this morning i made the choc cream cheese frosting for the classic cake. and i dragged out my clamp lights. so i could get some nice texture in the frosting. i realized that that’s what i needed to do for the blackberry jam (photos weren’t the best). i thought i had a lighting set up [...]
this am i woke planning 2 bake pineapple upside down cake. no such luck. nary a pineapple in sight. sigh. so then i’m flipping through my book trying to decide what to bake. the thing is there were lots of things i could bake, but for some reason i didn’t want 2 do anything. and [...]
all right, this morning i was wide awake at the crack of 3 am! i know. so i couldn’t go back 2 sleep. i think it was the person in the condo beside coming home that woke me up. exhibit 1: strawberry shortcake. made the cake in a lovely bundt pan. turned out excellent. light [...]
this morning the cookies tasted much better. i reduced the flour 1/2 cup and added 1/4 cup crushed almonds. i reduced the agave, and baking soda as well. i baked them 19 minutes, but i’m thinking the longer the better, they’ll be more crunchy. i also figured out that my focus settings were the problem. [...]
this am was citrus cookies, kind of nice, but look like peanut butter cookies. i may try again with less flour, and perhaps ground nuts to get some sort of crunch. also thinking about leaving out the xanthan gum. my camera seems to be acting up the last 3 days. not sure why i can’t [...]
wow what a crazy day. got my baking done first thing this am and took photos. but went 2 dentist 2day b4 work (and bought some nice dress shirts b4 heading 2 work). anyway back 2 cupcakes. they turned out great. and pics will come later 2night.
i tasted my cupcakes last night and thought they were a little dry. so i baked them again this am. added 1 tlbs more of agave and butter. + i changed 2 tlbs of milk 2 4 tlbs of yoghurt. after baking and tasting this am. i think the yoghurt was too much. so will [...]
this morning i baked choc cupcakes. 4 some reason i thought i had a lot more time than i did. but made it 2 work only 15 min late. and baking is done. not sure about the photos this am. might try them again 2morrow or 2night. so far people have tried them and like [...]
i decided that my recipes must use butter for testing and and not butter subsitute. the recipes can all be baked with a ‘subsitute’ however for the real mccoy, i’d always suggest butter. i think for the cakes it may not be noticable. for cookies and bars it will. Because of that decision, i got [...]
ok, another seemingly successful bakeoff. 2day was apple spice loaf. it looks good so far. but i haven’t tasted it. i’ll do that after dinner. just an fyi. these recipes have all been created. I just took a 2 year hiatus from this project. currently i’m going through my 85 recipes and baking and photographing [...]