Continuing from my past bakes-
Choux creme
Hmm, there's something about choux, that makes it especially...distinctive. In my eyes anyways. It's so cute and petite, I love the cracks it forms and how it puffs up into a well rounded dome. Kinda resembles tiger bread yknow? I find them more attractive than macarons and cupcakes. I most likely sponged off my choux creme obsession from my big brother, who in the past, would frequently buy a dozen of choux cremes during the days when beard papa's was still open in London (how heartbroken he was when they closed down).
My first experience of choux creme was a pleasant one, not one that got me obsessed with it though, not to the extent that I wanted to master choux pastry anyways. My interest for it grew when I watched the drama 'Absolute boyfriend', choux creme appeared for a significant amount of times, the way they talked about it and shot it was just so...influential (in my case), not sure if that is the best word to describe it, but owell.
Fill with chilled custard creme and bam yummy choux cremes. Not as lovely as beard papa's but still, choux creme is choux creme. Forever love.
Mini Matcha cupcakes and mini coffee cakes
First of all- ignore the lovely Sainsbury's mince pies at the back. These were the left over mini treats from a Christmas party my mum held for her group of badminton friends, I chose coffee and matcha to suit an older person's palette, plus, the majority were orientals so going with matcha was a good decision. A little of the matcha ganache goes a long way, the matcha was strong and the kids in the party who tried the it disliked them due to how bitter the ganache was, for me and my sister however, it was the right balance. We like our matcha strong.
Evidently the appearance of the matcha cupcakes weren't stunning, so when I made them again the other night, (yes this bake is actually my most recent bake- in which I'm not late to post a blog about, ha. miracles. unicorns. shooting stars alala.) I improvised and whipped up about 50g of some matcha buttercream, roughly piped it around the outside and scooped some matcha ganache into the middle. Ahh, there we go, a cavity that could contain the ganache but not look too sloppy at the same time. May try something else next time, but for now, I'm too lazy to think of any other designs, maybe another improvising night?
And next to those are- brownies and resting on top of them are some viennese cookies. Such soft and melty cookies. Thank you Mary Berry.
Strawberry shortcake
Finally, I'm going to finish off with my Father's day cake. There has definitely been better days in terms of piping and smoothing the cream around the cake, but hey, can't complain, the cake was really nice. I finally found a recipe online that had the right amount of everything, the cream tasted like ice-cream, and the cake was so light! Thanks to stumbling upon a good recipe.
First time I tested the recipe, turned out pretty nice, so I repeatedly made it another 3 times after. -friend's birthday, father's day, and another friend's birthday-
Side note- to all readers out there who likes food and reading- Nigel's Slater's 'Toast' is amazing, so far for me anyways, his episodes with different foods always brings a smile to my face. It's a short book that can be easily finished.
The first time I came across his book was when I was in my english class in secondary school in year 8, we went over an extract from his book, the first few paragraphs- about toast. It was one of the many extracts or books that we had to study in which I actually enjoyed. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I had remembered a lot of what the extract contained even though it was only short. Just when I thought I'd never find that book again (I never paid much attention to the author nor the book title) I managed to pluck it from a shelf in a charity shop. Ah, such luck~~!
Anywho- I'm twirling into a dangerous sleeping pattern again, So I better just post this and head to bed, (maybe read a bit of Toast first though, tehe.)
