Candied Pears are a beautiful and completely edible decoration for cakes, cupcakes, or any other creative baking project. These stained glass candied pears would make a beautiful window in a gingerbread house!
This recipe was given to me for my cookbook, Heirloom Kitchen, by Bea, an immigrant from Belgrade. After she makes a buttery dough, she expertly braids it over the creamy, dill and cheese filling. This recipe makes three, freezable danish. So, bake one for now and save the other two for a future appetizer or snack in less than an hour.
Or at least, I’ve tried to make the technical challenge! I was lucky enough to be sent a GBBO mystery baking box from Stork in order to bake this week’s technical challenge – the …
Growing up there was one cookbook that stood out among the rest: the bright yellow tattered copy of La Cuisinière Provençale, a classic French cookbook originally published in 1897 that favored simple recipes without superfluous fuss or drama. One of our favorites is a surprisingly simple recipe for the quintessential French cookie: Madeleines.We learned to make these cookies years ago with our Tante Marie teaching us the way her mother had taught her.
Candied Pears are a beautiful and completely edible decoration for cakes, cupcakes, or any other creative baking project. These stained glass candied pears would make a beautiful window in a gingerbread house!
Mary’s light fruit cake is covered with marzipan and fondant icing to look like a tennis court, but you can easily adapt it to your sport of choice. A great birthday cake for sports fans! You will need a deep 23x15cm/9x6in rectangular cake tin and 4 nozzles for piping (no. 2 writing nozzle, no. 3 writing nozzle, no. 7 small star nozzle and no. 8 medium star nozzle).
It’s probably a good thing that croissants are so fussy to make or I’d be eating them every day. As it is, the whole process of making the croissant dough, layering it with butter (and then more butter), shaping the rolls, and baking them to crispy perfection is at least a two-day affair. But friends, I have to tell you — it is so very worth it.
These sweet steamed buns are a German speciality and should have a caramelised bottom and soft pillowy tops. For this recipe you will need a large, non-stick sauté pan with a lid.
This is one of those recipes that is great to have in your back pocket. Once you know the technique you can make dessert with a bare minimum of ingredients and such little effort. Pavlova supposedly gets its name from the ballerina Anna Pavlova, maybe she was a fan of meringue or maybe th
Brick, or warka, pastry is a very fine, crispy pastry, not too dissimilar to filo and used extensively in North African cooking.
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It feels so fancy to put them on a cookie tray for a spot of afternoon tea.
Simple Ukrainian pork dumplings with a nutty twist
Homemade marzipan is much tastier than store-bought, and a lot less expensive.
This is a great breakfast treat from Edd Kimber, the delicious creamy custard topped with sharp blueberries is a really fabulous combination.
His exotic Tarte au Citron, for starters.
What’s a gal to do when left alone with a bunch of shockingly red spring rhubarb, a few spare eggs, and a meager cup of milk in the fridge? Why, make clafouti! Clafouti is that brilliant French dessert made by pouring an eggy batter over fresh fruit. This bakes into a soft, vanilla-scented custard that is firm enough to serve in slices but soft enough to eat with a spoon. Rhubarb makes a great alternative to the cherries that are traditionally used to make clafouti.
Dessert German-style, these little dumplings, or 'dampfnudel', can be sweet or savoury. Ours are poached to perfection and bathed in vanilla custard - a comfort-food classic
Plaited loaves look fabulous and provide lots of lovely golden crust with a soft fluffy crumb. The plaiting can be tricky so watch the video to help you pick up the technique.
This traditional Jewish braided loaf is incredibly soft, slightly chewy, and a little sweet. Follow my step-by-step tutorial for creating beautifully shaped challah at home.
Nine of our favorite recipes featuring maple, a wonderful way to celebrate the fall season. From breakfast to dinner, there's something for everyone!
This recipe comes from Padma Lakshmi and is a part of Food52's Bake Off benefitting No Kid Hungry.
This rustic looking loaf is called epi bread or wheat stalk bread. Individual rolls can be broken off for easy passing around the table, perfect to serve with any holiday meal.
Step-by-step method for making Viennese whirls with vanilla bean buttercream yourself.
Learn how to make the perfect chiffon cake that is airy, light, tall, and springy. Troubleshooting included!
I wish I could say that I first tasted cannelés in France, escaping from a Bordeaux bakery with a glossy brown cake that could easily fit in the palm of my hand and eating it while it was still warm. This is where my boyfriend had his cannelé epiphany. He claims it was so good that it just isn’t possible for any other cannelé, anywhere outside of Bordeaux, to compete.
Brioche Loaves
Layers of buttery, flaky laminated pastry are swirled around a lightly spiced, pleasantly gooey cherry compote, then brushed with orange liqueur and sprinkled with pulverized pistachios after baking. For an alcohol-free alternative, swap out the liqueur for a mixture of honey and fresh orange juice.
We watch a number of different cooking shows, which leads me into all sorts of mischief. Like making my own cheese . Or grinding my ow...
This Sfogliatelle recipe is made of many, thin layers of dough that bake up delicately crisp and encases a creamy filling made with ricotta and semolina flour.
Before starting this Savarin Dough recipe, make sure you have organised all the necessary ingredients. Dissolve the fresh baker's yeast in warm milk. In a stand mixer bowl, shape the flour into a fountain. Add the sugar and salt. Mix with the flat beater for a few seconds ...
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A foolproof chocolate souffle recipe that can be made ahead of time! This easy chocolate souffle recipe is a great dessert idea for Valentine's Day or a special anniversary dinner!
The technique for shaping pretzels is tricky, but once you’ve got the hang of it you’ll return to this recipe time and again. There’s enough dough for six sweet orange and poppy seed pretzels and six savoury salted pretzels.
The best cut-out sugar cookies you can make! A delicious dough, with tips for cutting out pretty shapes and easy decorating.
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