This is it! Our last recipe from Baked Elements! I only joined in on this book about a year ago, but because of the expedited baking schedule of the last five months, have been able to make about half of the recipes. I’ll do a little recap below of my favourite recipes from the book, and things I still want to make, but first, let’s talk about this week’s recipe.

It’s well known around here that I love S’mores, so this was a perfect way to close out the book for me. This is a rich, smooth boozy chocolate pudding, layered up with toasted graham cracker crumbles, and topped with a bourbon marshmallow topping. I had some issues with my marshmallow not thickening, but couldn’t be bothered to re-make it – no matter, it was still delicious. I loved the differences in texture going on here – smooth, crunchy and gooey – with the bourbon shining through the whole thing.

So that’s the end of the Booze section of Baked Elements! Here’s a little recap of the recipes I made and my favourite recipe from this section:

• Recipes made: Bourbon, Vanilla and Chocolate Milk Shakes, Simple Chocolate Bourbon Tart with Bourbon Whipped Cream, S’mores Style Chocolate Bourbon Pudding with Bourbon Marshmallow Topping
• Favourite Recipe: I would say this S’mores Pudding, if I could get the marshmallow to work next time!
• Recipes I didn’t Make: Lacy Panty Cakes with Whiskey Sauce, Triple Rum Black Pepper Cake, Whiskey Peach Upside Down Cake (the group made these before I caught up)

You can find the recipe for the S’mores Pudding here!

Okay! Here are the 10 sections from Baked Elements, and my favourite recipe from each one!

1. Peanut Butter: Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Scones
2. Lemon & Lime: (I actually didn’t make anything from this section…I don’t like citrus desserts!)
3. Caramel: Turtle Thumbprint Cookies
4. Booze: S’mores Style Chocolate Bourbon Pudding with Bourbon Marshmallow Topping
5. Pumpkin: Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
6. Malted Milk Powder: Vanilla Bean Malt Cake
7. Cinnamon: Classic Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
8. Cheese: Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Brown Butter Glaze
9. Chocolate: Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies with Chocolate Chunks
10. Banana: Honey Banana Poppy Seed Bread

My favourite recipe of the whole book is *insert drumroll here*: Vanilla Bean Malt Cake! I am obsessed with that thing! It was the fluffiest cake I have ever made, and I love it. But you can’t go wrong with any of the recipes in my Top 10!

There are still a few things I’d like to make that I missed and they are: Oopsy Daisy Cake, Whiskey Peach Upside-Down Cake, Devil Dogs with Malted Buttercream Filling and Brooksters.

And with that, we have a short break, and then we start baking out of Baked Occasions! I can’t wait!