For Christmas this year, Scott asked for a carrot cake or a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. We had 2 packages of cream cheese in our refrigerator that needed to be used, so the search was on for … Continue reading →
I had a tube of almond paste that hit its expiration date, so it was time to do some baking. I decided I wanted an almond cake and I began looking through cookbooks for a recipe I wanted to try. … Continue reading →
The ingredient this week is Pineapple. I love fresh pineapple, and it’s one of my favorite things to eat whenever we visit Hawaii. It’s a little more challenging finding good pineapples here in Alaska, but they can be found, albeit … Continue reading →
This week our featured ingredient is chestnuts. I’ve eaten chestnuts a few times, but I never enjoyed them very much. I thought the texture was rather mealy. I liked the flavor, so I figured that I just never had really … Continue reading →
(Excuse my bad photos. I have got to get a better light to take photos with. Our days are too short to rely on natural light, and my photos are suffering.) Our ingredient this week is pears. For some reason, … Continue reading →
I’ve been wanting to make these for a long time. I was browsing through a Cook’s Illustrated Magazine last spring, and saw an article for the ultimate chocolate cupcake. I love a lot of the recipes in Cook’s Illustrated because … Continue reading →
It’s the end of July, so time for another Daring Baker’s Challenge. The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s … Continue reading →
