Week 25 Coffee Scroll

This was an interesting week. We had only 3 items to make for the day and they were Coffee Scrolls, Doughnuts and Finger Buns. So since it was a light day, we were given an option to make something additional to the day's menu. So my partner and I decided to make Pretzels. It was something that I have never made before, so I was happy to try.

The recipe seemed rather simple, where all ingredients were mixed together and proved till doubled in size. Then we shaped it and brushed with soda water and sprinkled some salt before they were baked. 

Pretzel shaped

I had fun shaping the pretzels. Mine were the 3 on the right of the top picture and the other side were my partner's. We should have dipped the whole pretzel into the soda water, rather than brushed it on. It would have given them a more even colour. The pretzels rose beautifully in the oven. I think we should have made them a little thinner because you can't really see the holes of the pretzels after they were baked. The taste was quite good. I might try this recipe again but rolled thinner the next time. 

Pretzels

 We made 2 types of doughnuts. Ring doughnuts were coated with sugar cinnamon and the  round one were filled with raspberry jam. I think our doughnuts were a little over fried in the fryer but luckily it was still very soft. 

Frying the doughnuts

Sugar Cinnamon Doughnuts

Raspberry Jam Doughnuts

Coffee Scroll was the interesting one to make. I brought some extra ingredients to make it yummier! Ha Ha.... so our coffee scrolls had dark chocolates and roasted almonds in it. Then we drizzled coffee fondant over it to make it prettier and even sweeter. With the same dough, we made a different scroll with chocolate and desiccated coconut as the filling. Unfortunately, this one didn't rise as much. 

Coffee Scrolls

Coconut & Chocolate Scrolls

Finger Buns are sweet buns with sweeten whipped cream as the filling. Then the topping had sugar syrup, fondant and hundreds and thousands. So, all I can think of was how sweet the bun was going to be. I can see kids will love this one, not really for me. 

Overall, a good day with a lot to learn. 

Buns

Fondant toppings on buns

Finger Buns