Poor Mr. Piglet spent the morning baking Hot Cross buns, but when they were cooked, they resembled Hot ROCK buns (especially as I never added the cross). We are not sure what happened, whether it was the integral flour, yeast, or the erythritol sugar that never activated the yeast. But they didn’t rise and were like cannon balls. Solid and tasted floury. Gutted. On a positive note, I told him to think of all the calories we have saved. Ho hum …
These are some he made in the past using the same recipe, and they were delicious
Have you tried to make Hot Cross buns?
Piglet in Portugal 
I’ve not tried baking hot cross buns, but I’ve had regular yeast rolls turn dense, that’s a disappointment. Although yes, you’ll save yourself the calories :).
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I wonder why that happens?
Sadly, I never saved the calories as I found some mince pies left over from Christmas in the freezer.
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As much as I love baking, I don’t believe I’ve ever attempted hot cross buns. Thanks for the reminder though, as I do like to have some on Good Friday so will see if I can pick some up somewhere on the road today. Poor Mr. P but good on him for trying!
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Hi Terry, I hope you managed to locate some HC buns on your travels. We made do with some luxury mince pies I had frozen from Christmas. That was my Easter treat.
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It is said ‘Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative’ . . . no weight gain to begin with . . . easy for me to say as have never had any desire for baked goods or fruit in any such if it does appear on the table :) ! Happy Easter nevertheless . . .
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Happy Easter, Eha :)
I wish I never had such a sweet tooth. You are lucky not to have one
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I was ‘lucky’ – an only child of parents who did not as yet know about the health aspect of sweet foods but worried about the damage such did to teeth . . . and thus largely avoided them. Also in Northern Europe it was/is common to have first courses like soup/piroshki or herring or eel – thus one is ‘full’ by the time one finishes the main meal . . . perhaps a bit of cheese with the coffee ;) !
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Cooking and baking can take interesting turns at times :)
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Most definitely, Maria. :(
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I have shared more than a few cooking efforts that went sideways, sometimes for reason you never figure out, right? Thanks for sharing, and based on how much you cook, this is obviously a quirk – as you said, something that didn’t do what it was supposed to do!
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Hi John, this one sadly went sideways and straight into the bin.
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Oh no! It happens! I just shared a dirty martini deviled egg that promptly sank into the drink! Strangely it held is shape so don’t know what that means!
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Obvious, John – it wanted to be enjoyed so bathed itself in booze to be extra attractive :) !
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The Devil works in mysterious ways!
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What a disappointment! But even accomplished home cooks have their disasters. I hate to admit that it puts me in a very bad mood to have to dump food in the trashcan. But sometime it’s necessary. No, I’ve never tried to make hot cross buns. Not really a Franco-American thing. Same with fruitcake.
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Hi Laurie, I confess I was gutted for Mr P and like you it puts me in a bad mood when I have to dump food. WE did both take a mouthful but they were inedible. My French relatives detest anything with dried fruit in it…especially mince pies which us brits have at Christmas. My duaghters father-in-law spat it out LoL and never even tried to hid his disgust.
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I actually like dried fruit, but it’s not used much here. Raisins and dates, occasionally. Maybe dried cranberries. Anyways, I would be more than willing to taste fruitcake made by a good baker. But no one that I know around here makes it.
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