As a pastry chef, it is not difficult for me to prepare most desserts. But there are some that an ordinary person will take a lot of time and effort to cook. I tell you which desserts are easier to buy than to suffer and cook yourself.
Croissants and other puff pastry
You can make good puff pastry at home. But it will take a lot of time and effort. I'm not talking about the puff pastry for "Napoleon", they use a slightly different dough.
Therefore, if you really want to eat hot croissants at home, it is better to buy frozen semi-finished products or ready-made puff pastry. The main thing is to check the composition before buying. I do not like it when there is margarine in the composition, the taste of butter is lost.
Honey cake
I love the Honey cake. Therefore, I perked up to cook it very quickly. But for the average person, it will most likely take a whole day to make a Honey cake. Therefore, the Honey cake is easier to buy. Now there are many decent options. In my blog, I have a review of the excellent Medovik from Prokhorov.
But for the sake of a solemn occasion, you can get confused. If you suddenly conceived, here's a recipe, in my opinion, one of the best Medovikov - from Ivlev.
Nut chocolate spread
You can make nut butter at home. But to achieve the same result as “Nutella” will not work. The whole difficulty lies in grinding the nuts into a paste. Therefore, it is easier to buy pasta; for example, Nutella has a pretty good composition.
I have already tried to make nut butter - with a household blender, I did not manage to grind the nuts to a smooth texture. To achieve the same result as a commercial paste, you need a melanger. Now they began to be made for home use, but think about how often you will use it?
Ice cream
On the one hand, making ice cream at home is pretty easy. You can see for yourself, I have a super a simple 2-ingredient ice cream recipe. But making really cool ice cream at home without ice grains without an ice cream maker is very difficult.
Ice cream makers are not cheap. And most importantly, you most often want ice cream when you are outside on a hot day, and not at home. Therefore, it is easier to go to the store for ice cream.
Curd snacks
When I first tried to make curd snacks at home, realized that I'd rather buy them in the store. The most interesting thing is that making cheese curds is simple, but choosing the right ingredients is already more difficult.
To get a nice and pleasant texture, the quality of the curd is very important. Finding a good option in stores will take a lot of time, effort and money. Therefore, it is easier to buy - now there are a lot of cheeses with an excellent composition (read my review of curd cheeses).
And what products are easier for you to buy than to cook yourself?