Category: Dessert
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Spain Dessert – Crema Catalana
For our Spanish dessert, Crema Catalana caught our eye. It is essentially a firm custard, with a burnt sugar crust on top, so gave us a great excuse to buy a blowtorch! This is definitely one we will be making again, as it keeps really well too. A lot of the ingredients needed for this…
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Germany Dessert – Stollen
As we were making these dishes in December, it was only right that stollen was on the list! We found a recipe from The Daring Gourmet (who is originally from Germany!) which looked perfect to try. Tip to the wise – if you want this for a specific day, make sure you plan ahead as…
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Northern Ireland Dessert – Fifteens
For dessert from Northern Ireland, at the request of the Head Chef, we had to make Fifteens. These are a no-bake staple dessert which is very quick and simple to make. We used a recipe from Elsa Eats, Fifteens are mixture of only 5 ingredients, with an easy ratio to remember: 15 marshmallows, 15 biscuits…
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China Dessert – Nian Gao
For dessert with a Chinese New Year theme, it only seemed right to go for Nian Gao – glutinous rice cake. This dish is usually served at Chinese New Year for good luck. China Highlights has a lot of information on the significance of this cake, as well as the best ways to serve it!…
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Tunisia Dessert – Bambalouni
When researching which dessert to choose for Tunisia, bambalouni really caught our eye! These are a type of fried doughnut that sounded too delicious not to try! While this recipe from Morfali did not require a lot of ingredients, we did need to source Type 55 French flour in order to get the correct consistency.…
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Japan Dessert – Jiggly Cheesecake
Would this be a food blog if we didn’t give the viral sensation of the Japanese Jiggly Cheesecake a go?! Spoiler alert, unless you are a professional and have the perfect kit (and maybe even then), this is unlikely to work on your first go! For these we used the Buzzfeed Tasty recipe. We know…
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Canada Dessert – Beaver Tails
To round off Canada week, we donned our Canadian tuxedos (aka a lot of denim) and made beaver tails! Essentially these are deep-fried flat doughnuts covered in cinnamon sugar. If that doesn’t sell you on beaver tails we don’t know what will! We used a recipe from the Food Network which worked brilliantly. We started…
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Wales Dessert – Welshcakes
We couldn’t possibly do a Wales week without making Welshcakes! These little pan cakes are very moreish and can be found everywhere in Wales. We made our welshcakes based on this recipe from BBC Good Food which uses the traditional option of currants, however these are also great with chocolate chips if you’re not a…
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England Dessert – Sticky Toffee Pudding
Sticky Toffee Pudding is the perfect winter warmer dessert – a great chunk of cake covered in toffee sauce! Of course for the recipe we had to go to the Queen of Baking, Mary Berry. The cake itself starts off with the usual flour, sugar, butter, eggs etc, but then has the addition of black…
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Bosnia Dessert – Hurmašice
Hurmašice or syrup biscuits are a delicious cross between a cake and a biscuit, drenched in a spiced syrup. The best recipe we found for these were from SBS. The most important aspect of the hurmašice is the syrup! The best plan is to make this first, so it can be simmering and reducing as…