Great eclairs!

Got a distinction for these chocolate eclairs filled with chocolate and hazelnut creme diplomat.

I am obviously not a natural blogger

A whole week and I havent even managed to comment on the fact that I drove home from college beaming after the unveiling of my tart tartin from its tin helped by the heat of a blow torch to release it. it was nothing short of beautiful! with our spare puff pastry we made delicious crisp eccles cakes topped with icy white sugar nibs that crunched as you bit into them. An so this week we have our paste assessment and I will make chocolte hazelnut eclairs filled with creme diplomat and toppes with a caramel coated hazelnut decoration and also another tart tartin. I feel almost nervous that the perfection of last weeks tart cannot be recreated. Timing is the key to getting everything right so I have formulated a plan and fingers crossed it will all go well. So until tomorrow....

straight out of the oven

tart tartin

Just carved our pumpkin

Big pumpkin. Carved with love.