The phone rang twice with good news today. First, a friend let me know that she and I were approved to attend a free pastry creations class that is normally restricted to food professionals or restaurant staff. I’m really excited, because the course will not feature a single technique, but will cover many areas of…
Frosting, my hero!
It’s really amazing how a thick layer of frosting can save the day. Yesterday, Husband and I baked 2 cakes for a birthday today. Since he wasn’t feeling up to reading the recipe, I read it to him, as I baked a completely different recipe. In the end, we wound up with one beautiful yellow…
Alfajores Recipe with Home-Dried Coconut
On the weekends I decide what to bake for the upcoming week. Knowing I had alfajores on the menu, I decided to save $ and see what I could do to turn an ordinary coconut into flake coconut. Sounds a little Cinderella-ish, don’t you think? It just made since because coconuts are so prevalent here,…
Pump it!
Since I had pumpkin left over from the roll I made yesterday, I decided to make a figure friendly yet decadent muffin for snacking. This muffin is a combo of many recipes I perused this morning. Let’s just say it is exactly what I was hoping for. Delicious, loaded with vitamin A, and packing a…
To health with you
Last week, I found a great blog dedicated to healthy living. That means that I went crazy at the grocery, buying muesli, dried fruits, low-fat yogurts, oats, and many other things that didn’t win the Husband Seal of Approval. You should’ve seen the bags of veggies from the market! Husband started to mumble about carrying…
Country Cooking
Last week, I had an unfortunate flop with my Old Fashioned Cream Pie. You can read about that in an older post. Good new is that this week’s OFCP came out wonderfully! I combined 2 recipes and ended up with this:Sugar Cream Pie aficionados may notice that it looks a little different than the norm….
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun AND Pancakes
Me! Me! Choose me!! This month, IHOP sponsored a Pancake Olympics benefiting an animal rescue organization. Their festivities included the pancake flip, pancake toss, pancake decorating, and the event I want to sign up for ASAP: MUSICAL PANCAKES! Forget the eating contests, the tossing, flipping, and whatever else entrants did to my beloved flapjacks. The…
Chocolate Crinkles, the next dimension
Since it’s Monday, that means I’m baking up some goodies to send to work with Husband tomorrow. Today’s main item is Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, but I’ve taken some liberties with them. Still not an über chocolaty cookie, it’s still pretty tasty. I’m convinced that the only way to get the decadent, rich, chocolate king of…
Sourdough: the misunderstood loaf
A few months ago I stumbled upon a blog post on sourdough. Though I hadn’t eaten it often, memories of Cracker Barrel’s Spicy Grilled Catfish Sandwiches on sourdough were enough to fire me up to learn more. The idea of bread made without yeast sounded good, and knowing that my starter could potentially outlive generations…
Ovens beware! It’s slow-cooker baking
I haven’t tried too many innovative uses for my Crockpot. Fudgey chocolate cakes have been born there, as well as apple cobbler. Nothing extraordinary. Until….Sandra Lee intrigued me last week by baking a slow-cooker cheesecake!!! “Hmm,” I thought, “Gotta try that!” Unfortunately, if you were looking for a new slow-cooker cheesecake post, today isn’t your…
