Category: custard

• banana cream pie

  

  This came about simply because I wanted to try out a Nilla Wafer crust and also had a couple of bananas to spare that weren’t overripe. You want to use bananas that are just ripe, the kind you would normally eat as is, and not the kind of overripe bananas you would use for banana […]

  Dave G

  May 29, 2022

  baked goods, baking, bananas, custard, food blogging, maple syrup, pie, sweets, tart

  banana cream pie, gelatin, nilla wafer, nilla wafer crust, pies

• mississippi mud pie

  

  This is not a difficult recipe, it’s just a little time consuming, because you do need to give each layer adequate time to set and get firmer before adding the next layer. If you did not wait to let it set, you may get messy results. After looking at a bunch of different recipes online, […]

  Dave G

  October 22, 2021

  baked goods, baking, bittersweet chocolate, chocolate, cocoa, custard, dessert, espresso powder, food blogging, pie

  chocolate mocha pie, chocolate mousse pie, chocolate pudding, mississippi mud pie, mud pie

• orange creamsicle magic cake

  

  Greetings!! You may have seen “magic cakes” online. There are a ton of other names for this basic cake recipe, like “smart cake” or “impossible cake”. These are named so because the cake batter separates into different layers, due to the egg whites being whipped up separately and added to the batter right before being […]

  Dave G

  May 7, 2021

  baked goods, baking, cakes, custard, dessert, food blogging, orange, orange cake, orange vanilla cake

  baking, custard, gateau magique, impossible cake, layers, magic cake, orange creamsicle magic cake, orange vanilla cake, pastel inteligente, smart cake, sponge cake, tarta magica

• bread pudding muffins

  

  How much do I love these? Let me count the ways… I know I often start out a blog post saying that whatever I made turned out really good or better than what I was expecting, but for these bread pudding muffins, it’s TRUE! 😀 I think it’s because I made sure to do the […]

  Dave G

  December 22, 2020

  baked goods, baking, bread, bread pudding, breakfast, brioche, brunch, custard, dessert, food blogging, snack, sweet dough, sweets, yeast breads

  bread pudding, bread pudding cups, bread pudding muffins, cardamom bread, cinnamon, cinnamon bread, leftover bread, nutmeg, stale bread pudding, stale brioche, stale challah

• pasteis de nata

  

  I tried making these a few different times using different recipes online, and although this was probably not as authentic as others, I found the streamlined steps made this the easiest to follow, and the results are spectacular! If you have an extra 12-count muffin tin, you’ll want to double the recipe, because 12 custard […]

  Dave G

  March 19, 2020

  baked goods, baking, custard, custard tarts, food blogging, pastry, pastry cream, Portugal

  pasteis de nata, portuguese custard tarts

• guava cheese canelés

  

  My new silicone canelé molds are no longer new. I bought them online, and they’ve been waiting to be used for two years now. Is it sacrilege to make canelés in other flavors besides vanilla custard? I looked around online and do see a few other flavors, (and even things that were only canelé in shape–the […]

  Dave G

  March 4, 2016

  baked goods, baking, cakes, cupcakes, custard, food blogging, french, mini cupcakes, pastry, snack, teacake

  canelé, canelé molds, canelés, custard, french pastry, Guava, guava paste, queso fresco, vanilla

• coconut mango latiya

  

  Hello! What a long week it has been! How is everyone? I don’t know how it feels for other food bloggers, but sometimes for me it feels rather odd to blog about something like pastry cream when there are a number of serious current events in one’s country and around the world. Does that make […]

  Dave G

  May 2, 2015

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, cakes, chamorro, chamorro food, custard, dairy-free, dessert, gluten-free, Guam, island food

  chamorro, chamorro dessert, Chamorro food, cinnamon, coconut, coconut milk, custard, dairy-free, dessert, gluten-free, lantiya, lantiyas, latin american, latiya, natilla

• pastel inteligente (the smart cake)

  

  A few months ago, I ran across this recipe online, and found that there are actually different versions floating around the internet. All of them have similar names–tarta magica, pastel inteligente, smart cake, magic cake–but the idea is the same. The cake basically is one batter that separates into three separate and distinct layers while baking. Hence the […]

  Dave G

  April 5, 2014

  baked goods, baking, cakes, custard, dessert

  baking, custard, layers, pastel inteligente, smart cake, sponge cake, tarta magica