i skipped the chocolate sponge for this one, but it’s because i prefer the silky texture of just the ganache and glaze.

i’m putting this one back on the menu for the holidays!

my key ingredients:
- chocolate pâte sucrée
- chocolate ganache
- dark chocolate glaze

Tried to make matcha pistachio macarons

Matcha powder isn't good with high heat & has oxidised (it doesn't taste or smell burnt at all)

For next time, I'll beat matcha powder into meringue to begin with

I have been making fruit syrups from home garden fruits the past few years. When I boil the fruit juice and sugar mixture, I remove the “scum” from the surface. It’s actually a lovely sweet foamy substance that I hate to throw away - a little like that marshmallow fluff in a jar. This time it was from passion fruit, so the fluff was quite tart and fragrant.

Does anyone have suggestions for how I might use it?

My aunt loves desserts especially cakes but I've never baked a day in my life nor do i have an oven. It's her birthday on Thursday and i really really want to make her a dessert. I have a chocolate cake in mind with a simple topping of ganache (cause i do not have the skills to ice the cake). I am a bit hesitant since I've never baked before and I'm willing to give other desserts a try since I've made other kinds of desserts before (which did not require baking). So please drop your ideas!

Taiwan Street restaurant in Wisconsin

And they were soooo good. Especially the palmier.

Due to cuberdons’ resemblance to a certain facial feature, they’re also known as neuzekes, or “small noses” in Flemish. It’s only fitting, then, that the bitter vendor disputes surrounding the sweet have become known as the “War of the Noses.” The rivalry began in 2011 in Ghent’s Groentenmarkt, when vendor Sonny Breine opened a stall outside Carl Demeestere’s store. Demeestere retaliated by opening his own stall right next to his competitor. After each vendor displayed signs criticizing the other’s product, tensions escalated into screaming matches and a fist fight that resulted in a two-week confiscation of both their licenses in 2014. 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/cuberdons-war-of-the-noses-ghent-belgium

🇧🇷 Brazilian dessert recipe

Ready for the oven.

(Baked pie photo will be added later as we are off to curling)

First time attempting salted caramel macarons today

Sorry for bad colour of shells, I tried to get caramel colour. Will just buy caramel food colouring next time

- I made caramel from scratch with sugar/water syrup cooked for caramel, added heavy cream & finished with butter & salt, very strong caramel taste

- I've bought caramel macarons from local cafe before, it tastes like caramel syrup & very sweet

I might just make caramel ganache or caramel buttercream for next time

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from a recent batch of orders!

my key ingredients:

— pâte sucrée
— lemon cream
— french meringue