[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by zakk

substitute the condensed milk for the water?

I subbed it for the water and oil.

[hijabihoodlum]

Originally Posted by Saja

I hate it when I get the urge to bake up 25 pounds worth of fat and then realize that I don't have baking soda or chocolate chips or something. Or if I'm having guests over and I need to make a cake but I have to run to the grocery store first.

What baking staples do you guys keep in your pantry at all times to make sure you can always randomly bake and have what you need. You'll obviously need to make a run for recipe specific things or fancy desserts, but I'm talking about ingredients for basic cookies, cakes, etc.

in addition to what tsp wrote, i keep cocoa, oil, muffin papers, no-stick spray (the kind with flour in it for cakes), powdered sugar, unsweetened chocolate, semi sweet chocolate and chips, butter (i keep it in the freezer), shortening, corn starch, corn syrup, vinegar (in case i need to sour milk to make a buttermilk substitute), yeast, cinnamon, instant coffee.

these are all things that you can store for a relatively long time (if you need to).

[vanillawafer]

I made cakeballs for the first time a while back. Never got around to posting the pic though. It was really messy when I tried dipping the entire thing in chocolate, so I just did half.

[vegetables]

just made some brownies... http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8...rownieses6.jpg

[zzze]

asslaamu alaykum

veg, you loser! Good job I clicked before I repped.

Sorry PhD girl I'll definitely post it when I find it insha Allah.

[afrakabob]

Originally Posted by vanillawafer

I made cakeballs for the first time a while back. Never got around to posting the pic though. It was really messy when I tried dipping the entire thing in chocolate, so I just did half.

that looks disturbingly delicious.
what ARE cakeballs? and what kind of chocolate did you dip it in? it looks hardened most yummily.

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by afrakabob

that looks disturbingly delicious.
what ARE cakeballs? and what kind of chocolate did you dip it in? it looks hardened most yummily.

i think its milk chocolate.

[afrakabob]

Originally Posted by Asvi

i think its milk chocolate.

i dont get it though.. how would you get it to look like that? melt chocolate, dip the cakeballs in it, and then refrigerate it so it hardens?

-knows nothing about baking. has health freak parents who substitute applesauce for oil-
-has to hide chocolate bars in her room so her parents dont see them-

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by afrakabob

i dont get it though.. how would you get it to look like that? melt chocolate, dip the cakeballs in it, and then refrigerate it?

-knows nothing about baking. has health freak parents who substitute applesauce for oil-
-has to hide chocolate bars in her room so her parents dont see them-

awww...poor you.
what you said is correct. let me see if i can find the brand i use.

[imaan786]

I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ove baking but we blinkin got our new kitchen done and a new oven which is one of those weird hot air ones and I dont know how to use it - we use to have a proper fire oven before and my cakes and cooking turned out mashA well.

What is your signature dish?

Mine is chocolate gooey cake and leg of lamb roast yummy

[jaani]

Originally Posted by imaan786

What is your signature dish?

Ask anyone in town......my signature dish is making the most delicious chai (tea)

And I don't even drink it

~j

[vanillawafer]

Originally Posted by afrakabob

that looks disturbingly delicious.
what ARE cakeballs? and what kind of chocolate did you dip it in? it looks hardened most yummily.

Cakeballs: bake a cake, mash it up with some frosting and roll it into balls. I used strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting. I dipped it in semi sweet chocolate that was melted. It would be too sweet if you use milk chocolate. I also made my own frosting since canned ones are always too sweet. The chocolate got hard pretty fast. I put it in the fridge to harden faster cuz I was in a hurry.

If you like strawberries dipped in chocolate, then you'll love this. I personally don't like chocolate on any kind of fruit, but this was still pretty good for me. Loved the crunchy outside and soft inside

[sally]

omg i just got done making more cupcakes

im done for a while..i dont wanna look at cake batter.

these are for a party im going to right now..



half of them have whipped cream i made, and the other half i topped with leftover (melted) chocolate mousse i made from this weekend


the whipped cream topped ones were brownie bottomed...yum



and after i took a bite

[Asvi]

Looks very yummy Sally, Good job!!

i'm gonna bake cookies morrow.
are there any good dessert magazines??

[Spice]

Im not a fan of cupcakes.