Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi This month is going to be a fruity month for Baking Chez Moi. I had already purchased my peaches for our Brown Butter Peach Tourte when I found these Italian plums. I am not familiar with Italian plums so I did a little research and found they are also called…
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Profiteroles, Ice Cream and Hot Chocolate Sauce, Benoit Style
First day of school. First day of high school. First day of a new school district. A day like today needed a special dessert and this week’s selection for Tuesdays with Dorie fit the bill. There are many components to this dish. I made the cream puff dough, vanilla pastry cream and ice cream (not…
Double-Corn Tea Cake
When this corn cake came out of the oven my husband asked if he could have some, I often bake and release so he wanted to make sure. I said yes as I figured a picture of a cake sliced open would be better than a loaf. Three slices later, I now felt like I…
Lavender Galettes
Tuesdays with Dorie Lavender Galettes These are the first galette cookies I have made but the second cookie made with olive oil. These crispy cookies are a snap to make. Rub sugar, orange zest and lavender flowers together. Add the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix in the olive oil and vanilla. Finally knead in…
Martine’s Gateau de Savoie
Martine’s Gateau de Savoie is a kind of sponge cake. The egg yolks are whipped together with the sugar. The egg whites are whipped separately and then folded into the yolks alternating with the flour. Into the Bundt pan it goes and viola you have a light and airy cake 45 minutes later. I took…
Streusal-Topped Rhubarb Lime Tart
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I voted for this tart as we loved Dorie’s rhubarb cake we made two years ago. Dorie’s crust and streusal topping are really the star of this dish. My husband likes to joke that you could put cardboard between the two and it would taste good. This was a…
Les Whoopies
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi Whoopie pies are a popular dessert in my house, one of my son’s favorites. I was looking forward to trying Dorie’s version. I compared Dorie’s recipe to mine and they were very similar. I used my standard cookie scoop which is about a tablespoon, I did not want to…
Plain and Simple Almond Cake
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I was happy for the help from my fellow bakers. I used a springform pan as many of you described a cake that went up and over the sides of a regular cake pan. I think my husband described this plain and simple almond cake the best, angel food…
Pistachio and Berry Gratins
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I voted for this one as berries are in full swing in California. I used a variety of berries; raspberry, blackberry and blueberry. The pistachio cream came together quickly and I chilled it for one hour as Dorie suggested. I thought the ratio of berries to pistachio cream was…
Laurent’s Slow-Roasted Spiced Pineapple
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi I made Laurent’s Slow-Roasted Spiced Pineapple for my book club. I tried it warm out of the oven but served it cold, I prefer it cold. The spices I chose to use were allspice, cloves, star anise, coriander, cinnamon stick and the vanilla bean. I used orange marmalade for my…
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