DIY Bakery Recipes

Andre said:

Yeah, I saw that, but for me INW is too much cream in an already "creamy" mix. To my mind it needs that darker vanilla. Think it was Coop34 who said TFA Vanilla Bourbon is the best substitute for Holy Vanilla.

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Andre said:

Grandma's Hertzoggies

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This one goes way back. To August 2015 when I first tasted World Wonder's version of Hertzoggies, called Table Mountain. Loved it and reviewed it here at the time. When I started DIYing at the beginning of last year, this and 5Pawns Bowden's Mate I was determined to remix. Bowden's Mate I eventually got to my satisfaction (Andre's Mate), but the Hertzoggies eluded my grasp. I learnt a lot from @Ezekiel's version and, more recently, @Rude Rudi's recipe. The latter inspired me to give it a go again. And at last I have an interpretation I feel can be published.

Vaping, in identical setups, Table Mountain and Grandma's next to each other as we speak. The smell is the same, the colour similar and the taste close. Grandma's is a touch lighter with the jam a bit fruitier.

The cookie base is CAP Sugar Cookie V1 with INW Biscuit and a touch of TFA Butter to make it more authentic and give a fuller mouth feel.
My Apricot needed the sweeter base of TFA Strawberry Ripe with the Apricot represented by INW Apricot, FA Apricot and made a bit juicier by TFA Nectarine.
To make the fruit into a jam required not only the sweet of TFA Strawberry Ripe, but also some FA Vienna Cream, assisted by TFA Bavarian Cream and TFA Coconut Candy. These three also form the volume of the meringue feeling.
FA Coconut for that fresh Coconut taste, baked in and sweetened by TFA Coconut Candy.
No Hertzoggie is complete without the tart of the jam contrasting with the sweet of the the other ingredients. TFA Sour helps a lot in this regard.

Grandma's Hertzoggies
CAP Sugar Cookie V1 3.0 %
FA Coconut 2.0 %
TFA Strawberry Ripe 2.0 %
INW Apricot 1.5 %
FA Apricot 1.5 %
TFA Nectarine 1.0 %
TFA Bavarian Cream 1.0 %
FA Vienna Cream 1.0 %
INW Biscuit 1.0 %
TFA Coconut Candy 1.0 %
TFA Butter 0.5 %
TFA Sour 0.5 %

Total flavour: 16.0 %

INW Apricot now available at Valley Vapour.

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Andre said:

Grandma's Hertzoggies​

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Rude Rudi said:

This looks wonderful @Andre!! I know the pain of this recipe development and love what you did to try and balance the intricacies (challenges) found in this multi-layered recipe.

I will give it a go and provide feedback. I assume a 10 to 14 day steep?

Nice one!!

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Andre said:

Grandma's Hertzoggies

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This one goes way back. To August 2015 when I first tasted World Wonder's version of Hertzoggies, called Table Mountain. Loved it and reviewed it here at the time. When I started DIYing at the beginning of last year, this and 5Pawns Bowden's Mate I was determined to remix. Bowden's Mate I eventually got to my satisfaction (Andre's Mate), but the Hertzoggies eluded my grasp. I learnt a lot from @Ezekiel's version and, more recently, @Rude Rudi's recipe. The latter inspired me to give it a go again. And at last I have an interpretation I feel can be published.

Vaping, in identical setups, Table Mountain and Grandma's next to each other as we speak. The smell is the same, the colour similar and the taste close. Grandma's is a touch lighter with the jam a bit fruitier.

The cookie base is CAP Sugar Cookie V1 with INW Biscuit and a touch of TFA Butter to make it more authentic and give a fuller mouth feel.
My Apricot needed the sweeter base of TFA Strawberry Ripe with the Apricot represented by INW Apricot, FA Apricot and made a bit juicier by TFA Nectarine.
To make the fruit into a jam required not only the sweet of TFA Strawberry Ripe, but also some FA Vienna Cream, assisted by TFA Bavarian Cream and TFA Coconut Candy. These three also form the volume of the meringue feeling.
FA Coconut for that fresh Coconut taste, baked in and sweetened by TFA Coconut Candy.
No Hertzoggie is complete without the tart of the jam contrasting with the sweet of the the other ingredients. TFA Sour helps a lot in this regard.

Mine steeped for almost a month, but 14 days sounds about right for the ingredients. Give it a bit of air when opening the first time.

