Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
Happy New Year! I wanted to share with you a recipe for candied orange peel that I used this holiday season. I made one batch, which covered all my baking needs for the holidays, with some left over. I used it in my Polish spiced honey cake (“piernik“), Polish fruitcake (“keks“), and Polish poppyseed roll […]
I decided I needed a post on caramel sauce before I misplace my recipe! This sauce could be used as an ice cream topping. Or straight out of the jar. But I’ve explored other ways, such as a center for chocolate molded bon bons and in caramel frosting for cakes and cupcakes. It’s on the […]
Easter baking and chocolate making started a few days before the big day. The chocolates came first as they take a few days to make, especially since I don’t have fancy equipment to help things along. Without a tempering machine, tempering chocolate can be frustrating! I made little chocolates with mint creme centers. I’m a […]
Sending out early Valentine’s Day wishes! It’s Fat Tuesday/Carnival today and Ash Wednesday tomorrow, so I thought to get my fill of chocolates today while having our sweet, mini-Carnival celebration at home. I made these chocolates last weekend. They are made from almond-bacon butter toffee and enrobed in a mixture of semi-sweet and milk chocolate. […]
Now that the weather is cooler, and the temperature inside the house hovers around 68°F, I’ve started making chocolates again. In just over a month, it will be a year since I took a chocolatiering course given by École Chocolat. What fond memories I have of that course! Since then, I’ve practiced here and there, […]