Anyone who spends any time here knows I love all things custard and pudding. Tapioca is a favorite. Ingredients: 2 (13.5 oz) cans coconut milk* 1/4 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup tapioca granules 1 teaspoon vanilla Optional: 1/4…
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Recipe: Vanilla White Chocolate Tapioca
A friend who knows how much I love custards and puddings sent me a link to a recipe for Chocolate Tapioca Pudding. I decided I’d like to make vanilla white chocolate tapioca and adapted the following recipe to suit: Ingredients:…
Recipe: Dark Chocolate Pudding
When I posted my pumpkin pudding recipe I said I’d probably try a chocolate variation next. So here you go! Most chocolate pudding recipes use cocoa powder instead of chocolate bars for a super-smooth texture. I wanted to be able…
Recipe: Pumpkin Pudding
Have a half cup of pumpkin puree left over from making Thanksgiving dinner? Here’s something to do with it! I’m a huge fan of custards, puddings, creams, etc. I realized I had a can of pumpkin puree sitting around that…
Recipe: Orange Creamsicle (Tapioca) Custard Gone Wild
I went to an Asian grocery and, due to my love of all things tapioca, bought large pearl tapioca. Including a batch of mixed colored tapioca bubbles. I tried to use them like their small pearl cousins, and it just…
Recipe: White Chocolate-Raspberry Decadence
We found some gorgeous raspberries on sale this week, and I had a package of frozen puff pastry in the freezer; this inspired me to make the following. It has four parts: white chocolate pudding; whipped cream; fresh raspberries; puff…
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Creamsicle Cloud Pudding
I’ve been playing around with gelatin-based desserts lately. They’re easy, they’re cold, and they’re yummy. I don’t like all the artificial stuff and super-sugary nature of the pre-packaged Jell-o mixes, however. So when I found an orange sherbet Jello “salad”…
Blue Moon Pudding
I love looking around the house for ingredients we aren’t using, or need to use up, and figuring out how to put them together into something interesting. Here’s a silky pudding I made last night: Blue Moon Pudding (serves 4,…
"Rosie’s Bakery All Butter Fresh Cream Sugar Packed No Holds Barred Baking Book," by Judy Rosenberg
This book tempts me to give it a 5, but I’m going to stick with a 4. The layout bugs me, as does the rampant cuteness. The recipes, however, are almost entirely first-rate.
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"Dessert Circus at Home," by Jacques Torres
Jacques brings you professional-level pastries of great beauty and flavor, but this book was designed for the home cook, not a pastry chef. While a beginning cook probably won’t want to dive right in to the puff pastry, there’s plenty in here that even the very occasional baker will feel comfortable making.