pastry Posts

This Ukrainian Pastry Chef Creates Cake Masterpieces

Dinara Kasko, a Ukrainian pastry chef, is a shining star in the skies of handmade artisanal pastries. She is so exceptionally creative that she can be defined as a sculptor chef. Dinara makes pastries and cakes in various sizes, all meticulously crafted with silicone molds she designs herself.

This Pastry Chef's Cakes Will Leave You Slack-Jawed

Elena Gnut is a truly remarkable pastry chef. She hails from Kaliningrad in Russia and has over 140,000 followers on her Instagram account. There's a reason why she's built up such a following, and that's because she makes some of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful cakes I've ever seen.

18 Common Baking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Opening the Oven Too Often The result: your pastry collapses It’s tempting to peek into the oven and check how your pastry is doing, but opening the oven, even for a few seconds, lets cold air in, which interrupts the baking process, unnecessarily extending – or even disrupting - it completely.

This Custard Tart Will Leave You Extremely Satisfied!

Custard Tart (Serves 6) Ingredients Pastry • 225g flour • 1 lemon • 150g butter • 75g caster sugar • 1 egg • 1 egg yolk • 1 pinch of salt Custard Filling • 9 egg yolks • 75g caster sugar • 500ml whipping cream • 1 grated nutmeg Directions 1. Preheat you oven to 170C/340F. 2.

These Delicious Spring Rolls Are a Vegetarian's Dream

Spring roll pastry can be hard to come by, but Asian supermarkets will definitely sell it. It comes in various sizes, but we use the 10cm square ones – any smaller than this and it will get a bit fiddly when sealing the filling in.

These Ginger Biscuits Are Perfect with a Cup of Coffee

Add the soft brown sugar, egg, and golden syrup and mix well until it forms a pastry mix. 4. Roll out this pastry on a floured surface to about ¼ inch thick. Make sure that the surface and the rolling pin are well dusted with flour. Cut out approximately 12 shapes with a pastry cutter. 5.

Treat Your Friends and Family to These Tasty Mince Pies

Mince Pies (Makes 8) Ingredients Sweet Pastry • 1 1/8 lb of plain flour • 8 ¾ oz of caster sugar • 8 ¾ oz of butter, cubed • 2 large eggs Financier Batter • 8 oz caster sugar • 3 ¼ oz ground almonds • 6 1/3 oz plain flour • 7 egg whites, lightly beaten • 8 oz butter Filling • 2 jars organic mincemeat

These Cornish Pasties Are So Good You'll Want Two!

Cover half of each pastry base with the filling. Moisten the pastry edges, and fold pastry over the filling. Press the edges together with a fork. 5 . Transfer the pastries to a baking sheet, brush the tops with milk, and make a small slit in each top to allow steam to escape. 6 .

This Delicious Fish Pie is the Ultimate Comfort Food

Haddock and Smoked Fish Pie (Serves 8) Ingredients • 1 1/8 lb of puff pastry • 10 2/3 oz of hot-smoked salmon • 14 1/8 oz of haddock fillet • 7 1/16 oz of tiger prawns, raw • 7 1/16 oz of baby spinach leaves, washed • 1 pint of whole milk • 1 bay leaf • 1/2 onion, sliced • 6 black peppercorns • 1 1/16