Note: this is Part Two of my previous post, Tips for Cake Baking. Cream your butter and sugar well. By that, I mean at least three whole minutes. And I don’t recommend softening your butter, unless it’s pretty rock-hard. If it’s a couple of degrees below room temperature, it will cream beautifully right in your [...]
Tips for Cake Baking: Part 1
I’ve baked dozens of cakes, certainly hundreds of cupcakes, in my time- and while I’d like to be able to say that they were all mouthwatering successes, the truth is that I’ve had more than my fair share of failed cakes. The problem with cake baking, you see, is that it’s so very easy to [...]
A little bitter, a little sweet
For me, bittersweet chocolate is where it’s at. Oh, I enjoy snacking on the occasional milk chocolate bar (especially if it’s something excellent like Lindt), but as a baker I must absolutely have bittersweet chocolate in the house at all times. Bittersweet chocolate contains no milk. It’s basically unsweetened chocolate with a little sugar and [...]
Earth Day Eats: Macerated Strawberries
A friend sent us five kilos of sweet and juicy strawberries (thanks, Vincent!)- and so far we’ve had Strawberry Cake, Strawberry Pie (a recipe I’ll share with you soon, it was swooningly delicious), even Strawberry Pancakes. But my all-time favorite way to enjoy these strawberries has been simply: by macerating them. If you find yourself [...]
Sweet but sugar-free Apple Pie
Having a diabetic husband makes preparing our sweets just a little bit harder- I say that because while I used to moan about not being able to make any desserts we could both enjoy, I’ve developed an absolutely delicious, comforting, mouthwatering Apple Pie recipe that’s sugar-free! And I’m here today to share it with you: [...]
Happy Easter!
I trust most of you’ll be sitting down to a delicious Easter brunch (or lunch) very soon. We’re celebrating quietly (and with a to-die-for lamb roast, of course), but I just wanted to greet you all a very Happy Easter- and leave you with some links to ideas for leftover Easter candy: Leftover Cadbury Creme [...]
Easter Eats: Roast Lamb
It’s Easter Sunday in a few days, and while I toyed with the idea of serving a rabbit stew with my tongue planted firmly in cheek, I decided to go traditional and roast a rib of lamb. A lamb rib is where those delicious chops usually come from. They certainly don’t come cheap, but for [...]
Delicious Links this week
This week, our delicious picks include some of the most comforting comfort foods out there: SimplyRecipes shows us How to Make Homemade Sausage – and it’s really not that hard. I tried this the other night, making patties from the sausage mix because I don’t own a sausage stuffer. Also would be great in your [...]
Breaking the Fast
Breakfast is just that, after all- breaking the “fast” from sleeping. As such, it’s not surprising that breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day, the one meal you should never skip. Oh, and if you can eat something healthy, that helps too. For years I skipped breakfast. As a night [...]
Top Three Foodie Flicks
On the off chance that you’re reading this without much of an appetite, get ready: these films will get you hungry. They’re not all necessarily about food, but they do celebrate different types of food on the big screen- and that’s what makes them my favorites: Chocolat Starring the luminous Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp [...]
