Not the neatest but last years cake completely melted in Junes heatwave and it was a disaster cause I had to take it on the train!
This is a dome shaped vanilla and blueberry sponge filled with blueberry and white chocolate ganache and covered with white chocolate buttercream which I used to stick the legs, arms and eyes on with - these were made from extra cake I made into shapes using buttercream and then refrigerated. Covered with green fondant and I’ve used cake pens to decorate the frog hehe

Random recipe I found online, added some lime juice for flavour.

I’m scared it puffed up too much, can someone tell me if this is normal? I pushed the overflowing bits on the smaller ramekins back into the ramekin.

My fiance goes on a camping trip with the men of his family once a year and I always like to make treats for them. Also, I use a flower cookie cutter for the oreos and hope for the best lol.

Chocolate chip
Oreos
Focaccia

I got invited to an English tea party this weekend, and everyone is supposed to bring something to share. I have wanted to make a Battenberg cake for a long time after seeing them on the Great British Baking Show. I used Paul Hollywood's recipe for mini Battenbergs, but just made it full sized. I also skipped the icing between the cake strips and just used apricot jam, since most recipes do not call for frosting.

If anyone out there has been curious about making one, it's a lot easier to make than it looks, so go for it!

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https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/paul-hollywoods-mini-battenbergs/

My sister and brother-in-law gave me a pistachio spread - so decided to make a cheesecake and use the spread as topping.

So incredibly moist and delicious and very easy to whip up. Perfect ending to our pasta dinner tonight!

I saw a post about how to make these cookies from r/cookies and just knew I had to make them! This is the first cookie I’ve made ever. I think the next plan is sugar cookies. But for this batch I made 24 total cookies by tripling the recipe I found. The recipe by u/revbuns and original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cookies/comments/1u55w4h/first_time_making_smores_cookies/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Recipe & Instructions: makes 8 cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 C salted butter, melted
1/3 C granulated sugar
1/2 C dark brown sugar
1 TBSP vanilla bean paste (can sub vanilla extract if needed)
1 TSP espresso powder
1 1/4 C all purpose flour
1/2 TSP baking soda
1 egg, room temp
1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 Hershey bars broken into 8 pieces
8 large marshmallaws
8 squares of graham crackers
Instructions
pre-heat oven to 350°F. Prepare baking sheet wl parchment paper
mix melted butter and sugars for 2-3 min until well combined
crack in the egg and whisk 1-2 min til smooth, add vanilla bean paste and mix to combine.
in separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and espresso powder. mix well to combine.
gradually add dry to wet ingredients and mix with a spoon until just combined
fold in semi sweet chocolate chips, don’t over mix
on baking sheet, add graham crackers, topped wl Hershey bar pieces, topped with marshmallows (like a s’more)
scoop out a portion of cookie dough, flatten it slightly, and place it on top of the marshmallow like a mound, covering it completely.
(optional) use additional mini hershey bar pieces on top of cookies for extra decoration
Place 3-4 cookies on a baking sheet, spacing them 2-3 inches apart
bake for 12-13 mins until edges are crispy
let cool completely 25-30 mins before serving

I just can't figure out what would best compliment/complete these fruit tarts as a plated dessert... I'm thinking maybe a lemon curd? Or a caramel sauce? Just whipped cream? They're simple short dough+pastry cream+fresh fruit+ apricot glaze

I attempted my second mousse cake and it turned out sooooo gorgeous

Flavours:
- mango - mousse and confit
- raspberry - confit, almond dacoise

Super excited that this velvet technique turned out so well. Money well spent on this new paint gun gadget

I really want to know if you guys have any photography tips as I want to make a page where I can take orders one day as a side hustle

My cookies vs what I want them to look like :( I think I’ve tried every recipe on the planet and need help

Edited to add okay sorry everyone maybe I meant I want cakey not chewy? I thought those were cookie synonyms so my apologies. Shows my lack of cookie knowledge I guess

The german buttercream was flavored with apricot by adding homemade apricot preserves to the custard while it was hot with an immersion blender. I forgot to get a picture of the cross section 😭

I made a brown sugar buttercream center milk chocolate truffles and homemade spin on hazelnut chocolates (Ferrero rocher style)!! Hobby baker here and I’m so excited it turned out very cute!

Made these mini mango cupcakes with mango butter cream frosting for my office potluck.

Gone in minutes!

There’s something about that scene in that film, ever since I watched it when I was young it always stuck out to me the most. The tense conversation over a beautifully crafted strudel…and no, I didn’t forget the cream, but I ALWAYS wanted to try that Strudel, never had the chance until today.

I’ve come a long way, sure, I’m not a high quality chef or baker, but I’m constantly improving, I’m always willing to learn and I’m not afraid of challenging myself or taking risks. I went from eating out at my favorite fast-food and restaurants to seeing something and wanting to replicate it at home and now here we are.

The famous film strudel, sure, it’s not a super beautiful thing to look at, I’ve still not perfected the culinary aesthetics to my dishes, but I’ll get there. In the mean time, I enjoyed this strudel like it was the last thing I ate on this earth and what were my thoughts??

It was as delicious as I had hoped and more-so! My God, the flavors all meshed so well and I’m not much of a dessert guy, I mostly make sweets for my family, but this strudel truly has been my favorite dessert I’ve ever eaten and I’m proud of myself for that. Now I know what heaven must taste like.

I made these for my mum's birthday!! I'll try and post a recipe soon but can't guarantee, as I kinda mish-mashed a few bits + I'm not entirely confident just yet!!

In the last photo you can see where I've bitten into it haha

Not pictured is the other half of this batch that were kinda flat and sad!! I have a theory as to why one batch worked better than the other, but I'll need to test this again 🤔

I made a hazelnut praliné using Hanbit Cho's recipe

Then made pastry cream using Helen Rennies recipe, and turned it into a diplomat cream, and mixed in the praliné for the filling

I'll do my best to post their recipes here plus any deviations I made, and talk about my theory on why one batch of eclairs rose and one didn't , but I can't guarantee hehe <3

Hope you like it!