Digestive Biscuits are the perfect tea time snack. They are easy to make and require basic ingredients. Sure you can purchase digestive biscuits in the supermarket but where’s the fun in that? Try these and add your own twist to them to create the perfect tea time snack just the way you like it! Digestive… Continue reading Digestive Biscuits
Tag: baking
Mini Coconut Bakes
These mini coconut bakes or coconut buns are an adaptation of an existing recipe on the website. Coconut Bake with sausage is an ubiquitous breakfast item in Trinidad & Tobago. Despite being widely popular, it is seldom mentioned in Trini breakfast conversations. Fried sausage is another popular item that is typically made with hotdog franks… Continue reading Mini Coconut Bakes
Garden Focaccia
Jyneelle makes a garden focaccia. a version of a her focaccia recipe from her days as a pastry chef at Chaud restaurant. Garden Focaccia is a fun bread recipe you can make at home with the kids that allows you to utilize different vegetables and herbs to make amazing bread art. For inspiration check out… Continue reading Garden Focaccia
Gourmet Style Pizza
If you’re reading this around the time it was posted then it’s lockdown in Trinidad & Tobago which means restaurants and food service have been suspended for a couple weeks and you can’t purchase your favorite gourmet style pizza. This gourmet style pizza recipe isn’t a far cry from the pizza recipe from back in… Continue reading Gourmet Style Pizza
Hops Bread
Hops bread is one of those food items that carry huge cultural significance for many people in Trinidad & Tobago. Back in the day we bought hops from two bakeries in particular, Chin Fatt Bakery that was located on the corner of 6th Avenue and the Eastern Main Road (Where KFC now stands) and Chee… Continue reading Hops Bread
Christophine (Chayote) Strudel
This journey for this Christophine (Chayote) Strudel started in 2020. For the past few months we’ve been researching recipes that call for paper thin doughs. It all started with a Mark Weins video where he was eating a Canai Roti which led us down a rabbit hole of recipes. Eventually we zeroed in on a… Continue reading Christophine (Chayote) Strudel
Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
These chocolate hot cross buns incorporate cocoa nibs and 70% chocolate chunks in the dough and are filled with a rich orange/ mint pastry cream and topped with chocolate crosses. With such an amazing and complex pairing it’s definitely not just for the kids! Let’s make a spin on the classic hot cross bun that… Continue reading Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
Homemade Milk Bread
This homemade milk bread is an easy recipe that makes the perfect bread for any sandwich. Most of the comments I get from people who are intimidated by making their own bread is centered around kneading the dough. In the Homemade Milk Bread Recipe video I go through the entire process of mixing and kneading… Continue reading Homemade Milk Bread
Coffee Streusel Muffins
These coffee streusel muffins are the perfect “pick-me-up” snack. This easy muffin recipe uses coffee in the batter as well as the cream frosting and is finished off with a drizzling of melted chocolate and cocoa nibs. Coffee Streusel Muffins Coffee Muffins Ingredients 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tsp baking powder… Continue reading Coffee Streusel Muffins