This week’s Tuesday with Dorie recipe was the Chocolate Cream Tart selected by Kim of Scrumptious Photography. Once again I couldn’t quite bring myself to do the just standard recipe and instead decided to play around with flavor combinations. I made a total of three tarts… two 4″ and one 6″. This one above is a 4″ Chocolate Banana Cream tart. A thin layer of banana flavored cream followed by a thick layer of banana flavored chocolate filling and topped with a layer of banana flavored whipped cream. DH picked this combo and I used Banana Cream Rum for the flavoring. It was a total winner in his book! I had to rush and get photos because he couldn’t wait to taste this… and once he started, well, the nom-nom-nom sounds were not far behind. He LOVED this! But remember, I made a total of three tarts. Sooooooo…. care to see the other two?
This one is a 6″ Chocolate Mint Cream tart and trust me when I say the chocolate filling has a LOT of mint extract added to it. The vanilla whipped cream pairs beautifully with the serious minty-ness of the chocolate filling.
Having never made or eaten a chocolate tart before I had no idea what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised at just how good this is!
After these two tarts were done I realized there was one more 4″ shell all baked and ready to go. Being the citrus lover that I am, I just couldn’t resist making a lemon cream tart :)
But wait! This week’s recipe is supposed to be CHOCOLATE cream tarts. How did this lemon one get in the bunch? Hmmmm… could all that lemony-custardy goodness be concealing something?????
Why yes it is! It’s concealing a layer of chocolate filling which keeps this CHOCOLATE lemon tart right in line with this week’s theme :)
If you’re interested in Dorie’s Chocolate Cream Tart recipe, it can be found on Kim’s blog or on pages 352-353 of Dorie’s book Baking From My Home To Yours. The recipe for the lemon cream is from the book Desserts by Pierre Herme. I gotta tell ya… all three of these combinations were a hit in our household. DH of course loved the chocolate banana cream tart… the kids loved the chocolate mint cream tart… and well, yanno, I loved the chocolate lemon cream tart (surprise? yeah, didn’t think so! LOL). If you’re a fan of lemon, I highly… HIGHLY… recommend trying the chocolate lemon cream tart. Soooooooo good :)
Have a delicious day!
What beautiful tarts!!! They certainly look tempting.
They all look beautiful, but the chocolate lemon tart is calling my name! Great job!!!
Wow you are incredibly ambitious!! Those look fantastic. I absolutely loved this tart, though I was boring and stuck with the recipe. LOL Great job!
That looks damn good. Your pictures are making me drool. Lovely tarts.
very nice! the mint is calling my name, but that lemon sounds positively intriguing!
i can’t believe it! I actually thought of the same renditions as you did! was figuring out the addition of lemon cream wld be nice at first but saw that I had on pathetic lemon at home, so i turned to flambed bananas in rum and a rum infused chocolate cream in the end. Was perfect! yours look pretty darn good too! well done!
Delicious looking as always…your flavor combinations sound amazing!
wow!! very impressive spin-offs! I thought about doing chocolate mint too- how much mint extract did you end up putting in the pastry cream? I’d love to try it out! All of the tarts are beautiful too!
All of your tarts look great. I am glad you (and husband) liked them and you had so much fun!
I’m impressed. Three different tarts. They all look super delicious. I think my favorite would have been the lemon one too.
All three look fabulous and soooo creamy! Great job adapting the recipe to suit yourself.
~ingrid
Wow, you were a busy little bee. The lemon is my favorite, what a beautiful picture!
Hmm, I just noticed how almost all of your first photos are tilted in one direction or the other haha. They always look very lovely, too! I wish I could have a slice…or two. :)
Gorgeous, love the hidden chocolate, and your cake stand.
Man oh man, I’m loving your experimentation. The mint chocolate tart is totally up my alley. I wish I could have some RIGHT now. And the lemon one–totally unexpected. I love that it’s hiding the secret chocolate beneath. Great job!! You did the TWD’ers proud :)
No green food coloring added to the mint tart? How come? :-)
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I love the chocolate lemon tart, very creative! nice job
Beautiful! And so many creative ideas. Well done!
Oh, my! Stunning tarts! They all look delectable.
Love all of the fantastic flavor variations! That lemon-chocolate tart sounds heavenly.
Ok, that does it! I am going to HAVE to get some tart pans. And some bigger pants :)