Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Chocolate Cream Tart - Tuesdays with Dorie

Food Librarian - Chocolate Cream Tart (Tuesdays with Dorie)

For this week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Kim of Scrumptious Photography picked Chocolate Cream Tart, pages 352 and 353 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours.

I woke up this morning...contacts completely stuck to my eyes, TV playing some infomercial about a snuggie blanket that can also shape your abs with absolutely no exercise (or money down!), and with the thought, Oh darn [insert a more descriptive word here]! I fell asleep last night before making the Tuesday with Dorie Chocolate Cream Tart!

I raced home from work, used too much math to figure out 1/4 of the recipe, and felt like I should be using my easy bake oven with the tablespoons of ingredients! :)

I love the chocolate cream! So much so that I decided to skip the whipped cream and just make it a chocolate delight!

Food Librarian - Chocolate Cream Tart (Tuesdays with Dorie)
Whew! 10:31 pm Pacific Daylight Time! Just in time!

Be sure to check out the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers!

Find the recipe on Kim's beautiful blog, Scrumptious Photography

40 comments:

  1. Mary AnnApril 28, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    How cute are your itty-bitty mini tarts! I love them! How did you get them so small?
    sorry you fell asleep. I did have to laugh for a second though.
    Great job!

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  2. Snooky doodleApril 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    THESE LOOK ADORABLE AND SO GOOD. GREAT POTOS TOO :) GOOD YOU WERE STILL IN TIME :)

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  3. CristineApril 28, 2009 at 10:55 PM

    So adorable! Perfect size to pop right into your mouth. YUM!

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  4. PearlApril 28, 2009 at 11:08 PM

    it's tuesday already? and they look like a great hit!

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  5. Monica HApril 29, 2009 at 12:27 AM

    You made it! And they do look dreamy. Everyone keeps saying how good these are- I must try them!

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  6. RachelApril 29, 2009 at 2:36 AM

    they are gorgeous!

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  7. AnonymousApril 29, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    Your tiny tarts are great! I'd love to see the pan you made them in.

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  8. JacqueApril 29, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    OK, I've found the winner for cutest tarts, everyone. Over here! No need to look any further.

    Seriously, those are adorable. And adorable food always tastes better. Nice work!

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  9. UnknownApril 29, 2009 at 6:48 AM

    Haha great job getting it done under pressure. I was a bit last minute this week too! Your tarts look phenomenal!

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  10. Susan CApril 29, 2009 at 6:55 AM

    That's a hlarious line about the snuggly blanket that builds abs of steel. I wonder if it cleans out the colon at the same time?

    Oh, how I wish I worked at your library so that I could sample one of these.

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  11. spike.April 29, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    that looks like the perfect chocolate bite. no whipped needed!

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  12. KarenApril 29, 2009 at 8:39 AM

    These are adorable and from what I've heard from others who made this tart, your version would be all one would need to satisfy the chocoholic in them! I wish I could take a recipe and quarter it. My brain would crack if I tried! LOL

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  13. JamieApril 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    Those are by far the cutest things I have ever seen!!! Where o where are the little pans from?

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  14. eatme_deliciousApril 29, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    What adorable little tarts! It inspires me to use my tarlet shells.

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  15. EsiApril 29, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    Talk about dedication! These are adorable.

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  16. JustinApril 29, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    wow, these are adorable. i want to eat ten of them.

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  17. LynneApril 29, 2009 at 11:11 AM

    Oh these look great...and the chocolate looks so perfect and creamy!!

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  18. KaraApril 29, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    Those are seriously freakin' adorable. I love them.

    Oh, and I've fallen asleep with my contacts in before. Yeah. Fun all the way around. My eyes are watering just thinking about it. :)

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  19. MeganApril 29, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    Aaahh! They are just perfect. Almost too perfect to eat.

    Almost........munch, munch, munch.

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  20. NichicakesApril 29, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    Oh those look so cute and yummy!
    Contacts! Bah! I'm disappointed that you are not carrying on the hot librarian with glasses persona we all expect.

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  21. doughmessticApril 29, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    Mary! Wow - these are too cute to eat! You have certainly become a force to be reckoned with when it comes to food blogging - look out for the Food Librarian!

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  22. vibiApril 29, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    Mmmmm... those minis look sooooo luscious! so creamy! Wow.

    I'll have... mmmm... 3! No, 4! lol

    Beautiful is getting to be proverbial here, so I'll add... Lovely!

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  23. Mary JoApril 29, 2009 at 6:08 PM

    these are so cute! i can't believe you were able to make them in time, great job :)

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  24. JulianaApril 29, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    Such a cutie...they are divine!

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  25. SihanApril 29, 2009 at 6:58 PM

    hell yeh. i did away with the cream as well. the chocolate cream was enough to satisfy me! the tartlets you made look awesome anyway. morsels of delight. haha.

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  26. PamelaApril 29, 2009 at 8:05 PM

    Love 'em!! They look scrumptious!

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  27. Ingrid_3BsApril 29, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    Oh, minis! They look adorable.
    ~ingrid

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  28. Nancy/n.o.eApril 29, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    Oh, great save, Mary! These are so perfect it's hard to believe they were last minute. Your cream is the perfect consistency, sigh...
    Nancy

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  29. MariaApril 30, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    Love the mini tarts! They are too cute!

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  30. AnonymousApril 30, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    I love them! How cute...perfect bite size!

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  31. Linda at tender crumbApril 30, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    Right on time w. 89 minutes to spare...nice job Mary! Your tarts are the perfect little chocolate bites - YUM!

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  32. KayteApril 30, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    Very sweet and cute...I can so see the guys loving to come home to a plate of these. Thanks for your creative ideas!

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  33. TiinaApril 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    Nice to find a fellow librarian in the "food-blogospere". :) The chocolate tarts look very cute!

    Greetings,
    Tiina

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  34. DiApril 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    I've only slept with my contacts in all night once. That was enough. =) Your minis are adorable! I did something similar waaay back when we made the lemon cream tart.

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  35. ErinApril 30, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    I love the mini tarts! They look beautiful!

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  36. Creative Classroom CoreApril 30, 2009 at 9:45 PM

    Could these be any cuter? I love tiny food, because it means you get to eat more! Yum!

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  37. TeaLadyMay 3, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    It's a chocolate explosion. I love it. Those look great.

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  38. Mermaid SewsMay 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    These minis are soooo cute. Love the blog.

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  39. KKMay 5, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    Will you marry me and make these everyday?

    Loved my easy bake oven...
    KK

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  40. PheMomMay 5, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    Oh, those are so RIDICULOUSLY cute! I love them. I'm afraid I would have been popping them in my mouth left and right.

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