TWD - Brioche

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking with Dorie) recipe is Brioche. We have made brioche with Dorie numerous times before, so this is familiar territory. Brioche is easy to make, but you need to dedicate a significant amount of time to mix in all of that butter, several risings and an overnight chill in the fridge.

I probably left my brioche a tad too long in the oven, but it still tasted great.

On the day I baked it, I had a slice of brioche with icecream, blueberries and maple syrup for dessert.

I made the rest of the brioche into this pudding cake. See the layers below.

 The pudding cake wasn’t pretty but it tasted amazing.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Coconut-Milk-Chocolate Marble Cake

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking with Dorie) recipe is Coconut-Milk-Chocolate Marble Cake. 

I made a mini loaf and six muffins instead because I did not have enough time to wait for a full sized loaf cake to bake before I went out.

One side of the cake did not marble very well.

 The other side is perfectly marbled.

Marbling or no marbling, this cake is delicious.

To see what everyone else made this week and their thoughts on it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Breton Butter Cake

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Breton Butter Cake. 

This was more of a biscuit than a cake, as Dorie had based it on shortbread from the Brittany region. It is quite flat and has a chewy texture.

As the name suggests, it has a buttery, salty flavour. I liked it as is without adornments - it is very easy to slice off a bit and eat it.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website. 

TWD - Cocoa-Cornmeal Biscotti

 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Cocoa-Cornmeal Biscotti. They are exactly what it says on the tin - biscotti flavoured with cocoa and cornmeal, and containing slivered almonds.

They were quite tasty and easy to make. No complaints here. 

I made only a half recipe as the full recipe made over 40 biscuits.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website. 

TWD - Mary Dodd’s Maple-Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Mary Dodd’s Maple-Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies. Mary worked with Dorie, and gave her this cookie recipe.

As the name suggests, these cookies contain chopped crispy bacon, bacon fat (from the pan you use to cook the bacon), lots of chocolate and maple syrup. As you can deduce, these cookies are quite sweet.

They are also huge cookies - I measured out the dough using a full size icecream scoop.  The cookies spread considerably in the oven so you can only bake 3 at a time on a tray.

I liked these cookies, but because they are a little OTT for me, I am unlikely to make them again.

To see what everyone else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Corn Toasties

 This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Corn Toasties. These are cornbread made large and flat to be split and enjoyed warm with butter.

I made my batter as muffins instead, as I don’t have a Texas muffin tin. I added paprika to the mix for a hint of spice.

I really enjoyed these, both warm and cold.

To see what everyone else thought of the Corn Toasties, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.

TWD - Candied Almond Tart

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is Candied Almond Tart. It is a Portugese treat of a cinnamon flavoured tartshell, filled with caramel and almonds.

It is not hard to make - the pastry just presses into the tin and is not pre-baked, and as long as you remember to pour in and spread the filling quickly to avoid premature setting, it is also easy to make.

 Here is the finished product - wall to wall almonds and caramel. Yum!

To see what else made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.