What are you baking this week?
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ZeroCook wrote:Very nice baking going on here ...
I made a first for me - Italian ricotta cheesecake called Otto, otto e otto. All the ingredients come in quantities of 8. Super quick and simple to make. Been eyeing it up for a while from an old cookbook. Am on a little pre festive count the calories effort (eat anything you want tho) and thought this would be good done with semi skimmed ricotta and half quantities in the 15cm/6" springform that I'm really liking and using a lot for small cakes recently. Comes in at 124 cals per 6th of a cake sized slice - not bad. It's quite light - almost like a pudding but still cake like - not like the usual dense NY cheesecakes that I make. Would probably be a bit denser using full ricotta. Lovely Italian orange zest and and vanilla flavours. I omitted the choc chips. Might add some chopped glace citrus peel instead next time.
Looks beautiful
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I’ve spent the past few days baking for gifts for family
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBoBzplBKu/
I ended up making rocky road, stollen bites, soft ginger cookies, Nutella stuffed cookies, jam cream biscuits, mincemeat cupcakes, stroopwaffel cupcakes, brownie bites and cranberry & orange scones.
The recipients were very pleased and plenty of leftovers for us!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBoBzplBKu/
I ended up making rocky road, stollen bites, soft ginger cookies, Nutella stuffed cookies, jam cream biscuits, mincemeat cupcakes, stroopwaffel cupcakes, brownie bites and cranberry & orange scones.
The recipients were very pleased and plenty of leftovers for us!
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They look lovely, Smitch! Lucky people. Do tell more about the stroopwafel cupcakes. Are they just decorated with stroopwafel or is there a surprise in the cupcake?
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Thanks, EM. I enjoyed putting them together even though I really couldn’t be bothered on Friday
The cupcakes had chopped stroopwafels inside and the frosting included stroopwafel spread from the Netherlands. I never put much frosting on top, I hate it when there is a huge amount of sickly icing.
The cupcakes had chopped stroopwafels inside and the frosting included stroopwafel spread from the Netherlands. I never put much frosting on top, I hate it when there is a huge amount of sickly icing.
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smitch wrote:I’ve spent the past few days baking for gifts for family
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBoBzplBKu/
I ended up making rocky road, stollen bites, soft ginger cookies, Nutella stuffed cookies, jam cream biscuits, mincemeat cupcakes, stroopwaffel cupcakes, brownie bites and cranberry & orange scones.
The recipients were very pleased and plenty of leftovers for us!
Wow Looks fantastic!!
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By 'eck Smitch - they look bloody good! Would you like to adopt another grandma
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Amazing amount of baking, Smitch
They look yummy!
I bet all the recipients were happy!
They look yummy!
I bet all the recipients were happy!
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I'd love to see them Smitch, but haven't worked out how to decline Instagram's cookies.
They all sound good. I love Stroopwafels and always buy some when I am in the Netherlands.
They all sound good. I love Stroopwafels and always buy some when I am in the Netherlands.
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smitch wrote:The cupcakes had chopped stroopwafels inside and the frosting included stroopwafel spread from the Netherlands. I never put much frosting on top, I hate it when there is a huge amount of sickly icing.
They sound lovely (and so does the spread!). Agree that too much icing may look pretty but ruins the sweetness balance.
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Here is a pic for those who can’t use Instagram.
The recipients were very pleased, I was relieved! I always get nervous baking for others.
The recipients were very pleased, I was relieved! I always get nervous baking for others.
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Thanks for that! They look wonderful!!!
I spent most of the day packing bags with biscuits, adding labels and pretty ribbons. People always think baking is the big deal, there is much more involved.
I spent most of the day packing bags with biscuits, adding labels and pretty ribbons. People always think baking is the big deal, there is much more involved.
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Uschi wrote: I love Stroopwafels and always buy some when I am in the Netherlands.
fortunately, they are readily available in lidl, here.
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You can get them here, too, but the Dutch have a special kind with a bit of syrup (Stroop) between the layers.
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yes, lidl call them caramel waffles, here, rather than stroopwafels but they are the same thing, with the layer of soft toffee/'syrup' between the two waffles.
i was introduced to them in the netherlands by a dutch friend.
we tend to consume more of them than we should!
i was introduced to them in the netherlands by a dutch friend.
we tend to consume more of them than we should!
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I got the mini ones in Sainsburys, they also had the normal sized ones and some chocolate ones. In the Netherlands I bought salted caramel flavour and speculoos flavour. I occasionally order from an online Dutch supermarket and get some of the treats we enjoyed on holiday last year.
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there's a bakery in wales that also makes them - tregroes (and also ones covered in milk or dark chocolate) - just in case they're more difficult to get in january.
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A quick query for the bakers ... I was thinking about making this some time between now and new year, as a quick and straightforward stollen https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spi ... llen-plait
Given that I’ve ordered all our milk and we only have 1% skimmed, do you think that would be ok or would you stir in a dollop of double cream?
Given that I’ve ordered all our milk and we only have 1% skimmed, do you think that would be ok or would you stir in a dollop of double cream?
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The stollen I have just made is a very similar recipe. I never thought about the milk and used our normal semi-skimmed. The stollen is fine.
I think that, as it's a bread, really, it will be quite forgiving and it will work whether you add a bit of cream or not. I think it will end up adjusting the taste rather than making the stollen change significantly.
Usually adding fat and eggs, just slows down the yeast action.
I think that, as it's a bread, really, it will be quite forgiving and it will work whether you add a bit of cream or not. I think it will end up adjusting the taste rather than making the stollen change significantly.
Usually adding fat and eggs, just slows down the yeast action.
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Suffs wrote:A quick query for the bakers ... I was thinking about making this some time between now and new year, as a quick and straightforward stollen https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spi ... llen-plait
Given that I’ve ordered all our milk and we only have 1% skimmed, do you think that would be ok or would you stir in a dollop of double cream?
Without even looking at the recipe my advice is to stir in a dollop of cream. What recipe isn’t enhanced by a good slug of cream???
Enjoy it whatever you do.
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