Grandma's Hertzoggies
CAP Sugar Cookie V1 3.0 %
FA Coconut 2.0 %
TFA Strawberry Ripe 2.0 %
INW Apricot 1.5 %
FA Apricot 1.5 %
TFA Nectarine 1.0 %
TFA Bavarian Cream 1.0 %
FA Vienna Cream 1.0 %
INW Biscuit 1.0 %
TFA Coconut Candy 1.0 %
TFA Butter 0.5 %
TFA Sour 0.5 %

Total flavour: 16.0 %

INW Apricot now available at Valley Vapour.

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Andre said:

Simply Rollin'

I have been vaping this one for the past week. Loving it. Really fresh tasting. No "plastic" notes from the LA Cream Cheese Icing. CAP Yellow Cake is more like a white cake and no off-putting flavours like some find with FW Yellow Cake.

Found the recipe here. The creator, coop34, has become quite renowned for his simple recipes. His description is spot on: "Can a Cinnamon Roll juice taste complex with only 3 flavors, and total flavoring less than 7%? I say yes! I enjoy this as is (and normally I don't do cinnamon), plus it's also a great jumping off point for those who think a Cinnamon Roll needs more. Try it as is first, there is a serious "sweet lips" thing going on between the icing and the cinnamon.".

Steep: Best from one week on.

SIMPLY ROLLIN'
CAP Yellow Cake 4.0 %
LA Cream Cheese Icing 2.0 %
FLV Rich Cinnamon 0.3 %

Total flavour: 6.3 %

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Sheryl said:

Tried it, and I'm not impressed. Even with just 0.3% cinnamon, it still overpowers the cream cheese icing, and this juice burns the coil. Or so I assume, because I can vape anything else without getting the burnt taste, but as soon as I vape this. It's buggered. I was also way too enthusiastic about it, so made 6 bottles To me, it tastes more like Cinnamon bubble gum, that strong flav and nothing else.

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Sheryl said:

Tried it, and I'm not impressed. Even with just 0.3% cinnamon, it still overpowers the cream cheese icing, and this juice burns the coil. Or so I assume, because I can vape anything else without getting the burnt taste, but as soon as I vape this. It's buggered. I was also way too enthusiastic about it, so made 6 bottles To me, it tastes more like Cinnamon bubble gum, that strong flav and nothing else.

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Andre said:

Ah, as @rogue zombie says, you are one of the few who are overly sensitive to FLV Rich Cinnamon. Very unfortunate. I do not think it burns the coils, it just tastes burnt to your taste buds - unless you have added 3% in stead of 0.3%. Each DIYer probably has a concentrate, which everybody else loves, but just do not do it for them. You shall have to donate those bottles to a fellow vaper.

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Andre said:

Grandma's Hertzoggies

​

This one goes way back. To August 2015 when I first tasted World Wonder's version of Hertzoggies, called Table Mountain. Loved it and reviewed it here at the time. When I started DIYing at the beginning of last year, this and 5Pawns Bowden's Mate I was determined to remix. Bowden's Mate I eventually got to my satisfaction (Andre's Mate), but the Hertzoggies eluded my grasp. I learnt a lot from @Ezekiel's version and, more recently, @Rude Rudi's recipe. The latter inspired me to give it a go again. And at last I have an interpretation I feel can be published.

Vaping, in identical setups, Table Mountain and Grandma's next to each other as we speak. The smell is the same, the colour similar and the taste close. Grandma's is a touch lighter with the jam a bit fruitier.

The cookie base is CAP Sugar Cookie V1 with INW Biscuit and a touch of TFA Butter to make it more authentic and give a fuller mouth feel.
My Apricot needed the sweeter base of TFA Strawberry Ripe with the Apricot represented by INW Apricot, FA Apricot and made a bit juicier by TFA Nectarine.
To make the fruit into a jam required not only the sweet of TFA Strawberry Ripe, but also some FA Vienna Cream, assisted by TFA Bavarian Cream and TFA Coconut Candy. These three also form the volume of the meringue feeling.
FA Coconut for that fresh Coconut taste, baked in and sweetened by TFA Coconut Candy.
No Hertzoggie is complete without the tart of the jam contrasting with the sweet of the the other ingredients. TFA Sour helps a lot in this regard.

Mine steeped for almost a month, but 14 days sounds about right for the ingredients. Give it a bit of air when opening the first time.

Grandma's Hertzoggies
CAP Sugar Cookie V1 3.0 %
FA Coconut 2.0 %
TFA Strawberry Ripe 2.0 %
INW Apricot 1.5 %
FA Apricot 1.5 %
TFA Nectarine 1.0 %
TFA Bavarian Cream 1.0 %
FA Vienna Cream 1.0 %
INW Biscuit 1.0 %
TFA Coconut Candy 1.0 %
TFA Butter 0.5 %
TFA Sour 0.5 %

Total flavour: 16.0 %

INW Apricot now available at Valley Vapour.

