Month: May 2023

This week I found the mascarpone cheese which is the key ingredient for tiramisu. I took a big step by choosing a more challenging recipe that would test my baking skills. Although the tiramisu was a little soggy I would still call this progress.

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The first step was to separate the egg whites and yolks, then I added milk, sugar and heated the mixture to a boil. Once the mixture thickened, I transferred it to a bowl and plastic wrapped the top.

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Then I mixed the egg yolk mixture with the mascarpone cheese.

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while I let the cheese and yolk pudding chill I made the whip cream.

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Now its time to assemble, I did each lair twice.

This is the finished result.

Once I finished I let it sit over night before we tasted it, the tiramisu was good but I would have put less coffee and rum mixture because it made it to soggy and the rum overpowered the coffee flavour.

Originally, the plan was to make tiramisu. Unfortunately, I could not find the cheese used in the recipe so instead I made Japanese milk buns. The process was very tedious, as I had to add different ingredients in one by one.

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To get the golden brown look on top I put egg wash and then glazed them with garlic butter. When I tried them, it was really light and fluffy but also bland, to improve them I would put something inside or have it with soup. Next week I will try to find the cheese for the tiramisu.

This week I made peanut butter cookies with a recipe that only uses three ingredients.

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The instructions said that the cookies wouldn’t spread but in the second picture you can see that they took up more space and became thinner. Next time I would refrigerate the batter before putting them in the oven and space them out more. Although this was only a three ingredient recipe I think it was better than the recipes that include flour because the peanut butter was more concentrated. Next week I am going to make tiramisu with my cousin.

For the last two months I have been working on my second Genius Hour project which is baking. Originally, the plan was to bake and make Chinese dishes, but I haven’t gotten around to cooking with my grandmother yet. I’ve made pretty easy baked goods so far, but now that we’re over half way I’m starting to try new and harder recipes. I want to get into more bread-like desserts like danishes, croissants, and banana bread. Other than my skill improvement, both bakeries that I contacted have not answered.