Baking & Desserts

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Phyllo layers holding nuts and honey in a sticky embrace (7)
• Absorbent creature of the sea, or a porous, springy cake base (6)
• A flash of lightning made of choux and filled with cream (6)
• Gain an advantage from this chocolate-covered puff (11)
• A sticky situation resulting from pushing sugar to its burning point (7)
• Sweet crystals refining the art of the bake (5)
• Pliable sugar coating often masking the true cake underneath (7)
• A thin pancake sharing its name with a crinkled mourning fabric (5)
• A breath of hot air that might collapse under pressure (7)

Down

• Digital tracker found crumbling in the jar (6)
• A flat-out delicious custard inverted before serving (4)
• Microscopic fungus responsible for raising spirits and dough alike (5)
• Bitter powder remaining after the fat is pressed from the bean (5)
• Literally cooked cream that jiggles but never fully sets (10)
• Denser, warmer Italian cousin to traditional ice cream (6)
• Crescent shape characterized by its flaky, buttery layers (9)
• Rich subject requiring a graham cracker foundation (10)
• British baked good often caught in a jam over clotted cream (5)
• Beaten peaks that weep if left out in the humidity (8)
• Homophone of a mathematical constant served in a crust (3)
• To speak evasively, or to pour batter into a grid iron (6)
• Dairy-free palate cleanser often served between heavy courses (6)

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