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RichJB said:

I imagine your best bet will be one of those home craft stores that sell koeksisters and suchlike. There was a highly rated one in Melville called Koljander, I'm not sure about the East.

Yes, Koljander has.

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Andre said:

Simply Rollin'

I have been vaping this one for the past week. Loving it. Really fresh tasting. No "plastic" notes from the LA Cream Cheese Icing. CAP Yellow Cake is more like a white cake and no off-putting flavours like some find with FW Yellow Cake.

Found the recipe here. The creator, coop34, has become quite renowned for his simple recipes. His description is spot on: "Can a Cinnamon Roll juice taste complex with only 3 flavors, and total flavoring less than 7%? I say yes! I enjoy this as is (and normally I don't do cinnamon), plus it's also a great jumping off point for those who think a Cinnamon Roll needs more. Try it as is first, there is a serious "sweet lips" thing going on between the icing and the cinnamon.".

Steep: Best from one week on.

SIMPLY ROLLIN'
CAP Yellow Cake 4.0 %
LA Cream Cheese Icing 2.0 %
FLV Rich Cinnamon 0.3 %

Total flavour: 6.3 %

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Friep said:

Now I want to try this but only have fa cinnamon Ceylon would you guys suggest subbing at 0.3% or at 0.5% wanted flv rich cinnamon but it was sold out by the time I placed my order.

Then on a side note on my list to mix is:
Cap cinnamon danish swirl v2 1%
Fw yellow cake 3%
Fa caramel 3%
Fa cinnamon Ceylon 0.5%
Cap vanilla custard v1 4%

Made this without the fa cinnamon Ceylon before still tweeking the recipe felt it needed a bit more cinnamon but it was really good. (1.5% cinnamon danish swirl was better but 2% is too much)will give feedback as soon as I mix the top one and also whant to ad some fa marzipan/flv frosting/ la cream cheese icing to the mix to see if I can get that icing right but havent played with those yet.

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rogue zombie said:

Ya FA Cinnamon is not as strong, so I would go 0.5.

Your recipe looks great, but the LA Cream Cheese and a bit of FA Meringue will give it that 'icing sugar', if you want a Chelsea bun.

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Friep said:

Chelsea bun exactly what I was going for with that one received la cream cheese icing and fa marzipan in the week any suggestions on % for the two

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Andre said:

Grandma's Hertzoggies

​

This one goes way back. To August 2015 when I first tasted World Wonder's version of Hertzoggies, called Table Mountain. Loved it and reviewed it here at the time. When I started DIYing at the beginning of last year, this and 5Pawns Bowden's Mate I was determined to remix. Bowden's Mate I eventually got to my satisfaction (Andre's Mate), but the Hertzoggies eluded my grasp. I learnt a lot from @Ezekiel's version and, more recently, @Rude Rudi's recipe. The latter inspired me to give it a go again. And at last I have an interpretation I feel can be published.

Vaping, in identical setups, Table Mountain and Grandma's next to each other as we speak. The smell is the same, the colour similar and the taste close. Grandma's is a touch lighter with the jam a bit fruitier.

The cookie base is CAP Sugar Cookie V1 with INW Biscuit and a touch of TFA Butter to make it more authentic and give a fuller mouth feel.
My Apricot needed the sweeter base of TFA Strawberry Ripe with the Apricot represented by INW Apricot, FA Apricot and made a bit juicier by TFA Nectarine.
To make the fruit into a jam required not only the sweet of TFA Strawberry Ripe, but also some FA Vienna Cream, assisted by TFA Bavarian Cream and TFA Coconut Candy. These three also form the volume of the meringue feeling.
FA Coconut for that fresh Coconut taste, baked in and sweetened by TFA Coconut Candy.
No Hertzoggie is complete without the tart of the jam contrasting with the sweet of the the other ingredients. TFA Sour helps a lot in this regard.

Mine steeped for almost a month, but 14 days sounds about right for the ingredients. Give it a bit of air when opening the first time.

Grandma's Hertzoggies
CAP Sugar Cookie V1 3.0 %
FA Coconut 2.0 %
TFA Strawberry Ripe 2.0 %
INW Apricot 1.5 %
FA Apricot 1.5 %
TFA Nectarine 1.0 %
TFA Bavarian Cream 1.0 %
FA Vienna Cream 1.0 %
INW Biscuit 1.0 %
TFA Coconut Candy 1.0 %
TFA Butter 0.5 %
TFA Sour 0.5 %

Total flavour: 16.0 %

INW Apricot now available at Valley Vapour.

