Blackberry Keylime Pie
12 July 2008, 03:07 pm

I made this pie using a recipe from Coconut and Lime. I simply added about 4 oz of blackberries to the crust before pouring the key lime filling over the pie. The recipe calls for 1/3 cup of fresh key lime juice but I used 1/2 cup of bottled key lime juice and the rest was fresh Persian lime juice. I think the flavor was still really good despite the lack of fresh juice. The pie is baked at 300 for 15 minutes. 
 
 
  Theme Post (Red): Raspberry Sour Cream Tart
07 July 2008, 10:26 pm

This was one of the easiest baked desserts I've ever made! We had a few pints of fresh local raspberries that were begging to be made into a dessert showcasing the fruit, and this is the recipe I used. Simple and delicious. :) Perfect for summer. (My boyfriend has also said it made great breakfast!)



Recipe and one more photo of the whole tart )
 
 
 
  continuation of my berry love
30 June 2008, 09:03 pm

2nd of the double berry:

Chocolate Trifle with mixed berries


berries! )
 
 
  theme - strawberry baked alaska
29 June 2008, 11:41 pm
mood: accomplished
music: Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat
location: Aberystwyth

What lies beneath this mountain of meringue?


I recently went and picked roughly 5.5 kilos of strawberries. I won't tell you how many of those I ate raw... Suffice it to say I had a bit of a sore tummy. I just love them! So, I wanted to make something that would show off the bright, fresh taste of the fruit for this month's theme, and I thought I'd try something a little different: Baked Alaska! The pictures don't do it justice, I'm afraid... I had to work very quickly to get any, and it kinda shows... But trust me, it was awesome. Everything in this recipe is made from scratch, and I'm quite proud of it. The ice cream was so creamy, and the meringue was spongy and melt in your mouth delicious with just a hint of vanilla... The strawberry jam seeped into the cake a bit and tied the dish together in a most delightful way...

Recipe(s)... )

Pictures! )
 
 
  Theme: White Chocolate Blueberry Tart
12 June 2008, 08:24 am



Blueberries have been going on sale a lot lately here in Florida, so, I decided to take the opportunity to stock up on a few blueberries since they're always so expensive! And I love blueberries, but buying them as much as I'd like kind adds up to be pretty costly. There were actually a lot of things that I thought of to make with the blueberries, but one thing really stuck with me. A blueberry tart; With chocolate! Oh yea. Winner. Ding, ding, ding! So, that's exactly what I did. Made one awesome blueberry tart.

What I loved most about this was defiantly the crust! The cashews really gave it a awesome taste! If you don't really like cashews though, you could always use other nuts that you prefer. Pecans, almonds, walnuts; Whatever to your choosing. But, I'd have the say that the cashews really complemented with the blueberries and chocolate. I would say try it. I'll defiantly be keeping this recipe for the crust in memory for the future. It was just so good.

The whole things was awesome in general. You have to keep in in the fridge or freezer. For me however, living in the Sunshine State where heat is out enemy, I had to keep it in the freezer since it has been killer hot out. If you were to take ice out of the freezer, it would begin to melt. So I thought I'd be safe and put the tart in the freezer so that I wouldn't have to fear that it would melt! Anyways, I really liked this recipe. Everything came together really well and very much enjoyed it! It's typically a very easy dessert, too! You'll love it!

 
 
  [info]elanya's trifle berry tart
08 June 2008, 12:09 am
mood: full
location: Aberystwyth



I tried this recipe today for a friend's birthday party, and it turned out great! I used strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries. I also made it in a smaller, springform pan so I reduced the recipe a bit. It was devoured and raved over. Nyom!

2 more pics behind the cut )

I'm not entering this in the contest 'cause I feel it'd be a bit cheesy to nick her recipe and then compete against her with it 2 days later, but I wanted to post because damn, this was delicious.
 
 
  Lemon tarts with berries (theme post)
07 June 2008, 01:30 pm

 
 
 
  Birthday Baking
06 June 2008, 10:12 pm

The last two weekends were my Nana's and my Mum's birthdays, so I volunteered to do the cakes and desserts. And pretty much exhausted myself in the process, but had lots of fun doing it. :) (And there's nothing quite like baking for procrastinating study!)



