Posts by pastrycake

Another attempt using french method Using joy of baking recipe.. I used electric Purple wilton paste but it looked Pinkish.. Some of the top of shells fell off bit at least they did not have cracks on top.. Still trouble shooting.. The...

I know there le cordon bleu in dallas which is a culinary school. There is also an art institute and el centero community college and collins college that offers culinary programs. I am near dfw airport and interested in baking. I...

Red velvet with cream cheese icing. The cupcake had a dome top when it came outta oven. Also was not as moist as i would have liked. Also kind of bland. What exactly is a red velvet suppose to taste? It has oil and buttermilk and...

I have the cake bible but have only made the grand marnier cake..but I messed up..my fault.  If want to use your flavor syrup then a genoise would be good for that since they are drier?  But I have not really used syrup but...

Yummy.. petals.. may have to give that recipe a try using rasberry on sale.  Siduri... post a pics or update on the cake!  MissyD: gonna give your bailey's cupcake a try soon since I got my liquor now.  So, many things...

Nutty swirly bundt cake from dorie greenspan. I decided to plump up my raisins by soaking them a tad bit of rum. So this is what i had to eat ans drink for dessert

My fourth attempt was better. One Batch had cracked tops and was on lowest rack in oven. Over heat? I was afraid they get brown edges so only baked them 9 min at 350 deg so they split when peeled away from parchment. So will bake...

Nice to hear from you again.. I just made another attempt at macarons with joy of cooking recipe. I noticed the bottom batch closer to bottom of oven had cracked tops. Also i had a hard time peeling them off the parchment paper. ...

Great job for first time..I had the same problem too.  once it started to dry.. cracked and some oozed out right?  Since I used wilton candy melts for mine, I thought it was due to the vegetable shortening in it coming into...

the bottom one has salted caramel candy on top?  Is that the baileys cupcakes?  I love salty and sweet contrast!