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My eldest daughter turned 18 last Monday, and this weekend we had some of her friends over for 5 o'clock tea (or a homemade approximation thereof). We served sandwiches, biscuits, cake and risalamande - a vanilla and almond flavoured rice dessert with hot cherry sauce. Here are some photos of the goods:


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Jello pudding cookies? Yea, I was in denial at first, but when I tried it, I just kept thinking um, where have you been all my life? Now, it's the only way I'll make them because they come out so plump and chewy, moreso than any other cookie I've had. Even bakery made.


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Lots of it, too. I have a completely full trifle dish of banana pudding, plus a small container I set aside for a friend.

MMmmmmm! I'd been craving it since last week, but I didn't make it while we had a visitor since she's not a fan of it. But yay for dessert tonight! And breakfast tomorrow! And snack tomorrow afternoon! And more dessert!


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The first time I had Thai food I was maybe 14 years old and I was in Port Townsend, WA at a place called the Khu Larb. My parents got a dessert and allowed me to try it. The warm sticky nutty goodness was hard for me to completely comprehend and from that point on it because my absolute favorite Thai dessert. They called it black rice pudding at ( Read more... )

I'd never made crème caramel before, so I don't know if the caramel is supposed to solidify as much as it did when poured into the ramekins. I was convinced there'd be no caramel to my crème, at least without the help of a chisel, but miraculously most of it had turned runny by the time I inverted them about twelve hours later. Anyway, I'll be more ( Read more... )

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Whats a dead quick pudding involving creme fraiche in some way? We'll be having dinner in about 2 or 3 hours and I've already done a lot of cooking, so would like something relatively quick ( Read more... )

I am seriously craving some Far. It is a Breton puddingy cake a bit like a flan as well. Anyway, it's one of my all time favorite desserts. I learned to make it from my mother's cousin one summer in Brittany. They sell it all over the place over there especially during the "Fest Noz" which are these parties that are organized all over Brittany ( Read more... )