The bakers' thread

[CharlesF]

@jayonabike Recipe for the steak pie, please. Looks too good not to share!!

 

[Venod]

Finally used some of the Blackberries we picked a few week back, no apples available, so added two small pears to the mix, tastes good.

 

[Leedsbusdriver]

An easy to make boiled fruit cake.

 

[jayonabike]

@jayonabike Recipe for the steak pie, please. Looks too good not to share!!

I’ll try and post up the recipe after work later

 

[figbat]

Cinnamon babka, baked this morning after proving the dough overnight and assembling first thing. I’ve done a couple of these before - a family favourite.

 

[annedonnelly]

Cinnamon babka, baked this morning after proving the dough overnight and assembling first thing. I’ve done a couple of these before - a family favourite.

A family favourite? You've a lucky family. Looks fantastic. can just imagine the smell as it's baking!

 

[figbat]

A family favourite? You've a lucky family. Looks fantastic. can just imagine the smell as it's baking!

The difficult part was giving it time to cool before diving in!

I came across the recipe a few years ago and have made it a few times. My kids aren’t great with various inclusions in cakes and buns (no fruit, no nuts etc) but cinnamon is a winner. It was interesting when they did a chocolate version on GBBO - I plan to give that a try too.

 

[figbat]

Cheaty baking - ready-made puff pastry combined with surplus pears from my parents’ harvest glut = pear turnovers. Plus two jam turnovers for the I-don’t-like-cooked-fruit daughter (ironic given that jam is exactly that!).

 

[Reynard]

Those look good @figbat

Nothing wrong with using ready made puff pastry. It's one of the "cheats" I tend to use.

P.S. Pickled pears are very nice with cheese and cold cuts

 

[figbat]

Those look good @figbat

Nothing wrong with using ready made puff pastry. It's one of the "cheats" I tend to use.

P.S. Pickled pears are very nice with cheese and cold cuts

Some kind of chutney was also mooted, but it looks like the remainder of the pears and the accompanying apples are going in crumbles.😋

 

[Reynard]

Some kind of chutney was also mooted, but it looks like the remainder of the pears and the accompanying apples are going in crumbles.😋

There's a Polish bake called a "placek" which is the generic term for a rich sponge (it uses sour cream) topped with fruit. Apples and plums are more typical, but it's very nice with sliced pears as well. A drop of almond extract in the batter doesn't go amiss when using pears.

 

[figbat]

There's a Polish bake called a "placek" which is the generic term for a rich sponge (it uses sour cream) topped with fruit. Apples and plums are more typical, but it's very nice with sliced pears as well. A drop of almond extract in the batter doesn't go amiss when using pears.

Pear and almond - classic combo. Another option was a pear and frangipane tart, but pear crumble is possibly my favourite crumble (rhubarb runs it close).

 

[Reynard]

Pear and almond - classic combo. Another option was a pear and frangipane tart, but pear crumble is possibly my favourite crumble (rhubarb runs it close).

I'm more of an apple-and-quince-crumble kind of girl. Quince pears add a lovely, fragrant and slightly citrusy note to the apples. And a bit more of a bite, as bramleys will cook right down to a fluff.

 

[annedonnelly]

I've been craving a Bakewell tart for a while.

 

[figbat]

I love a good Bakewell! I keep meaning to try a pudding version, with a slightly less well done, ‘sloppier’ frangipane and possibly a flaky pastry, although the traditionalists may frown. It’s one of those dishes with various ‘proper’ versions, depending where you look.