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RichJB said:

It's been linked and talked about in other threads and a lot of people are mixing it but I didn't find it indexed in either the Bakery or Dessert threads. I think it deserves an index for posterity and for new DIYers coming into the scene. Seeing as I am the most vocal shill for it, I will do the honours. Allow me to introduce...
*drumroll*
... tranceinate's Simply Cannoli. First, some background on the profile courtesy of Wikipedia:



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Some background about the recipe's development: Simply Cannoli emerged from the Cannoli round of Enyawreklaw's first DIYorDie World Mixers Competition. Entrants were required to create a cannoli recipe using no more than six flavours, limited to FA, TFA, FW, Cap and Inw Biscuit. You can find all ten entries here. Apart from the plaudits it received as the most popular of the Cannoli Round recipes, Simpy Cannoli also earned 4th place in Wayne's "Top Recipes for 2016" listing. Considering that all the other recipes in the list were developed by their creators with no ingredient or time restrictions, it makes tranceinate's effort all the more impressive.

tranceinate's recipe:
0.6% Inw Biscuit
0.75% FA Joy
2% Cap NY Cheesecake
0.4% FA Nonna's Cake
4% Cap Vanilla Custard v1
0.4% FA Vienna Cream

It's a simple profile with Inw Biscuit creating the pastry shell, Joy adding the 'fried dough' feel, Cap NY Cheesecake suggesting ricotta, the Cap VC1 and Vienna adding creaminess, and the Nonna's Cake to provide an "Italian touch" of zestiness. The first thing that stands out about the recipe is how finely balanced it is. Recipe developers often work in half-percent ranges. When a developer uses 0.4% or 0.6%, it suggests that a great deal of testing and balancing has gone into it. The second stand-out feature is that the recipe was developed under stringent ingredient and time limits. The third and, for me, the key feature is that the recipe uses two ingredients that mixers are wary of and find tricky to use: FA Joy and FA Nonna's Cake. A common criticism of mixers is when they use flop-proof ingredients and create 'safe' recipes. Simply Cannoli cannot be accused of that.

The beauty of the recipe is that it uses common ingredients. Many mixers will have bought Joy and Nonna's Cake, mainly due to rave reviews by HIC, before finding out that these flavours aren't quite as brilliant and versatile as they may have hoped. If you have Joy and Nonna's Cake lying around and have been less than impressed with them standalone, or can't find recipes that use them, Simply Cannoli is a godsend that will transform those unused flavours into a deliciously creamy and tasty ADV.

Simply Cannoli is also a very economical recipe at just 8.15% total flavouring. It containers no sweeteners and achieves a surprisingly full and delicious flavour without any trickery or heavy coil-gunking. So it encompasses just about every characteristic that I want from a DIY recipe.

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RichJB said:

So I have found my ADV number 4 and, surprise surprise, it's a bakery! Joining Funfetti, Simply Cannoli and Sugar Cookies and Cream is... Fig Newton.

OK, so what the heck is Fig Newton? As ever, Wiki is our friend:



It'll probably ring a lot more bells if I show a pic of the figgy treat:

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Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about. Those who have had these biscuits know that they are sweet and syrupy, with both the pastry and the filling being deliciously soft and chewy. The recipe is my first ADV that isn't by an acclaimed mixer (well, not that I know of). It's not even on ATF and was developed instead by chalatsos on ELR. Recipe here.

So how did chalatsos go about translating the fig pastry into vape form? It's a simple recipe and therein lies its effectiveness:

Inw Biscuit 1.5%
TFA Brown Sugar 1%
FW Yellow Cake 2.75%
FA Fig Fresh 2.5%

The Biscuit and Yellow Cake form the delicious sugary, buttery pastry, the Brown Sugar adds that brown/baked sweetness and the Fig is the filling. FA Fig is one of my favourite 'niche' flavours. ConcreteRiver gives some astoundingly acute notes on Reddit:



And then adds, interestingly:



I don't claim to have anywhere near the palate that CR does but, in this recipe, it works brilliantly for me. Fig Newtons are moist so the syrupy nature of FA Fig Fresh fits for me. The vapour is sweet and decadent but not cloyingly so. It is right up my alley. It's not as "bright and cheery" sweet as Funfetti, more of a dark treacly sweetness.

Mine was made on 5 Jan so I'm enjoying it now after nearly a seven month steep (you know me...) but it is sooooo good. It might be a tad too sweet for many but this will be permanently in my rotation from now on. Plus it uses Fig and there aren't too many recipes for that. If you bought FA Fig Fresh because of FOMO and aren't sure what to do with it, mix up some of this. It's a banger of note.

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