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Category Archives: Other Desserts
Happy Pi Day!
This year’s occurrence of the geeky new tradition, Pi Day, coincided with a rare snow day in the Northeastern U.S. and I had an unlikely opportunity to throw myself into a little baking to celebrate. Cherry Pi’s – As individual, … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, Holidays, Other Desserts, Pastry, Savory, Themed
Tagged fancy meat pie, fancy pie, Geek, Holidays, meat pie, Pastry, pi, pi day
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Constructive Failures
This weekend presented me with a low-pressure opportunity to try some creative things that were new to me. Some were spectacular, visual failures, and others turned out relatively acceptable. I did learn a lot of things along the way, though, … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Other Desserts
Tagged Chocolate frosting, french meringue, Ganache, meringue
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PB Pavlova
I hear it’s sacrilege, but that hasn’t stopped my oven before… Coming from a fluffernutter culture, meringue and peanut butter make an intriguing combination I’ve been having fun experimenting with. In this case, I went for a pavlova with a … Continue reading
Posted in Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Other Desserts, Pastry
Tagged french meringue, Gluten Free, meringue, meringue cookies, pavlova, Peanut Butter
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Chocolate Swiss Meringue Roses
Pssst – you can pipe Italian and Swiss meringue pretty much like piping butter cream… Pass it on I keep falling in love with meringues in new ways. I wanted to do something easy for a recent event, but be … Continue reading
Posted in Cookies, Dairy Free, Other Desserts
Tagged chocolate meringue, meringue, meringue cookies, rose, swiss meringue
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The Crown Cream Puffs
I love making cream puffs – they seem to have a great balance between the rich, custardy filling and the choux casing. Also, I believe I have an edge in the game: since I keep chickens, I tend to have extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Other Desserts, Pastry
Tagged choux, cream puff, Crown, Eggs, Esther, Holiday, Pastry cream, Princess, profiterole, Purim, Queen
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Heart-ier Palmiers
I wanted a pretty and snackable pastry that could show a little love for my guys. With only minor tweaking, the classic palmier, or elephant ear, can be coaxed into a heart shape and livened-up with raspberry jam. (Too much … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Other Desserts, Pastry
Tagged Elephant ear, Heart, Palmier, Puff pastry, Raspberry, Valentine's, Valentine's Day
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Viking Pie/Cake
On the occasion of a dear friend’s birthday, I got to have a lot of fun making something less traditional. She’s a huge scholar of Viking culture and a culinary anthropologist. One of her very favorite desserts is lemon meringue … Continue reading
Posted in Other Desserts, Pastry, Themed
Tagged Boat, Italian Meringue, Lemon, Lemon curd, Lemon meringue, lemon tart, Pie, Ricotta, Ricotta pie, Sable, Ship, Viking
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