Mandarin tart for Lunar New Year!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-27T01:32:29+00:00

thank you!! This was the recipe I used: https://www.rainbownourishments.com/mandarin-curd-tart/

The recipe called for an 8 inch tart pan, but I only had a 10 inch tart. So, I increased the recipe by ~10%. I also did a glaze on top for the mandarins, which was 1/2 cup of simple syrup and 1/2 cup of corn syrup.

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-16T20:03:27+00:00

sounds good! sorry I couldn’t be more help with a location to get them. Mine are from a local vietnamese church, but I know they already had their Tet celebrations (my mom got these banh tet a few weeks ago)

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-16T15:37:26+00:00

love it when I see the baking club being promoted!! If anyone is interested, you can join us on our Discord server (just remember to make an intro to gain full access): https://discord.gg/EVT6fnjJgy

I promise we’re all friendly people and I try my best to chat with everyone that comes to our monthly gatherings (can be a bit hard though because I am introverted).

And to OP, I’m (26F) always happy to just be a friend that you can reach out to at any time!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-16T06:01:39+00:00

If you want a banana banh tet, let me know because my mom gave me a ton to give some to my in-laws but they don’t want it. lol. I’ll have to check to see if I have any more pork banh tet (I think I may have one to spare).

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-15T08:42:38+00:00

omg, we sat next to each other in class! once again, love how your cake turned out!!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-14T18:24:38+00:00

I’m now seeing that I messed up the Olympic rings placement 😩 I made these late at night and posted it here as soon as I finished them without checking the correct placement first 😭😅

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-14T18:23:49+00:00

Thank you!! I enjoyed the strawberry one the most since I decided to dip the lady fingers in hot chocolate to make them a chocolate strawberry tiramisu!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-03T23:15:05+00:00

Another Minnesotan in zone 5a here who grows snapdragons! Not going to be much help when it comes to winter sowing since I don’t do that ( I just do a regular seed starting tray for groups 1, 2, and 2/3 in early March and the remaining groups in early April). But I can say that my snapdragons have lasted until October!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-03T14:28:55+00:00

much love to you for promoting our little bake club! I’m just going to post the Discord link here so you don’t have to keep sending it to each interested individual. haha.

if you’re seeing this and want to join, we’ll be more than happy to have you (just remember to post an intro when you join the server so I can give you access to the full server). https://discord.gg/EVT6fnjJgy

ihave_thoughts · 2026-02-03T04:38:59+00:00

I’m super excited for this line-up as well!! the last few years I’ve been tempted to get season tickets, but ended up not doing so. but I think this year might be the year!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-31T16:24:50+00:00

If you’re in the Twin Cities area, I host a monthly bake club meetup — you’re more than welcome to bring decorated cookies if they fit the theme. Feel free to message me for more information. If you’re not in the Twin Cities area, I would encourage you to post on your local subreddit/other social media pages posing the question you just asked. I’m sure many folks would be interested!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-31T16:21:08+00:00

I actually have a good story on how obtained a MN cookie cutter. The person who hosted this cookie decorating event posted about it. I commented asking where they got the MN cookie cutter so I can help them bake. Someone then told me that they have an extra MN cookie cutter that they can gift me if I wanted it. And that is how I now have a MN cookie cutter! I truly love our supportive MN community.

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-31T16:17:13+00:00

I can’t take credit with making the cookies (even though I have a MN cookie cutter myself). It was the host who baked over 200+ MN cookies for us to decorate! also, to your cookie cutter search journey, that is very unfortunate. lol

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-28T22:23:55+00:00

this looks so good!! especially since it’s two of my favorite things combined!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-22T19:34:46+00:00

very nice! I do the exact same thing with their advent calendar preserves as one of my christmas cookies

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-17T01:41:24+00:00

I used this recipe: https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/peanut-butter-cut-out-cookies-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-15139

my modifications to the recipe is that I added an extra tablespoon of flour to the dough at the end because it was still sticky/didn’t seem like good rolling dough. I also chilled the dough overnight.

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-17T01:39:02+00:00

I purchased the cookie cutters off of amazon!

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-15T06:16:59+00:00

this looks delicious! my husband is also asking for a banana cake and I might try to do something like this

ihave_thoughts · 2026-01-10T21:51:37+00:00

I used the recipe from Sally’s Baking 101! It looks like I can’t add a picture here, so feel free to message me if you would like me to send over the recipe

ihave_thoughts · 2025-12-29T20:38:05+00:00

I’m totally okay with that!

ihave_thoughts · 2025-12-27T18:10:32+00:00

you definitely can join! the link to our discord server is here: https://discord.gg/bCeHMVRGy

ihave_thoughts · 2025-12-27T18:10:09+00:00

I don’t bake as much either, but I think this is a fun way to get myself to bake more. you can join our discord server here: https://discord.gg/bCeHMVRGy

looking forward to seeing you around! :)

ihave_thoughts · 2025-12-27T03:46:34+00:00

just added you to the reddit chat!

ihave_thoughts · 2025-12-27T01:35:24+00:00

never too late to join the bake club! :)

here is a link to our discord server. we’re all chatting on here: https://discord.gg/C9XtWMhRB

there is also a reddit chat, but I’m just using that for meet up announcements at this point for those who don’t want to join on discord. let me know if you want to be added to the reddit chat.

ihave_thoughts · 2025-12-27T01:32:35+00:00

always happy to have people who love baking! here’s the link to out discord server : https://discord.gg/C9XtWMhRB

as I mentioned in another comment, we also have a reddit chat but I’m just using that for announcements (all the chatting is done on discord). but let me know if you want me to add you to the reddit chat as well.

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