TWD - Chocolate Eclairs

 This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Chocolate Eclairs. 

The recipe features chocolate choux pastry topped with a chocolate glaze, and in my case, filled with vanilla icecream.

I like choux pastry, so I enjoyed these eclairs.

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

Helen Goh’s Perfect Hot Cross Buns

 I couldn’t resist trying out Helen Goh’s recipe for hot cross buns on @goodfoodau - and they are just as fluffy and delicious as promised. 

This is my first time baking buns using a tangzhong and I was impressed with the results. 

I didn’t have citrus peel, so I just replaced it with more fruit.

These buns are so good, especially served warm with butter.

TWD - A Big Banana Cake

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is A Big Banana Cake. The original is a three layer banana cake containing allspice and Greek Yoghurt, topped and filled with biscoff cream cheese frosting.

I didn’t have an immediate use for a big banana cake, so I made a half recipe and turned it into 12 cupcakes instead.

I made a third of the frosting recipe which was more than enough to frost the 12 cupcakes.

The highlight for me was the biscoff cream cheese frosting - it’s so good.

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

Adam Liaw’s Lemon and Ricotta Cake

This week, I made Adam Liaw’s Lemon and Ricotta Cake recipe.
 

This light lemony cake doubles as a dessert with icecream or custard.

I enjoyed this cake heated slightly just on its own with a cuppa.

Look at the texture - lush! It comes from the ricotta and olive oil in the cake.

This recipe is a “keeper”.