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Category Archives: Pastry Questions Answered
Of Quiche and Crème Fraîche
Well, hi there, and Happy Tuesday. You guys are Awesome; I threw open the floor to questions, and you came through! Now, I will do my best to be all Expert-y and stuff and answer said questions. First, from An_Other_Jenn: … Continue reading
A Techniques Primer: Custards and Puddings
A reader, Pam, “delurked” yesterday to ask for clarification about putting together a custard. When to use butter; when not to use butter. She also said (tongue in cheek, I hope) that she was afraid that I would tap my … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Questions Answered, Pastry Techniques
Tagged making custard, Pastry Primer
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I’ve Been Hiding Something From You: Chocolate Stout Cake Rocks. Sorry; I Should Have Said Something Earlier.
Niko from over at Damn Cute Bunnies asked what I thought about Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Guinness Cake. Specifically, she wants to know if the Guinness is just there for shock value or if it really Does Something. Friends, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Questions Answered, recipes
Tagged caramel buttercream, chocolate stout cake
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Dymystifying Mona
Thanks to Niko from Damn Cute Bunnies (I love that) for sending in her particular Mona Lisa, Double Chocolate Layer Cake. Apparently, some have claimed it to be the Best Cake in the Hinternet. Not that she’s mystified necessarily, but … Continue reading
Puff the Magic Pastry
Once again, I have been smacked with the Gauntlet of Challenge. So, while holding a bag of frozen peas on my jaw, I will attempt to rise to said challenge, one handed. Read slowly, so I can keep up. Libby, … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Questions Answered, Pastry Techniques, Pastry Tips, recipes
Tagged how to make puff pastry, puff pastry
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There's Something Here for Everyone (even if I didn't plan it that way)
I am addicted to statistics. I have to work from home; if I didn’t, I would be fired for checking my blog statistics once every 9.7 seconds. It’s bad, but there you have it. I have recently become fascinated by … Continue reading
Posted in Justifications, Pastry Questions Answered
Tagged Pastry Questions, search terms
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I'm Back!
Hello, and yay! I am so happy to be feeling better! Thank you guys all so much for your comments and your thoughtfulness during my stupid illness. So, it was a dumb kidney infection, and the doctor made me take … Continue reading
Have You Heard About My Temper?
Well, my throat is sore from all the yelling, and my shoulder is sore from all the sword-wielding, but all in all, I’d say yesterday was a Good Day. For me. Perhaps not so much, for those two erstwhile k-niggits. … Continue reading
Nature Versus Nurture, or The Automatic Cook
I am very lucky. I started this wee blog to blather on about cooking and baking and to try and convince folks that the kitchen is not a scary place. Along the way, I have picked up a merry band … Continue reading
Don't Look Now, but I Think That Cake is Naked!
Sometimes I like a naked cake–a simple coffee cake, maybe a moist chocolate pound cake with a little confectioner’s sugar sifted on top, gingerbread–but most of the time, I like my layer cakes frosted. Not that standard layer cakes can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Questions Answered, recipes
Tagged frosting, seven minute frosting, stabilized whipped cream
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