tuile we meet again.

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It’s Daring Bakers time and, as usual, participating has afforded me the opportunity to try something new, tuiles!

This month’s challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux.

That said, since I’m an alternative Daring Baker making vegan tuiles, I did not use the recipe provided. Thanks to the intrepid baker behind the awesome VeganYumYum blog, however, I didn’t have to invent my own tuile recipe either. If you don’t know VeganYumYum you should check it out – it’s really great! It’s well-written, filled with great recipes and tons of beautiful photography. You can find the VeganYumYum recipe for vegan tuiles here.

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These took me about 3 hours to make. The batter is easy to whip up. The baking part is rather slow-going. This is because you really can’t make more than 2 or 3 tuiles at a time. The reason for this is that you have a narrow window of time (we’re talking 30 seconds maybe) to shape the tuiles after they come out of the oven.

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The way it works is you make a cardboard template in any shape you like (I made butterflies), lay it over a sheet of parchment on your baking sheet, and spread the batter inside your cutout. You then lift the template up to reveal your batter in the desired shape. Then it goes in the oven. When they come out you have to work fast to bend them the way you’d like them to be. Since I was making butterflies, I wanted the wings to bend upwards. Needless to say I burned my fingers, something we were warned about. It’s a necessary sacrifice.

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For me, the most tedious aspect of making these was using a dull x-acto knife to cut out my template. It took me about 20 minutes of suffering to realize my dull blade could be popped out and replaced by the shiny, sharp new one beneath. It wouldn’t be a Daring Bakers post if I didn’t say the following phrase: you live, you learn.

I melted some gorgeous Italian dark chocolate, so decadent, and used a small artist’s brush to paint some of the butterflies. I left some naked. Others were embellished with some French chestnut spread, one of my absolute favourite indulgences – so sweet.

I new I wanted to pair my tuiles with vegan ice cream and that’s exactly what I did, dishing out several scoops of chocolate and maple. Place a few butterlies on top and voilà, un dessert extraordinaire. My hubby (who was there to eat the props after the photos were taken) enthusiastically declared that a dessert like this would cost $50 in a nice restaurant. Now I don’t know about $50 sweetie, but I’ll take that as a compliment.

Be sure to check out all the stunning tuile examples on the Daring Bakers blogroll.

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38 thoughts on “tuile we meet again.”

Yum, that looks good enough to eat…

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So beautiful!!

Those are the most adorable things I’ve ever seen!!! If I’m ever feeling adventurous, these are first on my list to make. So cute.

these are exceptionally beautiful marika! i am so impressed.

Great job on your tuiles and your butterflies look really pretty.

Oooh these are beautiful! I love how the cookie almost looks like the nougatine one – almost like lace! Very pretty!

Well I would pay $50. I love the butterflies, so dainty! I just knew that your DB post would be great… it always is. Maybe next month it won’t sneak up on us as fast…

I really like your butterflies. Very very much.
xo
kittee

I love the chocolate edgings on your butterflies. They are so lacy and delicate!

So nice, so cute, the butterflies waouw ! Great job :)

I bet it does cost that much. It’s simply wonderful. Great job. The butterflies look so nice :)

So delicate and beautiful!

Simply divine!

Hey, we must really be cool because we have the same title. Or not very original. No, we’re cool…
LOVE your flutterbys!

Your butterflies look so pretty sitting on the ice-cream. How did you get the lacy look to them?

Yours look so light and wonderful! Great job!

I love the half-chocolate butterfly. These look light, airy, and delicious!

Thanks everyone, for your awesome support – you rock! :)

Vegan_Noodle – Aww, shucks *blush*

shellyfish- That’s hilarious – we’re definitely cool :)

Aparna – the lacy look probably comes from the thin-ness of my tuiles…I made them very very thin (I used the thin box board from a cereal box for my template)…that’s my guess anyway :)

These are the most delicate ones I’ve seen so far! And maple ice cream sounds so good with them was it homemade?

OMG, your butterflies turned out beautifully! They are absolutely perfect! I kept checking here yesterday to see if you posted, as I was looking forward to seeing what you came up with. Well, as usual, you blew me away! Gorgeous presentation and photos too..plus it looks scrumptious!

Lacey butterflies are gorgeous. So delicate. So pretty.

What beautiful and delicate butterfly tuiles!

Those butterflies look so yummy!! Your pattern looks so elaborate. Great Job!

Your butterflies are -so- beautiful! Seriously perfect. Makes me want to redo this whole challenge, actually!

All – Thanks everyone – you’re very sweet – I really appreciate the enthusiasm :)

Maggie – I used store bought vegan ice cream, a brand called Natura. I actually have a great ice-cream maker but I was running short on time, so went the easier route!

lisamichele – missed you!

BitterSweet – Aww, shucks.

Simply magnificent! These are stunning – well done!

Love the butterflys, they look so wonderful and delicate!

I absolutely adore the butterflies! And my oh my, you’re one Daring baker indeed not to stick to the recipe :P But what a beautiful tuile you ended up with :) Great job!