pastryqueenkitchen

Welcome to Pastry Queen Kitchen. I am Rebecca Rather, Pastry Chef and owner of The Pink Pig in Fredericksburg, Texas. This blog will be a place where I share recipes and thoughts from my kitchen. I hope you enjoy. Thank you for visiting!

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Desserts in Gif form are my new favorite thing!  These raspberry chocolate cakes look absolutely delicious!  

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I had the pleasure of enjoying fantastic pastries from Tartine in San Francisco last weekend.  I thought I would share my yummy obligatory Iphone food photos.  Delicious! 

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Photos via Pinterest.  Checkout my new "Happy Spring!" board!

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Last weekend The Pink Pig was all green for Saint Patty's Day! How did you celebrate?

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Happy (almost) St. Patrick's Day from The Pink Pig (literally)!  

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I love using maraschino cherries in recipes, but they often have terrible additives included.  I was excited to find Cherry Man Maraschinos, which have none of the terrible preservatives you often find.  I highly suggest using these the next time you make cherry lemonade! 

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great things thursday

Photos via links below 

Todd Selby of The Selby's amazing tour of Vergenes Laundry.  Beautiful workspaces are so inspiring.  

Martha Stewart's Easter decorating ideas, specifically Crepe-Paper Spring Birds!  Easter is my favorite holiday! 

Earl Grey soft serve ice cream via Pintrest.  Sounds delicious!  I'm gearing up for Summer, and intend on having a softserve machine soon at The Pink Pig.  

Pink italic monogram pinata's from Oh, Happy Day.  Love this festive DIY idea! 

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It's almost Spring time, and nothing says "Spring" like fresh fruit!  I am sharing my recipe for fresh fruit scones today.  The ones above are Raspberry, but I often use Fredericksburg Peaches when they are in season.  These are great to enjoy on slow Sunday mornings with a nice cup of coffee. 

Fresh Fruit Jam Scones

6 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/4 cups sugar

1/4 cup baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) chilled unsalted butter

1 1/2-2 cups buttermilk

1/2 cup peach or berry  jam

3 fresh peaches sliced, peeled and pitted OR 8 ounces of berries 

Preheat oven to 425F. In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, and salt for 30 seconds.  Cut the butter into 1/4 in. cubes and ad it to the flour mixture.  Pulse about 15 times, until the butter -flour mixture is crumbly.  With the processor running, slowly pour 1 1/2 cups of the buttermilk through the feed tube. Stop the processor as soon as all the milk has been added.  If the dough has begun to stick together in a ball, remove it.  If not, add more buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse until the dough begins to clump up and form a ball. Place dough on a lightly floured surface.  Use your hands to pat the dough into a 1/4-inch-thick rectangle, about 12 by 10 inches.  Spread a thin layer of jam lengthwise over half the dough and arrange the peach slices (or berries) in a single layer on top of the jam.  Fold the plain dough over the fruit to make a 12 by 5 inch rectangle with the peaches and jam folded inside.  Cut the dough into 8 triangles and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 10 to 15 minutes, until the scones are light golden brown.  Serve warm or at room temperature.

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I'm really anticipating the upcoming Summer months; gardening, and being able to enjoy breakfast outside.  Above are some pictures from my garden last Summer, I can't wait to enjoy fresh Heirloom Tomatoes again! 

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A few pictures from my trip to New York last week.  Enjoy! 

The dessert is a chocolate cake from my new favorite place Speedy Romeo.  They are known for their amazing pizzas.  So delicious! 

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I'm lucky enough to be in New York this week!  Above are some delicious doughnuts from Dough in Brooklyn.  So yummy, my iphone does not do them justice!  (seen above: blood orange, passion fruit with cao cao nibs)

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Sharing some of the sweet treats we have this week for Valentine’s Day at The Pink Pig!  Wishing everyone lots of love today! 

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Happy Fat Tuesday from The Pink Pig! 

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i love pigs

As owner of The Pink Pig I am in constant search of cute, yet chic, pig themed items.  I stumbled on these cool bookends from CB2 the other day.  At just under $30, they are the perfect thing to keep my cookbook collection in order! 

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not just for valentine's day!

Photo via Amazon 

There are so many Valentine's Day themed cooking tools being sold right now.  If you love pink and/or hearts, why not take advantage of this once a year chance to put some pink in your kitchen?!  Here are some of the fun items I have found!: 

DIC Heart Measuring-Cups

Pink Kitchen-Aid! (Although I am fairly certain this can be found all year long.) 

Heart Whoopie Pie Pan 

Silicone Solutions Bake Set

Le Creuset Cast-Iron Casserole    

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cookie decorating

Photo Via The Jewels of New York 

Coming up with creative ideas for cookie decorating is so much fun!  I have noticed so many great projects appearing on Pinterest lately.  For example these beautiful jewel cookies above by The Jewels of New York. 

I also love...

These adorable KitchenAid mixers from Sweetopia

Spooky raven cookies from Camille Styles

Artistic profile cookies by Martha Stewart Weddings

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pink candy for valentine's day

Don't forget to pick up something sweet for the one you love.  Our pink candy counter at The Pink Pig will be sure to make this Valentine's day extra sweet!