Tag: Chocolate pastry cream
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Valentine’s Day Hot Chocolate Milk Cake With A Tunnel Of Love
As a professional recipe developer, I will say that there are some recipes that are a little more challenging to develop than others. One of these items is a good chocolate cake. Personally, I prefer chocolate cakes that are made with oil instead of butter because I find that an oil based chocolate cake has…
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Poached Pears With Roquefort Streusel And Chocolate Cream
Poached pears are another great dessert to make for Valentine’s Day, and whether you prefer red wine or white wine to add to your poaching syrup, this wonderful little dessert can be planned in advance if you want to WOW someone but don’t have a lot of time. I chose to poach mine in a…
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Bananas Foster Caramel Custard Cake
The last installment of our Lunch Box dessert series brings us to a real big kid dessert like Bananas Foster. Who doesn’t just love rum spiked bananas in a caramel sauce over vanilla ice cream? I think you would need to be made of steel to be able to resist a dessert like that… The…
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The Versatility of Pastry Cream (Custard)
When I attended culinary school, there were a few basic items that we made over and over again. This was not only because we needed to know how to make them on the spot with our eyes closed, but also because these useful products are used in so many different applications. One of these items…