Baked anything tasty lately?

Raichų

Crumble!! It’s the time of year really.

Caramelised apples with some orange zest and cinnamon, crumble is a cinnamon crumble with a touch of nutmeg and ginger.

Fionn1952

Love an aul crumble myself.

The wife's parents have an apple tree in their garden that will be absolutely heaving with apples that bake very nicely soon, so I'll be throwing apple crumbles and tarts at anyone who makes eye contact with me for the next while.

I would love some recommendations for something outside of crumbles, tarts or turnovers to make with them though.

the beer revolu

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Apple jelly?

Fionn1952

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122617213#Comment_122617213

Jellies and jams are usually more the wife's purview than mine, but we're starting to runn low on the absolute heap of elderberry jam she made last year so that could absolutely be a goer.

Is there a particular recipe you'd recommend?

the beer revolu

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It's my wife, too, is the jelly expert. I don't think she really follows recipes at this stage.

Raichų

Few ideas for apples off the top of my head:

• Eve’s pudding (old fashioned but still delightful!)
• Apple sponge cake
• Apple & Blackberry compote topped with crumble
• Apple & blackberry overnight oats
• Carmalised apple & cinnamon buns

Planet X

A pair of Malt Loaves……

sporina

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any similarity to Maltesers in flavour? never heard of a malt loaf

Planet X

No. Dried fruit and the main ingredient would be Barley Malt Extract. It’s a sticky type of loaf. Dried fruit soaked in some hot tea etc…

Planet X

Sliced….

sporina

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122634341#Comment_122634341

cool - and do you notice the flavour of the barley malt extract?

Planet X

Yeah……it’s a pleasant flavour. It’s a great loaf with butter.

Fionn1952

Wife couldn't decide between cheesecake or caramel squares.....so I made a caramel square cheesecake.

Fun to make, but basically diabetes incarnate....suggested portion about a quarter of what you'd usually have of a cheesecake.

Unless you have an obscene sweet tooth, I wouldn't try it.

eeepaulo

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whats the bottom layer?

Fionn1952

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There's a shortbread bottom layer that isn't very visible from that photo, the caramel has smeared down over it as I removed it from the springform tin.

I hadn't removed the springform base at this point either, so you could be seeing that.

nice bit of green

easy enough but never fails, banana bread currently cooling for my bro’s b-day tmw.

eeepaulo

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the caramel, was wondering if that was a base somehow

anyways, my attempt

Next time going to reduce the base by 1/3 and do away with the side biscuit, not necessary, put the lime zest in the cream cheese mixture, it looks cloudy and dark in the lime topping.

Didn't try mascapone, might try that next time.

Making for dessert after a chilli for friends. Hopefully nice and soothing.

Fionn1952

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I was actually looking at the side biscuit and thinking it looked the part myself!

How did you make the lime topping? Is it egg yolks, lime juice, butter, sugar and cornflour like you'd use for a meringue?

I always have a heap of limes here and would like something a bit less sickly than the caramel one next time around.

eeepaulo

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The side looked really inconsistent in the tin, it looked good after it came out, it was lovely to eat, but I'd prefer less tbh.

6 limes from Lidl juiced and zested. Made it up to 225ml with water. Lidl gelatine 2 sheets. Sugar to taste, probably 1-2 tablespoons. Let it cool then poured on a few hours after cheesecake set

Edit it's only a 7.5" spring form tin so adjust for bigger

the beer revolu

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You could always strain out the zest after infusing. (whether in the topping or in the cheese mixture).

Planet X

Bad crop of cooking apples this year, they seem to crop well every two years, like my other fruit trees. Anyway, last 4 cookers…….not properly latticed but hey……it’s not Hollywood judging 😀

con747

The last of mine as well.

Fionn1952

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In fairness, about 75% of the time I'm too lazy to do a lattice top at all.....and of the 25% I'm not, about 75% of that time I'm too lazy to make it a proper lattice and do this too.

Looks a lovely pie.

The in-law's trees are heaving this year so I'm working my way through an awful lot of apples but haven't taken any photos yet. I'm sure I'll do something with them over the weekend again though.

reap-a-rat

For all the people with apples coming out yer ears, I love to do an apple crumble cake. I thought I was using a Nigella recipe but this one I think is pretty similar but I play fast and loose with them so feel free to use your own favoured cake mix recipe and crumble topping recipe (I'm not at home to share my own version!). It's just the right change from either a pie or a crumble and you can go to town on adding apple slices and cinnamon and there's never too much (in my opinion!).

There's also lovely apple, cinnamon and walnut muffins (I do think that's a Nigella one) but I never use the oil, I just melt butter instead which makes them absolutely devine.

I love an apple treat so well jealous of everyone here trying to use up apples!

Oh I also saw something akin to an apple-y millionaires shortbread recently, a shortbread layer, a stewed apple layer and a crumble layer. Looked delicious and something I'll definitely try to do whenever I get back to baking.

https://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/the-best-apple-crumb-cake/

phormium

I actually do that shortbread/apple/crumble thingy fairly regularly. I make it in an 8" square tin so I often freeze some stewed apple in the tin in a layer then take it out and wrap it up and when I want to make the recipe I can just pop the frozen layer of apple on the shortbread base and add the crumble. Handy as it's easy store a few slabs of the frozen apple in the freezer.

Planet X

“Biscoff Cheesecake”, half going in freezer and not immediately on hips 😀. It came up on my “feed” last week, never heard of it. Nice though. Have to adjust recipe because base is too thick, 7”/18cm. tin, 200g biscuit and 80 butter.

Fionn1952

Couple of quick apple crumbles ready for the oven. Nothing elaborate at this time of a Tuesday morning before starting work!

Planet X

So, for the soda bread, I dropped 100ml. off the buttermilk. Made a big difference in the handling, before too sloppy, now, grand. 800ml down to 700ml. So happy 😀.

Sliced for the freezer.

Planet X

Tea Loaf, first time…..brill 😀

phormium

Love a nice tea loaf, can't beat it with good slather of butter and hot tea!