September 2008 Archives
Here's few shots of some of the things I never got around to posting!
And somewhere there is a passionfruit-mirror top chocolate opera cake I need to load up
I'm late on my post -- I'll pull the work card. I started a new job last month, I get to work from home, but they are working me to death :D As I post this - on a holiday weekend, I am doing work on my work computer at 11:48 PM on a holiday! We're supposed to calm down in about a week, but so far, the first months has been a bundle of work!
I did manage to get this months Daring Bakers challenge completed, but I missed the post date -- so here's my post. And thanks to this months hosts Tony and Meeta.
I enjoyed this challenge, my only complaint - after the challenge was complete, I had a large volume of unused material. Mostly made with expensive chocolate. Sure, having a few cups of chocolate sauce is not a bad thing, but at the price, I'd rather have the money and some cheap Hershey's syrup. After making the recipe, the glaze and sauce could have been halved. I also had a lot of the chocolate pastry cream left over, but most of that got eaten.
The pastry came out brilliantly. I had large gaping air-pockets and everything was evenly cooked. These were light and fluffy, filled with chocolate and covered with chocolate. The short lifespan on these made my neighbors very happy.
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