A bucket list of bakeries we visited and sweet treats we devoured in New York.
Tag: Dessert
I love Choux!
There is something quite extraordinary about pastry. I find it truly amazing that a simple mixture of butter, flour and water can magically transform in the oven into a light, airy puff, or develop a multitude of flaky layers. There are so many desserts that would be amiss without pastry. What would the world be…
Tea Time! | The Tea Room QVB
Going to high tea always makes me feel somewhat glamorous. It’s not every day you get to go to a hotel or decorated tea room to eat delicate cakes off tiered stands and sip tea from fine china. As a child I’d always marvel at the finesse of the beautiful petit fours and rejoice at…
Hopetoun Tea Rooms, Melbourne
Melbourne is infamous for its coffee culture and hipster laneways, where one can spend hours wandering and eating away to their hearts content. It’s no wonder so many Sydneysiders travel over when they’re in need of a short getaway without leaving the comfort of suburbia. While the debate of whether Sydney or Melbourne has the…
Pistachio and lemon curd cake
The saying goes that we eat with our eyes. This is a notion highly applicable to the realm of sweets. The difficult thing about baking cakes is that, often, they can come out of the oven looking less than spectacular – at least compared to the photos in recipe books. This cake throws any worry…
Ginger-Spiced Pumpkin Loaf
Sometimes you find yourself craving cake, but don’t feel like eating something that leaves you with a lingering sugar high. You have an urging desire for that delicate, soft crumb, to consume a scrumptious piece of baked goodness, just not of the sweet variety. Pumpkin is a very versatile ingredient, with a high sugar content…
Black Sesame Tong Yuan
Imagine if someone told you that all the best features of Asian sweets existed in a single dessert. The sticky, chewy texture of mochi, the roasted aroma of black sesame, ginger’s signature hot zing, and the warm fulfilment of a sweet dessert soup, melded together to create what encompasses the pinnacle of everything that I…
Strawberries & Cream Sponge Cake
I must confess that prior to beginning the journey of this recipe, I had a slight aversion to (or rather, fear of) sponge cakes, for two main reasons. Reason number 1: The recipe requires the whipping of egg whites. Not that I am scared of this, but rather the lack of a stand-mixer in my kitchen requires a labour…
Easy, no fail Crumble Recipe
You know those recipes that manage to be fool-proof, fail-safe and crowd-pleasers all at once? The kind that you can whip up with your eyes closed on demand, with whatever ingredients you can manage to find in your fridge? Those recipes fall into two categories, savoury or sweet. While the savoury recipes tend to be…
Pear and Raspberry Cake
My love for cooking began when I started baking in the kitchen. I began by making simple things – chocolate chip cookies, lime and coconut loaf, cupcakes and muffins. Then I started becoming more adventurous with homemade pastry, tarts, pies, biscotti and this cheesecake. This pear and raspberry cake is quite a simple recipe to follow…
Maddie Loves Food 