Two weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see that PBS is now airing season 6 of The Great British Baking Show on Friday nights. To celebrate, I decided to try (at least) one recipe from each episode. This week’s experiment is Madeira cake (the first episode’s Signature Challenge).
Last weekend, I decided that it had been far too long since I made a pie, so I resolved to remedy that situation by making two. The first was a quick and dirty apple pie made with some Jonagold apple pie filling I had canned last fall (yes, it still tastes delicious almost a year later). The second, which you see here today, was my idea of a chocolate chip cannoli pie. Even while I play fridge tetris with the two pie plates currently taking up much of my fridge space, I have no regrets.
When I started planning this week’s bakeventure (check back on Friday to sate your curiosity on that matter), I was surprised to see that I hadn’t written a tutorial on graham cracker crusts yet. Today, I intend to remedy that.
Happy Independence Day in advance! If you’re looking for a fun and tasty holiday dessert with some added nerd cred, look no further! I bring you slice and bake cookies that look like Captain America’s shield! (So many exclamation points! Excitement! Yea!) After all, who better to grace your holiday dessert table than America’s most patriotic fictional character?
You may have heard Alton Brown and many others complaining about “unitaskers,” or kitchen tools that have only one purpose, and for good reason: they take up more space than they deserve and you probably won’t use them often enough to justify the expense. The Wilton Perfect Fill Batter Dispenser fits squarely into the category of unitaskers, so I was hesitant to add it to my collection. This review is for those of you who are similarly on the fence.
I’m back! Two weeks sure can fly by. In that time, I flew to New York to visit family, baked pie, caught up on reading, and took some time to just catch my breath. Now I’m refreshed and ready to jump right back in with a beloved classic: iced oatmeal cookies.
Hoo boy, it’s been a busy baking weekend! I just finished the last cupcake job, so now I finally have a little time to devote to writing about my recent creations. I’ve spent most of my waking moments over the past 5 days thinking about cake, things to put on cake, and ways to eat cake. Welcome to the madness!
Apologies for the late post! I’ve been struck with an acute case of laziness, so when 10:30 rolled around last night, I realized that there was no way this post was going up at normal time. After a small bout of illness early in the weekend, I had a surprisingly productive Sunday, the fruits of which should be showing up on this blog in the coming weeks. I guess it’s not surprise that I had to make up for all that productivity with a decent period of unencumbered sloth. 😉
The Preakness (the second leg of the Triple Crown) is this Saturday! I’ll admit that this is the race I most often forget about because after the Kentucky Derby happens, I’m already making my plans for the Belmont Stakes. This year, I wanted to make sure to show the Preakness some love by recreating its official drink, the Black-Eyed Susan, as a dessert. I’ve already done Mint Julep Bundt Cake this year, so let’s see if I can make it through the Triple Crown of Baking in 2016!
Once again, I fell into the trap of buying a bunch of bananas. Just like last time, I got through about half of them before the rest managed to turn a particularly unappetizing shade of brown. I’d been planning to make a dessert cornbread with strawberries for awhile now, and having used bananas in the place of eggs before (a pretty standard vegan substitution), I had a feeling it was finally time to make it happen.
I Wanna Bake! 