I'm looking for an authentic Mohntorte recipe. I can find various 'poppyseed cakes' in books & on the Web. However, they are very mutually variable in the kind of pastry which results. I understand that the traditional Mohntorte is a layered sweetcrust pastry with poppyseed paste & crystallized citrus fruit pieces? Thanks in advance!

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A number of years ago, I lived in France. And while I don't necessarily crave French food often, there are certain things I miss. Like brioche (such a perfect Sunday breakfast/brunch food). And I really want to make a galette des rois this January. Now, to only be able to find a porcelain fèvreOn Food Network Canada, there's a show called French ( Read more... )

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Help! I ate these (vegan) all weekend, and am now having withdrawal symptoms! Does anyone have a good recipe? :-) I would love you forever more...

I'm trying to get the recipe from the baker who did them over the weekend. If I succeed, I'll post it too...

Does anyone have a good shortbread style pastry crust suitable for tarts and sweet pies they could share?
Thanks in advance!

last night I was inspired by this orejas post and sad because I did not have enough sugar.  I was determined to make something tasty with my frozen puff pastry so I came up with this!


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i've been missing these delicious delicacies ever since i became vegan, so this was my midnight snack last night.

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Hey everyone! I'm looking to veganize an amazing dessert I always used to get at a local restaurant. It was made up of puff pastry with ice cream and hot fudge sauce. I've got the hot fudge sauce all set (I used the recipe from The Vegan Chef website) and I'll use vanilla Tofutti... now all I need is the pastry. Does anyone have some good ideas?TIA

I swear I've seen it here before, but the memories aren't helping at the moment--anyone have a tried-and-true recipe for Irish cream liqueur? This looks the most promising, as it doesn't call for eggs or milk chocolate, and I'm not keen on using coconut milk/cream as some vegan recipes call for. However, it's a bit ambigious: "cream" (maybe just ( Read more... )

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