Summer Fruit Tart

Fruit tart is my favorite dessert, me and my husband made one for my birthday early this year. Berries are in season now, and our closest supermarket have them on special, so he made me another one.

Recipe adopted from Joy of Baking.

Sweet Pastry Crust:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
1/4 cup white sugar
1 large egg (lightly beaten)

Pastry Cream:

1 1/4 cups milk

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3 large egg yolks

1/4 cup white sugar

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch 

1/2 tablespoon liqueur (Grand Marnier, Brandy, Kirsch) (Optional)

Apricot Glaze: (optional)

1/2 cup apricot jam or preserves 

1 tablespoon water 

Topping:
Any fruit you like (we used strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and kiwi)

This fruit tart is link with 

 

Roy's

We went to Roy's for our wedding anniversary, and I am very happy with it. The food was good, service was great. We made our reservation online through their website and put down we are celebrating our anniversary. They printed a special page for celebrating our anniversary.

After we had our main, we got complementary desert

They also took a picture for us to take home

It was a lovely evening. 

I have been playing a game called Draw Something on my phone. A game that required some drawing skill which I don't have much and you also have to guess what the other person drawing too.

Here is a picture of people drew Lady GaGa

I was on a baking spree the other day. I baked Banana bread, raspberry and chocolate chip muffin and some cookies too

My Birthday and Fruit Tart

Yesterday was my 25th birthday. We didn't do anything special since I am too old already.

The night before, Albert made me a fruit tart as a birthday cake. I love fruit tart, I miss the ones in England. We went to get all the ingredients we need, and I found a recipe for it.

So much to tell

Where shall I start? Let start with some baking. 

This is my second time bake bread, I don't have a bread machine, so I search some bread recipes don't required the machine and I found this. 

I think i could put more honey in and maybe 5-10 mins less in the oven so it won't come out so brown. 

Now lets talk about sewing, I do not know how to sew, and I don't think I know how to use a sewing machine either. I only remember I used one or twice at school which was at like 10 years ago. 

However, I bought my first fabric from the fashion district in Downtown LA, and I bought some cheap one like a $1 a yard from Walmart just to practice doing straight lines, and then I went to Joann for more. All the fabric I bought are not expensive since I am a beginner, my husband bought me this 

This kit has everything that will help me start sewing, Love it

Here are the fabric

I am thinking to make some cushion covers and pillowcases to begin.

Moving on, Halloween is coming, have you thought about dressing up?

Here is Albert's nephew, he is so ready for it

Last thing for today, My Sis and Tony came and visit beginning of last month, and they did a photo shoot with my favorite local photographer~ Lillie, she did my engagement pictures.