Question for anyone who bakes

[heatherrae]

Re: Question for anyone who bakes *deserts* (clarification for the stoners)

OK, so last week I made a thread about a pie I made that I came up with mostly on my own. The crust was entirely original and the filling was a somewhat tweaked version of strawberry bavarian with fruit puree folded in with gelatin, beaten egg whites, and heavy whipping cream (whipped). It came out pretty good but I want to tweak it some more and I was wondering if there was a way to add melted chocolate at the end for a kind of marble like effect without killing the fluffiness of the filling. I love cooking but I'm still a reltive newb when it comes to baking, and I've only been making pie for a few months now and the alst one was the first that didn't come out of a cookbook. So would adding the chocolate after the whipped cream er...deflate it? Have no effect on texture? What if I melted chocolate and sugar in with the whipping cream, then chilled and whipped it and folded THAT in?

fats generally make egg whites deflate. You would have to fold it in very little to keep your pie fluffy. I would probably opt to mix in chocolate shavings or bits or top it with ganache.

 

[nefertiti]

Re: Question for anyone who bakes *deserts* (clarification for the stoners)

fats generally make egg whites deflate. You would have to fold it in very little to keep your pie fluffy. I would probably opt to mix in chocolate shavings or bits or top it with ganache.

A useful post! I love you, I switch back to team heather.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I concurr with Ms PregoRae. Ganache is the way to go I am thinkin. Let us know how it turns out. Sounds REAL YUMMY.

I love to bake but I haven't very much in years as I haven't had my girls much.

I would bake for the Old Grump but then I would end up eating waaaaaaaay too much and methinks I would make Ms PregoRae look like a stick figure.... and that is sans the in-the-oven-bun!

 

[nefertiti]

I concurr with Ms PregoRae. Ganache is the way to go I am thinkin. Let us know how it turns out. Sounds REAL YUMMY.

I love to bake but I haven't very much in years as I haven't had my girls much.

I would bake for the Old Grump but then I would end up eating waaaaaaaay too much and methinks I would make Ms PregoRae look like a stick figure.... and that is sans the in-the-oven-bun!

I'll probably give it a go this weekend. Fingers crossed...baking is still slightly intimidating for me.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I'll probably give it a go this weekend. Fingers crossed...baking is still slightly intimidating for me.

Cooking is all in your tongue while baking is in your fingertips.... does that make sense?

My Mama would make the most unbelievable cakes in a woodburning stove - no joke. She never used any measuring implements past a pinch, the palm of her hand and the wooden spoon.... and her food was ALWAYS amazing. Not even my mother or any of her sisters could bake/cook like her.

That woman was a god... no exaggeration.

 

[chewyxrage]

jackangel, gambino, seaking420, sublime

in 1.......2......3......

Was definatly gonna pop in with a

 

[calveless wonder]

Was definatly gonna pop in with a

lol...sorry forgot you too bro. those were the first ones i could think of
aside from myself

 

[heatherrae]

Re: Question for anyone who bakes *deserts* (clarification for the stoners)

A useful post! I love you, I switch back to team heather.

I'll mail you a t-shirt...lol.

 

[Papa Lion]

Re: Question for anyone who bakes *deserts* (clarification for the stoners)

fats generally make egg whites deflate. You would have to fold it in very little to keep your pie fluffy. I would probably opt to mix in chocolate shavings or bits or top it with ganache.

agreed chocolate shavings are a good go... but if you wanted to cheat you could use some hershey's chocolate syrup drizzled over it...

 

[nefertiti]

Re: Question for anyone who bakes *deserts* (clarification for the stoners)

agreed chocolate shavings are a good go... but if you wanted to cheat you could use some hershey's chocolate syrup drizzled over it...

Lazy....I cook and bake from scratch.