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Orange-Vanilla Cupcake
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Pineapple Tart
I apologize if I’m slacking a little bit with my pictures (just in case you didn’t notice). Next week will be fantastic, I promise!
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I remembered slightly that this was along the lines of a Lemon Ganache Cake with a sorbet of sorts. I also remembered that this dessert was extreme in a way that the ganache was too heavy and the sorbet was too acidic. However, it went well if you put them together.
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Chocolate Mousse with Banana Cremeaux, Salted Peanut Crisp, Chocolate Flourless Cake with Banana Caramel Sauce and “Bangin” Banana Ice Cream with Candied Peanuts (Author Edit)
Advanced Pastry had a buffet yesterday and Thursday. Didn’t make it to the one on Thursday, but Holly saved a box for me (no pictures, sadly) of goodies such as hard candy, caramel popcorn, shrinked up cotton candy (I didn’t know it did that), funnel cake and white chocolate lollipops.
Besides the point, I don’t know what’s shown here now. I do know however that it had the flavor profiles of a chocolate and banana sundae (banana split?) I liked it.
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Chocolates
Grand Buffet was today, and Chocolates class in school usually leaves a spread of delicious goodness for people to take. So I ate these after class, held out for Meds kitchen downstairs to open. So here I am, blogging about how I ate dessert before lunch. It didn’t ruin my appetite, but I got full before lunch. Bleh.
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“Chocolate Cake”
There were so many elements in this dessert, it’s ridiculous. I can tell you, however that there were peaches and pistachios and a lot of acidic things…
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Pain Au Chocolat
I didn’t have anything warm in my system until this afternoon when I got in St. Andy’s for Family Meal… But for breakfast, I had this, another piece of pastry with caramelized bacon (Reader Edit: Flamiche) and a caramel macaron. Sugar and Starch overload, if you ask me.
Quickly though, this is a laminated dough. Think puff pastry: You fold it many times and it creates layers, making them flaky.
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S’mores and Banana Pie Ice Cream - Handel’s
I was introduced to Handel’s by my brother shortly after I got back from Hyde Park after graduation. This ice cream is serious business - I can’t describe it well, but it has that certain pull that other homemade ice creams do not… It’s soft, fluffy and delicious. And to go with the whole “Despicable Me” thing… “It’s so fluffy, I’m gonna die!”
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Churros
Tell you the truth, I had trouble with the dish at first as I tried to figure out how to make the sugar stick to the item. Turns out, much like a doughnut, you have to drain the oil off the fryer then it’s guaranteed to stay there.
RECIPE:
- 1 cup water
- 2 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 quarts oil for frying
- 1/2 cup white sugar, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine water, 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar, salt and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Stir in flour until mixture forms a ball.
- Heat oil for frying in deep-fryer or deep skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Pipe strips of dough into hot oil using a pastry bag. Fry until golden; drain on paper towels.
- Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Roll drained churros in cinnamon and sugar mixture
(source: allrecipes.com)
