Baking was not something that often happened in my household growing up. My mom made a lot of Asian desserts like peanut filled mochi, steamed sweet egg custard, Chinese dessert soups, but if we were to have cakes in the house they were most likely store-bought. My mom did make one type of cake occasionally for special occasions — if any baking was done in our household, it was to bake a magically soft and eggy loaf cake. …
Blueberry Whipped Earl Grey Chocolate Ganache Cream Puffs
Based on the amount of choux I have made in the last little while, I could start a blog dedicated to cream puffs. Maybe I could include an eclair or Paris-Brest recipe in that blog to keep things interesting. I could call the blog Choux Corner, If the Choux Fits, or some other terrible pun involving the pronunciation of ‘choux’ (which actually sounds a lot like ‘shoo’ than ‘cho’). Choux pastry is extremely versatile and is the base of many great pastries. For our recent Tutorial Tuesday, we shared a basic choux pastry recipe and craquelin recipe which would work as a great starting point for cream puffs, éclairs, or if you’re filling ambitious, a croquembouche (a tall impressive tower of profiteroles). Today we will be focusing on a cream puff — a cream puff filled with the dreamiest whipped earl grey chocolate ganache and blueberry whipped cream. I stepped earl grey tea in the heavy cream before combining it with a 36% Caramelia chocolate from Valrhona, which you need to get your hands on if you have not tried it before. It is then whipped into a lush ganache and filled inside the base of the choux. The whipped cream is coloured and flavoured by a simple stove top blueberry syrup. If you had any extra blueberries, you can whip a simple blueberry glaze for the little hats of your cream puff. I topped mine of with a few gold sprinkles for good measure. That last step is completely optional but a little gold never hurt.
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Pumpkin Hazelnut Butter Cups
Pumpkin Hazelnut Butter Cups are the perfect cozy winter treat. Hints of cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, and nutmeg transition us seamlessly from fall into winter.…
Vegan Chocolate Matcha Cupcakes
This week, the traditional chocolate cupcake is being taken to *ahem* greener pastures (sorry). Not that there is anything wrong with a good, old fashioned chocolate cupcake, however, there’s something to be said for combining chocolate and matcha green tea. If you caught my baking with Matcha tutorial earlier this week, you’re hopefully feeling inspired to give it a try…this recipe is a good place to start….
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