by Sucre Haven | Aug 1, 2021 | Basics, Pastry creams, curds and sauce, Sweets
A simple jam that can be used to balance sweetness. I added a dollop of this in the middle of white chocolate shells to balance the sweetness. Ingredient 60g raspberry puree 15g glucose 15g caster sugar 1tsp lemon juice 1.5 tsp pectin Method Mix pectin with the sugar...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 13, 2019 | Cakes, Cupcakes, Decorations, Decorations, Frosting, Photo Sharing, Special Days, Sweets
A close friend’s birthday was round the corner and the plan was to bake a lemon cupcakes bouquet for her, coincidentally, a friend’s mother was also celebrating her birthday and so I baked one for her too. To cut the long story short, I only did one before...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 5, 2019 | Shatec, Sweets, Tarts and Pies
This week’s lesson is on frangipane tart or almond tart. The dough was a first for me and it is interesting to learn something new every week. It is stretchy rather than the usual flaky and crumbly ones that I am familiar with. The almond filling is very nutty...
by Sucre Haven | Aug 4, 2019 | Basics, Biscuits, Make Ahead Bakes, Sweets, Tarts and Pies
This is a really easy shortbread dough which I use to make cream tart cakes and you cannot believe how easy it is to make and how versatile this is too. The ingredients needed are also very few and it can be made ahead and frozen for use later. Here’s the...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 28, 2019 | Breads, Make Ahead Bakes, Pastry creams, curds and sauce, Sweets
Bread and Butter Pudding is a very English dessert and is really easy to make and is a good way to use up all the left over stale breads, dried fruits etc. Our trainer taught us a vanilla sauce to go with this easy dessert and it was delicious. (makes five 4-inch...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 28, 2019 | Basics, Make Ahead Bakes, Pastry creams, curds and sauce, Shatec, Sweets
Fragrant and flavourful, this versatile vanilla sauce can be used to drizzle over cakes, bread puddings, ice-cream and other desserts. I thought this is very similar to creme anglaise and doing a brief search over the internet, I think the difference is that creme...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 28, 2019 | Sweets
Creme Caramel is a pudding like dessert, tastes light and doesn’t take too long to make. The key is to get the caramel right, knowing when to stop heating the caramel such that it is the colour of honey and not to burn the sugar which will result in a bitter...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 20, 2019 | Cakes, Frosting, Mousse Cakes, Shatec, Sweets
Today’s lesson was Strawberry Yogurt Mousse Cake. My partner is back and I’m glad to have someone to laugh with and work with. It was a fun lesson albeit a little tiring with all that washing and cream beating. I have done this cake years ago and it is...
by Sucre Haven | Jul 20, 2019 | Basics, Mousse Cakes, Sweets
This strawberry yogurt mousse is suitable to make layered cakes and is versatile even to do layered desserts in cups. (Makes enough to fill a two layered 6-inch cake) Ingredients 170g whipping cream 160g strawberry puree 35g plain yogurt 12g sugar 6g gelatine leaves...
by Sucre Haven | Dec 19, 2018 | Granola, Sweets
Gym friend, H, wanted to ‘initialise’ her oven and so we decided to bake something simple and healthy, you know, gym friend? ;P So granola seems to be healthy enough, with the high fibre and the absence of white sugar, but what is granola without some...