Calories Under The Cut! )
 
 
  Trifle tart - Theme Post
04 June 2008, 07:58 pm
mood: full
music: The Most Serene Republic - Neurasthenia

Err, *inadvertantly* crossposted to my journal.

I'm not 100% sure what to call this, so I guess I'll go with trifle berry tart:



Tart for the Tarty! )
 
 
  matthew's mango mirror mascarpone mousse birthday cake
30 May 2008, 09:10 am

TALK ABOUT ALLITERATION.
And eating mangoes all day. I'm tired.


a million more photos because I'm really proud of this one )

Recipe here.
 
 
  Tiramisu (theme)
28 May 2008, 09:33 pm

Homemade Kahlua Tiramisu





Recipe + 4 more pics )
 
 
  Mandarin Orange Pie
17 May 2008, 02:45 pm



Thanks to you guys for the Mandarin Orange recipes the other day. I'm going to go through all of them sooner or later. :D For now, here's the first one I made--Mandarin Orange Pie. The taste is really, really delicious, and especially great for the hot weather. ♥

+5 )
 
 
  Ice Cream Cake HELP
13 May 2008, 10:27 am

The 8 year old in my world wants a strawberry icecream cake for his birthday. Anyone got any good suggestions about what type of cake to use or any pitfalls to avoid?? Lots of informaton online, I like to know that someone has actually tried it before me.
 
 
  Peanut Butter Torte
06 May 2008, 02:05 pm




Theres been a blogging group that I've really been wanting to join for awhile now. Tuesdays with Dorie. You have to have a book to join this group, and I didn't have the book; Till now. I finally got the book so that I could finally join the group, and I didn't hesitate to join.

It was actually kind of funny. Before I saw what the next challenge was, I looked threw the book to see what all recipes there was. And one of them that really shout out to me was the Peanut Butter Torte. It was just beautiful, and sounded, as well as looked, unbelievable. I knew that I wanted to make it soon; And who knew that'd it'd be one of the first things that'd I'd bake!

This weeks challenge was the Peanut Butter Torte. I knew that I was going to love this because, I mean, come on. It's peanut butter! One of those things that make you happy and certainly bring bake being a kid.

I really liked the crust for this. An Oreo crust is my favorite kind of crust to have on an cake, cheesecake, or anything else that has a crust. I was kind of unsure as to if it'd pair will with the peanut butter. I didn't really think that'd be that good together. But they were! They were excellent together! And I defiantly have gotten my peanut butter dose!





 
 
 
  Tiramisu Toffee Trifle Pie
25 April 2008, 09:09 pm

Tiramisu Toffee Trifle Pie
trifle

Recipe )
 
 
  Fresh Fruit Flan
21 March 2008, 12:50 am


Had some sweet shortcrust pastry dough lying around and begging to be used, so i decided to make this extremely easy and gorgeous fresh fruit flan! You can use any sweet shortcrust pastry dough recipe, but if you want the one I used (as well as the recipe for the vanilla pastry cream filling), you can find it here :)
 
 
  !Theme Post :: Banana Cream Pie (without pudding)
17 March 2008, 03:06 am

I purchased Tartine's cookbook and this is the first recipe I have completed..It also qualifies for the theme contest which is why I picked this recipe :o).. it's a Banana Cream Pie made with no pudding... It was very time consuming but I guess that comes with the territory when you are a beginner..  The pie tasted amazing.. It was very sweet and really rich so I don't think I could eat the whole thing in the next few days :o( but over all, it's a great banana cream pie..

tartine banana cream pie

 
 
  Lemon Cheesecake Bars!
06 March 2008, 10:45 pm


Hi everyone! :D
This is my very first post here.

I was actually intending to make Lemon Bars
and was searching for recipes online and I fell upon this.
So I bumped it up a notch and decided to make Lemon Cheesecake Bars instead. (:



Clickety click for more zesty goodness! )