Baked anything tasty lately?

Spanish Eyes · 16-04-2022 7:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118935530#Comment_118935530

I used Avonmore fresh cream in the blue bottle. Not the purple double cream one. Oh and threw in a pinch of salt for balance. Ok that's 4 ingredients, 5 if you count the three drops of vanilla extract lol.

SnowyMuckish · 21-04-2022 8:16pm

A birthday cake I made today.

sporina · 25-04-2022 4:28pm

@SnowyMuckish wow I'd love to see it sliced? or a slice/wedge?

SnowyMuckish · 25-04-2022 5:06pm

Unfortunately it was a disaster inside 😂. I filled it with strawberries, jam and a mix of cream with Betty Crocker buttercream. In my wisdom I thought I’d add a tablespoon or 2 of icing sugar to the buttercream to create a harder dam layer but the whole mixture, strawberries and all started to run and slop out of the cake and there almost wasn’t a cake for the birthday 😅.

sporina · 25-04-2022 10:42pm

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oh no way - thats mad.. looks so fantastic..

fair play to you for being so honest

i'm sure your loved one appreciated your effort though.

how did it taste?

SnowyMuckish · 25-04-2022 10:56pm

Ah thanks! I managed to salvage it with a few hours cooling in the fridge and scooping out the spilled filling. Regardless of the disaster it tasted good anyways and no one was any the wiser of what could have been 👌😅

Muahahaha · 17-05-2022 1:55pm

Does anyone know the name of a brand of semolina flour and what supermarket I would find it in? Specifically flour as I need it for the high gluten content, there are other things that call themselves semolina but now Ive discovered they are referring to the courseness of the grind rather than actual semolina flour, I think polenta and cornmeal are two of them.

It just caught me out in a baking disaster, I followed the dough recipe to a tee but still ended up with a gloopy dough that cant be handled and is only fit for the compost heap. I added more normal flour to it but it was beyond saving without vastly compromising the recipe. I dont have the packaging anymore but I think I used cornmeal which was labelled as semolina and thats why the dough wont come together. The rest of the label was in Italian so was hard to distinguish what it was but it did have semolina printed on it. So need to be certain Im buying semolina flour before I go at it again which I why Im asking for a brand name and exactly where to get it, have never seen it in Aldi or Lidl anyway.

New Home · 17-05-2022 2:23pm

Will you post a pic of the label of the one you have? Reverse image search in google and/or google translate would help.

Tree · 17-05-2022 6:24pm

I buy semoline in the asian shop for the most part, coarse for sliding pizza around and fine for making pasta. I've picked up the dececco for making pasta in the past too.

Gloomtastic! · 17-05-2022 6:43pm

Yeah, the Asian shops have semolina in three or four different grades of courseness.

sdp · 09-06-2022 6:20am

strawberry and cream puffs

Patsy167 · 09-06-2022 2:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119177219#Comment_119177219

Amazing! Is it rolled puff pastry you used or a recipe from scratch?

sdp · 10-06-2022 9:23am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119179202#Comment_119179202

Thanks, its a rough puff pastry, (cupcake Jemma ) 😁

donnacha · 17-06-2022 11:49pm

Enjoying experimenting with the sourdough recipes. The darker loaf here is 30% rye with milk and honey.

cnocbui · 20-06-2022 5:00pm

I finally bought some proper brioche tins and now they look the part as well as tasting it.

SnowyMuckish · 20-06-2022 10:10pm

Jurassic World cake taking shape, I must admit I’m excited about this one. Part 2 finished job to come!

SnowyMuckish · 22-06-2022 9:58pm

Bottom deck almost done, false cake, top layer will be the real cake.

Shenshen · 27-06-2022 8:02am

Custard slices. These days, I'm always on the lookout for recipes where I can easily replace sugar with xylitol, and this one is ideal.

TheKBizzle · 07-07-2022 8:43am

Raspberry and White Chocolate jumbo muffins

leahyl · 07-07-2022 9:22am

MMM they look amazing TheKBizzle! Care to share the recipe? They're huge!

TheKBizzle · 07-07-2022 12:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119302545#Comment_119302545

∙2 large eggs + 2 yolks

∙210g caster sugar

∙225g sour cream

∙150ml buttermilk

∙3ml vanilla extract

∙50ml veg oil

∙50g butter (melted and cooled)

∙375g plain four

∙8g salt

∙9g baking powder

∙4g baking soda

∙280g fresh or frozen raspberries

Add sugar and eggs into a bowl and whisk to combine. To that, add sour cream, buttermilk, vanilla, oil, and butter. Whisk to combine.

In a separate bowl measure dry ingredients. Whisk to combine. Add wet ingredients to dry. Add raspberries and white chocolate fold until just combined. Add muffin liners and fill each muffin hole with 225g or a rounded if using a jumbo 6-muffin pan or about 110g if using 12 tin pan. Top each muffin with a sprinkle of brown sugar. Bake in preheated 175°c oven for 30-32min.