These thicc cream puffs are filled to the brim with cream and topped with a crispy brown sugar cookie crust – otherwise known as choux au craquelin! Mannnn I love the look of these when they work out perfectly, but these were admittedly a pain […]
Here are the recipes for my favorite pastry cream/custard fillings! I’ll probably add more as time goes on and the title of this post will change LOL The Thai pandan custard recipe was generously provided to me by my friend Sara who has an amazing […]
Life Update: Why I Was Gone & What I Learned Hi everyone, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Warning: skip to the next heading if you don’t want to read my life ramblings. Where have I been for 2-3 months? I’ve been struggling y’all…OK, so […]
Here’s a common lesson we’ve never listen to (well at least, I often don’t) – DON’T RUN BEFORE YOU CAN WALK. There’s a reason why I titled the post this way; yes, I did have to attempt the infamous croquembouche twice. Before these attempts I […]
This whole recipe idea originated from ZoeBakes recipe for lemon mascarpone crepe cake which sounds AMAZINGGG… …but clearly, this is not that. My brain works in weird ways and it’s all over the place 24/7…but I’d say this was one of my more successful creations. […]
I don’t know why it took me two weeks to make donuts – freaking donuts – but it did. My first try was supposed to be a play on coffee and donuts – Vietnamese-Italian fusion bombolini filled with a Vietnamese coffee-flavored pastry cream. Sounds good […]
Coming back from a 5-week family vacation in Vietnam, I wanted to make something visually appealing if I was going to rehydrate my dry Instagram feed after not posting anything for more than a month. These cream puffs are inspired by @sweet_essence_ panda cream puffs […]