Free Video Tutorials on Baking, Pastry making and Creating Desserts. Have a sweet life!
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have a confession to make. Embarrassingly, I couldn’t ride a bicycle until just a few years ago, believe it or not! I couldn’t hold the balance, and I was scared of falling. Who likes to fall on the tarmac? Not me! At the same time, my nephew (age 4) learned the skill in one afternoon and became the ruler of the nearby parking lot! Although I can ride the bike now, there is another type of wheels that I prefer much more – the sweet, cream-filled ones!
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undt cake is a cake baked (surprise, surprise!) in a bundt pan, which is a round, ring-shaped fluted pan, also called gugelhupf [gügəlˌhu̇(p)f] pan. What the fudge is gugelhupf?! Is somebody choking me, or do I need a Heimlich?!
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op till you drop – that’s my motto! How about you – do you like popcorn? I love popcorn! Hot from the microwave, or directly from a saucepan, crispy, salty, with some butter melting on the top, of course! I particularly like to nibble the extra crunchy ones that didn’t pop all the way! Anyway, I must admit that until recently I was living in the dark, thinking that corn is the single edible ‘dancer’ around, but – as they say –“It takes two to pop”, and yes – there is another ‘popping’ agent available – amaranth!
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e are playing with sugar today, folks! It always amazes me how it is possible to make a heavenly bite using only ordinary, everyday ingredients like sugar and cream! No less than a miracle, that’s what it is!
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iramisu, in Italian tiramisù, which means “pick me up”, is a rich, creamy dessert made of ladyfingers soaked in strong coffee and luscious mascarpone cream. Why pick me up, you ask?
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air? Check! Nails? Check! Makeup? Check and check! Finally I’m ready to go! Oh, look – chouquettes! Mmmm…I’ll just have one! Darn! Now I have to do my lipstick again…but it was worth it!”
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ne thing that always takes my breath away is a display of those perfect French-style decorated entremets [ɑ̃tʁəmɛ] (for modern pastry chefs, an entremet is a multi-layered mousse-based cake with various complementary flavors and varying textural contrasts)! That glossy glaze and delicate chocolate piping on the top, ah, be still my heart!
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t first I thought Chantilly is just a name for the cream. When I became curious and started to explore, to my surprise I’ve found that many other things have that same name! So, let me tell you everything I’ve learned!
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o you like clouds? I do – but not those ugly, dark, rainy clouds, no! My favorites are the fluffy ones; white, cotton-like, soft and silky like…like the milk bread!
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n this post you will learn how to make dark, chocolate flavored Madeleines, and since I love the combination of chocolate and orange, I am sharing this recipe with you.Now – if you are a person that always needs a ‘good’ reason, you can say that Madeleines are a must with your afternoon tea (or coffee for that matter). Me personally – I don’t need any excuse; I simply nibble them all day long.
