Happy Holidays from D!

It's Christmas!!!

and the best part: the dessert!!!

 

Who doesn't love a decadent Buche de Noel? It's one of my personal favorites. You have a lot of variations of this famous yule log but the classic chocolate genoise with  chocolate whipped cream will always have a special place in my heart <3 .





 

 

I'll admit, the rolling part of the cake took me some time (and several cakes!) to master, but the result definilty worth the trouble. 

 

 

Other than that, the cake is pretty straightforward to make. Just bake your favorite genoise sheet cake , spread some chocolate whipped cream and roll!

 

Some green and red fondant holly will look great on top. But maybe next year I'll try baking some meringue mushrooms.

 

 

Happy Holidays Everyone!! May the coming year bring us even sweeter things...

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Guest Post: Is Christmas pudding - pudding?

Hello Deezert people! I have another guest post for you.

This time it's about Christmas! YAY!

 

Enjoy

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Is Christmas pudding - pudding?
by Corina David

It’s been a while now since shops have started displaying their Christmas decorations and most importantly the Christmas goodies. Among them, the Christmas pudding seems to be just another type of dessert – nothing special.

But the British Christmas pudding is indeed a bit more special than that.

Take a look at these pictures:

 

 

 

One is a chocolate pudding, the other is sticky toffee pudding. One has a cream like consistency, the other one looks like a piece of cake. And then the list can go on: tapioca pudding, rice pudding, banana pudding. You can even buy pudding is sachets, just boil some milk and add some sugar. And you’ll get yourself two nice bowls of steaming pudding.

 

And finally, there is the Christmas Pudding.

The Christmas pudding is mainly a British Christmas dessert that doesn't have the custard like consistency of the pudding described above. It is a proper cake, made with lots of fruits and spices; a classic, favourite British dessert. It’s so famous that we even sing about it, without actually realising it:

“Oh, bring us a figgy pudding

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheeer” (We Wish You a Merry Christmas)

 

What are the main ingredients?

Sultanas, raisins, currants, almonds, orange or lemon peel, mixed spices, like cinnamon, nutmeg, plain flour, eggs, sugar and something to make one merry indeed: a tiny little bit of alcohol: either brandy or rum. If you are interested in the recipe, you can find it here.

After all these mouth watering ingredients, it is easy to understand why the Christmas pudding is special. 

Just one more funny detail to keep in mind!

 You’ll want to remember King George I or the Pudding King. George was born in Hanover, in what is now Germany. At the age of 54, after the death of Queen Anne of Great Britain, he ascended the British throne – in 1714. As the Christmas of that year was his first Christmas in England, he requested that plum pudding (similar to the present Christmas pudding) be served as part of the royal feast.  

So you may want to go on with singing the carol “We won’t go until we get some/We won’t go until we get some” or pay a visit to Dunn’s Bakery to find more details about this special Christmas dessert.

 

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Christmas Cupcakes

Merry Christmas!
Photo Credit: Diana Loutfy

First of all I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Isn't the Christmas spirit just amazing? People singing, everyone happy and cheerful! I just love it =)

What I love more, is I GET TO GO CRAZY WITH BAKING! and no one can say a thing =D

So for this happy holiday I baked some colorful Christmas cupcakes.

I made two types of cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes and Red Velvet Cupcakes

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