Comments on: Daring Bakers do Chocolate Eclairs

By: Ella

Ella — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:26:09 +0000

I’ll have to agree: the recipe seemed to have many unnecessary hoops to jump through. I double checked all 3 components in Joy of Cooking and the eclairs could have been made with 1/2 the effort and certainly 1/2 the heartache!
And while my eclairs looked fantastic, but I feel that maybe I just don’t like eclairs.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:40:13 +0000

Yes those “interesting” instructions for the baking were rather confusing, weren’t they?
At least your eclairs look good.

By: McKenzie

McKenzie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:28:35 +0000

This is off the subject - but I just wanted to say GREAT choice for Barefoot Bloggers! I can’t wait to try the wild mushroom soup!

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:03:16 +0000

Sorry these weren’t your favorite. They look good though! I am glad you have your own favorite recipe to go to!!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:47:24 +0000

Ooo, your eclairs look amazing! I’m sorry that you didn’t enjoy them.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:22:47 +0000

Your eclairs look pretty, sorry they didn’t taste so good. I had the same problem though.

By: megan

megan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:26:38 +0000

I agree with you. Why does everything have to be so hard? My husband said my second batch looked like ladyfingers.

By: claire

claire — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:13:23 +0000

You know, I wonder if this recipe just doesn’t puff as much b/c the instructions SAY to cut it in half rather than piping the filling in. Hmmm…just a thought. I’d rather they be puffy, too. Yours look fantastic!

By: Monika

Monika — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:48:06 +0000

As a brown-eyed baker, myself, I couldn’t help but be drawn to your blog. Love it! Keep up the awesomeness - cheers!

By: Katrina

Katrina — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:23:34 +0000

I think they look great, sorry you didn’t LOVE them. My husband loves eclairs, I think they are just okay and could live without them. It’s always the choux pastry I don’t like. Hmmm. Glad you’re happy with your original.

By: Bev

Bev — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:10:40 +0000

wow! So glad I’ll be back to attempting challanges soon! These look delcous !

By: Jude

Jude — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:31:43 +0000

That seems to be the general consensus — so so choux but awesome pastry cream.
Your eclairs look great!

By: ELRA

ELRA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:16:47 +0000

Hi,
This is my first time here, and I like your site.
Despite of your disappointment with the result, I think your eclairs look great!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:10:59 +0000

Not my finest baking moment either - but the pictures do belie the truth!

By: maybelles mom (feeding maybelle)

maybelles mom (feeding maybelle) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:55:14 +0000

Nice post with all your thoughts. I didn’t have the same problems but I didn’t follow the baking instructions with the wooden spoon either. They do look lovely.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:40:39 +0000

Good cooks notes! Love your blog and thanks for the insight.

By: Summer

Summer — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:05:52 +0000

Your eclairs look really good! I had the same problem with mine…they tasted really eggy and they totally flopped around. I made do…but like you, I have a recipe that I would rather stick to! BTW, I love your blog! I just found it! You have some great recipes I can’t wait to try!

By: Jaime

Jaime — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:44:40 +0000

they pics look great, though i agree that dorie’s recipe is much better. not sure if you noticed, but the pastry cream is dorie’s recipe, only with a slight tweak - but since you skipped the ice bath, you basically made dorie’s version

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:35:11 +0000

your eclairs look so cute!

By: TeaLady

TeaLady — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:49:18 +0000

Looks like lots of us had problems with this one. Yours look nice and chocolately tho.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:31:54 +0000

I too noticed the egginess (is that even a word?), but at least you have a recipe that you know you love! I want to try your original recipe now.

By: Hornedfroggy

Hornedfroggy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:52:47 +0000

I noticed the eggy taste, as well, but the pastry cream was heaven!! And your sauce looks divine!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:43:20 +0000

Seems that many others thought the choux was too eggy. I filled mine with so much chocolate pastry cream that I probably couldn’t tell. I must have missed that step with allowing the pastry cream to cool before adding the butter–I’ve always added the butter to the hot pastry cream. It was still great though and yes, I could have eaten that alone! Your eclairs look great! Wonderful job.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:20:16 +0000

It’s so funny how there are such discrepancies in recipes. I’m looking forward to seeing the old eclair recipe with this new chocolate filling.

By: Amanda Boyce

Amanda Boyce — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:53:17 +0000

eggy was the theme of this pastry. too bad too since we spent all this time preparing it!