The local Toastmaster’s online (i.e. webcam) speech contest is Monday. Last Wednesday, one of my competitors gave a practice run of her speech. It was very good and blew mine out of the water. I’ve thrown that out and I’m starting over. I like to watch YouTube cooking videos, but they’re all edited. I’m goingContinue reading “Online Speech Contest”
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Mark & Max – II
Tiger Nut Cake First, an administrative note: I’m skipping some of the recipes. I may or may not go back to them. The second in the book is Tuh’u (no, I don’t know what an apostrophe sounds like, either), which is a lamb dish. It’s rather difficult to find lamb in January, since they areContinue reading “Mark & Max – II”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXIII
PB&J Shortbread This was triple inspired: My “early out of the oven so it stays moist” peanut butter cookies reminded Kay of shortbread (because they collapsed). Ari wanted me to vet a recipe for shortbread cookies with icing before she went to all the work of making them; I have not seen the recipe, yet.Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXIII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXII
Peanut Butter Cookie Perfection I consider this not only “learned” but “perfected”. I can’t imagine them getting any better. Third time is the charm. The first batch was the original recipe, which was tasty, but a bit dry. The second batch had less flour, which made them less dry (more moist sounds vaguely icky) butContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LX
Angel Food Comparison I was in the mood for baking on Sunday (it was gloomy and there were snow flurries). I didn’t find a cookie recipe in Grandma’s cookbook that caught my fancy, but I did find five angel food cake recipes. I had been wondering if angel food cake required that special pan. ItContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LX”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIX
Red Cake This is the cake that “belongs” to the buttercream frosting recipe from the Halloween Cupcakes. Red CakeFrom: Jo Cream:1/2 cup shortening1 1/2 cups sugar1 tsp vanillaAdd 2 eggs, beat wellMake paste with then add to above:2 oz red food coloring3 Tbl cocoaAlternately add portions of2 1/4 cup flour1 cup buttermilkImmediately before baking add:1Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIX”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVII
Halloween Cupcakes These were super experimental. I’ve never made cupcakes before. They were also hardware store style baking: Repeated trips to the store were necessary. I have two muffin pans at a dozen muffins each. I thought one and half layers of a layer cake would fill both pans, hence the four-batch mis en place.Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVII”
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