24/05/2026
HAPPY SUNNY SUNDAY ☀️
After a busy week of chemo, bloods and appointments I finally got to do something fun this weekend. Making one of my all time favourite desserts ‘puddings’ from childhood! This was my treat when we went to a little cafe in Tynemouth and if we were lucky Super Gran was being filmed!
I spent half a day with one of the best patisserie chefs here in Northern Ireland learning how to make BABA AU RHUM alongside fellow baking enthusiast Andrew.
From learning the skills to get the right texture for making the ‘bun’ base, not unlike brioche but a denser more gluten texture to hold what’s to come!! To then creating the layered ingredients, spiced dark rum syrup, which our buns would be drunkenly drowned in, to the homemade raspberry jam and vanilla mascarpone cream!
Swipe for the shots of making and creating.
Thank you to Daniel for sharing your knowledge so openly, answering our questions and for the best craic! Ideas were flying, the banter was great and the final results sensational 👌
My contribution for today’s Pudding theme for
PUDDING or as I like to call it call it comfort food…a big hug in a bowl!