Cooking
As you've no doubt figured out, I love to bake goodies but not eat them.
I don't know why...perhaps the act of baking is enough for me.
I made a cake for my in-laws today
Matt didn't take the pictures until he arrived at his parent's house. The ride was not kind to the cake! Much shifting...sigh.
Rum-Mocha Walnut Layer Cake
Even if I did eat my own wares, I'd never touch this one.
It's so full of coffee flavor! I don't like coffee, and Matt doesn't like rum.
My in-laws are still trying to come to terms with the concept: making something I wouldn't eat.
Hey, it's me. Where's the fun in making the same stuff all the time? I like to branch out, try new things (or what would be the use in having 120 cookbooks?). I like to create reasons to make food: "I bet so-and-so would like this".
And since my father-in-law roasts his own coffee, I thought this one would be a hit.
I'm not going to post the recipe. I'm afraid if the in-laws saw the amounts of butter and eggs in this one, they'd never eat it!
If you're interested, just drop me a line...
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Cooking
Spreading the Love
As you've no doubt figured out, I love to bake goodies but not eat them.
I don't know why...perhaps the act of baking is enough for me.
I made a cake for my in-laws today
Matt didn't take the pictures until he arrived at his parent's house. The ride was not kind to the cake! Much shifting...sigh.
Rum-Mocha Walnut Layer Cake
Even if I did eat my own wares, I'd never touch this one.
It's so full of coffee flavor! I don't like coffee, and Matt doesn't like rum.
My in-laws are still trying to come to terms with the concept: making something I wouldn't eat.
Hey, it's me. Where's the fun in making the same stuff all the time? I like to branch out, try new things (or what would be the use in having 120 cookbooks?). I like to create reasons to make food: "I bet so-and-so would like this".
And since my father-in-law roasts his own coffee, I thought this one would be a hit.
I'm not going to post the recipe. I'm afraid if the in-laws saw the amounts of butter and eggs in this one, they'd never eat it!
If you're interested, just drop me a line...
- Daring Bakers: Has The Fat Lady Sung Yet?
I'm rather pleased with myself. I saw this month's challenge, and decided I was going to turn it into a mother's day cake for Matt's Mom. Which means...I completed the challenge weeks early! Usually, I'm scrambling the night before,...
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During the summer of '06, my father-in-law continued his clearinghouse, and Matt and I found ourselves on the receiving end of a number of serving dishes, jelly jars, and cookbooks. One of these cookbooks was The Victory Binding of the American Woman's...
- Buttermilk Spice Cake With Amaretto-macerated Oranges
A few months ago, my mother-in-law gifted me with a pretty neat cake pan, called a Mary Ann Cake Pan. I kept thinking of ways to use it, but never got 'round to it. Finally, I decided I just had to come up with something...and since I was giving...
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You know what the first thing I ate this morning was? Uh-huh, that's right. A piece of that cake. Yup. Because you know, it's Sugar High Friday again, and Ronald has asked us all to incorporate coffee into our desserts today. Desserts, schmesserts...