Another late night baking… I think I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. I think it came out alright. Not too bad. Cake decorating, even if it’s not crazy Ace of Cakes style, is a marathon event! Too tired to type out words… Thought I’d get creative and use Cheez Wiz as filling. Mmmmm…Just kidding. … Continue reading A Cake Story
Spent pretty much the whole day cooking and baking (and cleaning up after myself)…just as I wanted to do, but I hadn’t quite wanted to do it literally all day. However, the fruits of my labor were indeed sweet and it was worth it. I made the savory crepes with a filling made with a… Continue reading Savory Crepes and a Mention of Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
I think my favorite rainy day song is Norah Jones’s Don’t Know Why. Everytime I hear it I just think of raindrops falling from a tin roof (don’t ask me why I chose tin, I’m not sure myself, but just go with it) and dripping down to a puddle outside connected to a small stream… Continue reading Musings in General, Cake Musings and Pasta Mama
Fell (almost) into a manhole today. I was crossing the street and I stepped on the cover when to my surprise, it opened up and swallowed my left foot and banged me on my right shin. I proceeded to extract my foot from the hole, no thanks to the help of the nearby construction guys… Continue reading And Now For Something Completely Different…
When I first started this blog, someone on Facebook asked me if I was trying to be the next “Julie.” For those of you who aren’t sure, she was referring to Julie Powell of Julie & Julia fame. Since I love food so much, naturally I’ve been wanting to see this movie, but since I… Continue reading Books and Brownie Cookies
No baking tonight, but I came across Cupcakes for a Cause while surfing the web this evening. Not sure how I found it… Anyway, it’s a week-long event (this year it’s 9/21 – 9/27) where bakeries across the country donate a portion of sales to CancerCare for Kids, a charity that provides free support services… Continue reading Cupcakes for a Cause
No baking tonight, but I will take this time to post about my last 2 experiments this week… After having baked three days in a row, I officially dub this week Cookie Week. Monday was the oatmeal-raisins, Tuesday was chocolate chips, and yesterday was my first attempt at a “Magic Middles” type of cookie (more… Continue reading Chocolate Chip Cookies and Magic Middles Attempt #1
Of all the cookies in existence, oatmeal cookies, especially oatmeal-raisin cookies, have been at the bottom of my list. Cookies are meant to be indulgent, sweet, decadent, warm, gooey, reminiscent of your childhood days (at least my childhood days) when your mother would bake them and you would burn your little fingers trying to pry… Continue reading The Oatmeal Cookie: A Tale of Hate Turned Into Love — Well, at Least Like.
Spent a good part of the day watching episodes of the Food Network’s The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and anything else that came on Food Network today. I didn’t think I would enjoy the show much after seeing one or two episodes, but yesterday my friend and I watched some episodes I had stored… Continue reading I Watched The Food Network Almost All Day
This blog is mostly about baking, but in likelihood I will probably end up talking about whatever happens to be on my hungry mind. Following a series of events unrelated to baking that eventually led me to a friend’s friend asking me to bake her cupcakes for her engagement party, I find myself here, searching… Continue reading Intro, Stuffed French Toast, Fruit Tart
