The beloved has been asking me for years to make Danish pastries, but for some reason I have been dodging the challenge. I guess it was my first venture into the dough when I made croissants (which you also use for Danish) left me a little daunted. But 5 years has passed since then and…
Month: September 2016
Creme Patissiere
Creme Patissiere is an absolute Basic. So much more flows from this beauty. All the wonderful Cremes (Mousselline, Diplomate amongst many others), German Buttercream, and of course with a little less cornflour, that absolute British favourite – custard. There are 2 recipes out there – one using flour as the thickener, and one using cornflour….
Porcelain Marzipan Buttercream Cake in Dresden
I have been neglecting my blogging duties and services to baking. We have already been back from “us holidays” for a week and I completely failed to make a single blog post whilst travelling through Germany. I also somewhat failed to indulge in the delights of Kuchen. What went wrong? Well I put it down to…
Trdlnik – a delicious Czech tonguetwister
Hooray! We are on “us travels” as the beloved likes to say when he is trying to return to his northern roots. The house and garden have been submitted to the tender loving care of my little brother and his family for their holidays (I suspect my adorable nieces will be heartily sick of…
The Cottage Loaf 