Pink Piccadilly Pastries

Lovely Mint Green Meringues

I adore meringues…… that crispy, melt in your mouth cookie. I like the fact that you can pipe them any shape you want, and color them to match your party theme. I like that you can add a bit of flavoring to them, or add chocolate chips or nuts. Today I tried a meringue recipe that used powdered sugar instead of… Read More

Coconut Ice, Round 2

Today I decided to try another recipe for Coconut Ice. I was first drawn to this lovely English Sweet by the color! I love anything pink! There aremany different recipes for this candy and the first recipe I tried camefrom a cute cookbook called Life is Sweet, which actually comes from the owners of a cute British Sweet Shop called Hope & Greenwood. That first recipe… Read More

Key Lime Pie Scones for St. Patrick’s Day

I thought it would be so yummy to develop a scone recipe that tasted like my favorite pie – Key Lime Pie! I wanted to have a filling that included the main ingredients of the pie – sweetened condensed milk and key lime juice, combined with whipped cream. Doesn’t that sound divine?! This scone recipe is different from other recipes… Read More

Vintage Recipe: Mini Sugar Cream Pies

I recently came across a recipe in a magazine that caught my eye. It was called Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie. It’s a vintage recipe that has many variations. It generally consists of sugar – white or brown, cream – heavy or part heavy/part half & half, a thickener – flour or cornstarch, sometimes butter, and always vanilla. All the recipes involved making… Read More

Sparkling Strawberry Cream Wafers

Do you avoid cookie recipes that call for rolling out the dough and cutting out shapes? I usually do because those types of recipes just take longer and I don’t usually have alot of time to spend on a recipe! Well, today I made some pretty pink Strawberry Cream Wafers, which called for rolling out the dough. This dough, however, was very… Read More

Chewy Almond Orange Cookies

As you may have noticed, I love cookie recipes that include egg whites. I love a light and chewy cookie that goes good with a cup of tea. Today I tried a cookie called Chewy Almond Orange Biscuits. Just looking at the ingredients, I knew it would be yummy……..ground almonds, orange zest, honey, sugar, & egg whites. The recipe couldn’t… Read More

Wonderful Pastel Thumbprint Cookies for Easter

Aren’t these pretty?! I am using so many recipes that I find on Pinterest lately! These Thumbprint Cookies caught my eye because they had been rolled in white non-pareils before baking, and then filled with pink buttercream! I loved how they looked and I thought they would be even prettier with colored non-pareils instead of white. I already had some leftover pink marshmallow fluff buttercream from my latest French Macaron recipe!… Read More

Molded French Cream

I wish I could say that I made the dessert in this lovely photo, but this is the photo that went with the recipe for Molded French Cream in Southern Living Magazine (April 1999). Yes, I am a bit of a magazine hoarder!! LOL! Mine looks so plain compared to theirs, but since there are no Violas or Sweet Peas to pick at… Read More

Rose Water Meringues

Today I wanted to share my recipe for Rose Water Meringues. I made them for my daughter Abbie’s fifth birthday party, and had a request for the recipe. I’ve had great results with this recipe, and if I keep the baked meringues in an airtight container, they keep well for 5 days or more. Rose Water Meringues 2 egg whites, room temperature 100 grams extra fine granulated sugar… Read More

Having Fun with French Macarons

It’s been a while since I made French Macarons, so today I just got out my sprinkles and do dads and had fun! I said before that I keep trying different recipes, hoping to get a good one that works for me. I’m having trouble with hollow shells. These look good, but they have a hollow area at the top… Read More

Nutella No Bake Cookies

Today I made a quick & easy cookie with one of my favorite ingredients – Nutella! Looooove Nutella!! Since Spring seems to have arrived in Savannah early this year, I had my pick of blooms for decorating my plate! Love the pretty pink Azaleas and Camelias! No bake cookies are baked in many kitchens at Christmas. What makes this recipe different is that it… Read More

Tickled Pink Strawberry Almond Biscotti

Don’t you love biscotti?! I do too! I wanted to bake some for you, but I wanted them to be pretty! I used Martha Stewart’s Almond-Ginger Biscotti recipe, and just made a few changes. I substituted dried strawberries for the crystallized ginger, didn’t include lemon zest, and used my unbleached flour (King Arthur brand) instead of the all purpose flour. I got my… Read More