

Michellenman

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Been messing around with a lot over the last little while. Still trying to get the hang of tempering chocolate (I feel like I'm in a race against time once it starts getting close to the right temperature!).

Made honeycomb - fizzed up nicely (one to try with kids if they like the volcano experiment ) but used a metal pan so the sugar kept cooking I think and it also stuck to pan! Ended up cracking some out into a bowl which then congealed into one overnight. Disaster

Did a batch of chocolate chip cookies - always good!

Tried making sable biscuits for first time. Saw them on instagram as a base for plated desserts. Worked out well. Ended up with loads of dough left over!



Experimented with gelatin in mousse to try to get it to hold its shape and then combined the mousse with the biscuit and a chocolate dome (I've been watching too many baking shows )



Yesterday, I made a "brookie" - cookie base and a brownie top layer. BUT the brownie layer seemed to sink into the middle and cookie mixture came up the sides. So I've ended up with a marble cake instead...Tastes nice at least.


Plenty more on the list of things to try to make still

You’ve been busy! Those sable biscuits look very professional!

For the honeycomb it needs to be kept in a really dry place, preferably air tight, ie not the fridge etc. If there’s water in the air then it absorbs it and all your pieces will stick together. I’ve found out the hard way!

Brookies work best in my experience with having your brownies batter in the pan first and then dot in balls of frozen cookie dough. It should stop them mixing too much and getting that marbled effect

pew

Made some mini sponge cake buns, filled with fresh cream and homemade lemon curd.

Not the most glamorous looking but very tasty.

Should also mention I dont have an electric whisk so everything was done by hand with either a work, spatula or normal hand whisk

johnmcdnl

Sabre0001

Michellenman wrote: »

You’ve been busy! Those sable biscuits look very professional!

For the honeycomb it needs to be kept in a really dry place, preferably air tight, ie not the fridge etc. If there’s water in the air then it absorbs it and all your pieces will stick together. I’ve found out the hard way!

Brookies work best in my experience with having your brownies batter in the pan first and then dot in balls of frozen cookie dough. It should stop them mixing too much and getting that marbled effect

Thanks! Luckily pans and bowls messed up because of stuck honeycomb clean really easily by just steeping in hot water

the beer revolu

pew wrote: »

Not the most glamorous looking but very tasty.

Genuinely, the thing I most want to eat, on this thread, in ages.