When I started this blog I had never made Creme Patissiere (often shortened to “Creme Pat” by us Brits, and called “Pastry Cream” by our American cousins). Quite how I managed this I am not sure. There was one failed attempt many years ago and I think I never tried again afterwards. 10 months after starting…
Category: Creme Diplomate
Creme Diplomate and Creme Madame
Creme Diplomate and Creme Madame are both Patisserie Creme based on the basic Creme Pat but with whipped cream added to create a light and fluffy mixture. They are basically the same thing but with one time difference: Creme Diplomate has gelatine added to it to give it extra stability and firmness. Creme Madame has no gelatine added…
Summery Strawberry and Banana Tarte Royale
My brother is over from the States to visit my mother and we had a family get together on Saturday. The hubby made a delicious Shirazi onion, tomato and cucumber Middle Eastern salad and I was tasked with pudding. The specific request was another Gateau Fraisier but whilst it was tempting to iron out the imperfections…
A Delicious Bee Sting with a Bienenstich
Regular readers will know we have had the builders in for the last couple of weeks. Our old shower room needed replacing thanks to Suffolk’s hard water wreaking havoc with the plumbing over the years (and a bit of 1970’s jerry building). The job has been proving trickier than we thought, so we have been…
Difficulty with Bees
My plan this weekend was to bake a a classic German cake, the Bienenstich or Bee Sting Cake. This was to be my final stop in Germany before heading to new climes through I suspect I may be revisiting the land of my youth many times especially when we get to Christmas though a Black Forest Gateau…
The Cottage Loaf 