I now declare, that apart from Adriano, home bake events are the BEST of the dessert tours.
Having hassled every confirmed guest for something different, unusual, but noice, and feeling slightly guilty about being such a Nazi, everyone made an effort to bring something they made, and most brought something to the effect of "I've no idea how it'll turn out because it's the first time I attempted it" or "I had to do a trial before the proper batch" or "I followed your recipe but failed miserably at home... can I make it here?"
So, the home bake offering this time, are as follows:
CS DDT secretary hostess with the mostest: Chilli chocolate creme brulee, pancake sandwich with red bean paste, chocolate and peanut butter crepe gateau
KT DDT CEO extraordinaire - tomato sorbet, Persian baklava, alfajores (choc-coated biscuit with dulce de leche [caramel] from Buenos Aires), and peanut butter ice cream
Loic: Almond croissant
Jean (and later Peter): Berry and liqueur tiramisu
Martin: Mamma's cake (layers of chocolate custard and sponge cake laced with cointreau)
Ben and Joan: Red wine and berry jelly and mulled red wine (which was made on site)
Emily and Roland: Buttermilk pudding (cream and buttermilk cooked with vanilla, set with gelatin)
Miriam: "Amy's" log (chocolate biscuit, mint-choc biscuit, cream etc and shaped into a gnarly log)
Joanna: Caramel corn
Wow.
Almond croissant: crispy, nutty, yummy. Hey where did the left-over's go??!!
Mulled wine: very fragrant, the heating process probably evaporated some alcohol so it was not so potent anymore, while citrus and sugar and spices made it so nice to drink! Wine jelly: very refreshing, just not set firm enough but still delicious
Buttermilk pudding: a bit like panna cotta, creamy/milky pudding I could eat forever.
Mamma's cake: PHUAW did you lose the bottle of cointreau in the cake Martin? But it's good... decadent and rich... like how mamma made it...
Log cake: satisfying type dessert, chocoholic's heaven, mint choc cookies broke up the dense sweet chocolate
Caramel corn: once you start you can't stop!
Berry tiramisu: Light and fluffy trifle with a hint of liqueur
Pancake sandwich: nostalgic dessert for kids who grew up reading Doraemon comics.
Alfajores: Brings back memories of Argentina!
Pancake gateau: I should have made it creamier and sweeter, I guess...
Baklava: sticky sweet and crispy
Chilli chocolate creme brulee - "mmm chocolate... OOOH its hot!"
Tomato sorbet: Surprisingly refreshing and contains a great depth of flavour - could possibly be crowned for being most unusual, unexpected, and NOICE dessert for the day!
Definitely a day of divine dessert degustation ... delicious and decadent!!
Welcome first timers Loic, Joanna, Ben and Joan, and Matty's Oskar! And Miriam - who made the beautiful gingerbread cookies at last year's Xmas themed homebake but was absent from the event!
