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So I was in a pretty crappy mood earlier. So I made cupcakes. Chocolate chocolate chocolate cupcakes.

When life hands you a bad mood, make some cupcakes.

Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate pastry cream filling with chocolate glaze frosting.

Fresh out of the oven, out of the pan:

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One sliced open and filled with pastry cream:

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All filled, capped and glazed:

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Ready to serve:

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Cut open, interior view:

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Really really tasty if I may say so myself. :cool:

Just——YUM!!!!
 
Chocolate Cake and Orange Bavarian Cream Parfait

Ingredients:

1/4 cup orange juice
1 1/4 tsp gelatin

1/2 cup + 1 Tblsp milk, divided (3,6 T)

zest from one orange
1 1/4 Tblsp honey

1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 tsp vanilla sugar

Leftover cake





Soften gelatin in OJ. Sit 3 minutes. Combine zest, 3 T milk and honey. Nuke 30 seconds. Stir. Nuke 30 more seconds. Stir. Stir in OJ/gelatin. Stir in rest of milk. Rest in fridge for an hour. Whisk. Rest another hour in fridge. A spoonful should mound.

Whisk cream with sugar until stiff. Loosen up orange cream with a spoonful of whipping cream. Add all back to whipped cream. Fold to combine.

Layer chocolate cake and bavarian cream in a glass. Top with cake crumbles. Chill one hour. Garnish with extra orange segments.




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Thanks! It tasted awesome too. I didn't bother to put a thing on it - ate it plain with the berries and ham.

It's just a big popover - which I actually really like because it's easier. No greasing of individual tins.
 
Vanilla Gelato

3 cups dairy (cream, half & half, milk)
3 tablespoons corn starch
1/2 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
dash salt

Use a small amount of the milk to mix with corn starch for a slurry. Combine all other ingredients into a 2 quart sauce pan and heat over medium heat until hot - but not to boiling. Add corn starch slurry. Stirring constantly, heat to slow boil. Stir and boil for one minute. Remove from heat, pour into bowl, cover with plastic wrap against surface of gelato. Let cool mostly. Put in fridge for at least four hours until cold. Sieve to eliminate lumps and remove vanilla bean pieces.

Process in ice cream maker. Store in freezer to completely firm up.

The finished mix ready to process:

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Just in to the machine:

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Processing for 10 minutes:

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Processing for 20 minutes:

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Processed for 30 minutes, ready for removal:

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Ready for final set up in freezer:

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Waste not, want not.

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Scooped.

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And with homemade chocolate cake. :D

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From Mona's post to my kitchen... :cool:

I even splurged and used the good eggs. :D

It was a good afternoon snack too. (Nothing going to waste these days, heh.)


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yorkshire pud! (the more modern version which is way better than the ancient thick stodge)

Wow. That's a bloody good yorkshire pudding!
nice, innit?

All mixed up. Shaggy mess. But it's supposed to be that way.

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Covered up and waiting for the next 12 to 24 hours.

The towel was hand stitched by one of my great aunts - or whatever they call your grandmother's sister.

It's cute and cheerful. :)

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can't wait to see the end results :cool:
 
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