Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi. Looks perfect but looks can be deceiving. This week’s challenge, lemon meringue tart a new way. This new way did not work for me. The sweet cream tart dough came out perfect as always but the filling did not set up. The lemon filling is comprised of fresh squeezed…
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Black-and -White Marbled Madeleines
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi My first madeleine and I liked it. These are a vanilla and chocolate madeleine. I opted for the bull’s eye effect as Dorie calls it by not swirling the chocolate. Surprisingly my husband did not really like these. I think he is just not a fan of madeleines in…
Pithiviers
Tuesdays with Dorie Baking Chez Moi. I voted for this one since I knew my father-in-law would love it. He likes desserts made with prunes (prune danish, cookies with prune filling, etc). Pithiviers are named after a city in the north of France and include puff pastry, prune jam and almond cream. This dessert requires…
Nun’s Beignets
My husband and I have definite division of labor in the kitchen and one of his jobs is frying. So today’s Nun’s Beignets had his name written all over it. Described as “wonderfully crisp on the outside and soft and eggy on the inside” perfectly fits this beignet recipe. We loved having donuts for breakfast…
Sunday in Paris Chocolate Cake
Dorie suggests a variety of vessels you can use to make these cakes. I chose to make mine in mini-muffin tins. I got a total of 17 mini-muffins and I baked them approximately 12 minutes. The ganache was plenty for 17 but not the toppings. I ran out of peanuts and chopped chocolate after about…
Granola Cake
Our latest baking assignment for Tuesdays with Dorie is this Granola Cake from Baking Chez Moi. Dorie calls it a snack cake but I think it is more like a pan cookie. It was delicious but quite dense from the granola, chocolate and coconut. My husband likened it to a magic bar cookie but much…
Honey-Yogurt Mousse
This dessert was not on my radar. We are not a mousse family and I was not looking forward to this but as usual I was proven wrong. This was a cup of deliciousness; the tang of the yogurt, richness of the heavy cream and the sweetness of the honey. A cloud of a dessert….
Spiced Honey Cake
Tis the season…for sniffling, sneezing, coughing, you get the picture. I am behind in my baking due to seasonal colds. My husband found my Baking Chez Moi cookbook open and asked honey cake today? Sadly this went on for a week but I am now back on my feet ready to bake. This cake is…
Apple Speculoos Crumble
Apple Speculoos Crumble from Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan One of the things I like best about being a part of a baking group is not having to decide what to make for my next holiday meal. This apple speculoos crumble was a great accompaniment to the pumpkin pie that was served at our Thanksgiving…
Caramel Tart
I hosted my first Friendsgiving of the season, a term I am just now becoming acquainted with, this past weekend. Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. It is the holiday I host for my family and I love all the food. Every year I host what I called a Pre-Thanksgiving for friends that I…
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