Butter Baking

Butter Baking

A Blog of Baked Goods

Monthly Archives: June 2012

Little Berry Hand Pies

I love pie. I’m always making different sorts of pies, galettes, mini pies and trying out new fillings. So the other day, I made some little baby hand pies for my family which I’m currently staying with in Poland. Pies are the easiest thing for me to make in Poland, because all the ingredients are readily available. Other things are harder, because there is no brown sugar here, so I … Continue reading →

Basic Sweet Pastry

Basic sweet shortcrust pastry. It is a beautiful thing. It can be used for pies, tarts and pastries of all sorts. It seems though, that shortcrust pastry is sometimes feared, that it is too hard to make, too complicated, or some are afraid it won’t turn out. So I thought I would share with you my basic recipe for shortcrust pastry. There are many variations out there, using different sugars, … Continue reading →

Jam Donuts

Right now I am on holidays in Eastern Europe. But in normal life, I live in Melbourne, Victoria. In Melbourne, there’s something called the Victoria Market, which is a huge open air market. Apparently it is something of a tourist attraction, although I can’t really see why. The majority of the market sells junk. Like tracksuits pants (sweats for you Americans), ugg boot knock offs, Australiana (boomerang, anyone?) and cheap … Continue reading →

Polish Vanilla Slice (Karpatka)

This is Karpatka. Karpatka is like a polish version of vanilla slice, or millefeuille, only instead of the puff pastry, you have layers of choux pastry. Imagine one, big, rectangular profiterole filled with pastry cream. Yum! This is an absolute favourite of my mums, the polish dessert she likes the most. And I made it aaages ago for her, for mothers day, but I kind of forgot to post it. … Continue reading →

Brownie Espresso Icebox Layer Cake with Nutella Frosting

I started this little blog a year ago tomorrow! Whoo! I honestly cannot believe it. I have to post this a day early, because during my blog’s actual birthday tomorrow, I will be flying somewhere over Europe. June 17th, 2011 this blog was born, with my first post about a Devil’s Food Cake I baked for my brother’s birthday. That is a post I will certainly not be linking you … Continue reading →

Homemade Nutella Chips

Nutella! I’m obsessed with it, so when I saw this recipe I jumped all over it. I thought it would be good to have in the Basics section, and then I made some Biscoff blondies using these Nutella chips that are coming soon! But you can use these chips in anything! Cookies, brownies, stirred into cakes, in pies, mixed into vanilla ice cream, on top of frosted bars, straight out … Continue reading →

Whole Wheat Banana Breakfast Muffins

Let me give you a little insight into what a typical day in my life looks like. 6am: Alarm goes off. Hit the snooze button at least three times. Why does bed seem so much comfier and warmer when you have to get up super early in the morning? 6:30am: Finally get out of bed. Have a quick shower, get dressed, put on a little make up, grab my bag … Continue reading →

Salted Caramel Nutella Brownie Bites

I think for a long time, I was searching for a recipe for the ultimate brownies. I found it, and a couple of other great brownie recipes along the way, but I think the whole time my favourite brownies were sitting right under my nose. These. I love them so much, I have made at least 8 versions of them. Literally. You can even check them all out in my … Continue reading →

Salted Caramel Blondies

I love me some blondies. I haven’t made any in a while, and I thought a batch of chewy blondies were long overdue. And they were made even better with a layer of salted caramel through the middle! Things have been pretty crazy around here, and I honestly don’t even know where the days go. What between four shifts per week at work, two and a half days at culinary … Continue reading →