[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by MoonStar

before going in the oven:

after:

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intresting, but a little too christmasy for me to actual put effort into.

Originally Posted by muslimahpower

What an intresting display of nationalism.

[heba]

a. i want to eat this thread
b. moonstar, will you marry me

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

I'm a super dork, cuz when I had to do that in my speach class, I demonstrated defensive techiniques in sword fighting I had a padded sword, called a volunteer and everything.

lol..thats pretty cool.. in my speech class ..i demonstrated hair threading..i had gotten an A

[sumiyia]

i made cakeballs

[Spice]

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

intresting, but a little too christmasy for me to actual put effort into.



What an intresting display of nationalism.

Is that a bad thing?

[plops]

Originally Posted by Spice

Is that a bad thing?

fatty



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[hijabihoodlum]

i made dark chocolate bread yesterday. and i wasnt sure what to do with it, but i had kind of a revelation by making it into toast. one combination was blackberry jam and butter. another combination was the toast spread with a soft ripened blue cheese (think brie, with blue in it). both were heavenly. vive toast!

Originally Posted by sumiyia

i made cakeballs

how come the first time i hear about cakeballs, it's on islamica? you and fooz. i dont understand- where did cakeballs come from? are they common? they certainly sound good.

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by hijabihoodlum

i made dark chocolate bread yesterday. and i wasnt sure what to do with it, but i had kind of a revelation by making it into toast. one combination was blackberry jam and butter. another combination was the toast spread with a soft ripened blue cheese (think brie, with blue in it). both were heavenly. vive toast!



how come the first time i hear about cakeballs, it's on islamica? you and fooz. i dont understand- where did cakeballs come from? are they common? they certainly sound good.

i heard about it on islamica first... then i googled it and came up with this:
Cake Balls - Allrecipes

i made strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting and milk chocolate exterior. tastes like chocolate covered strawberry cheesecake.. or maybe chocolate covered strawberries... either way

[iTz_NoT_Me_iTzZu]

me and my sister made chocolate caramel fudge cake last night... We kind of just winged it and ignored the recipe(s)... It was really tasty but not exactly what I had in mind, after we baked a basic chocolate cake we perforated the cake and poured the caramel sauce on top hoping it would seep through... and most of it did, but it still wasnt gooey enough on the inside...After the caramel sauce we poured the fudge sauce on top to hide the holes

I think it definitely needs some refining but overall it was really good, just a basic chocolate cake with a caramel sauce made from butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, water, and sweetened condensed milk to thicken and the fudge was made with cocoa powder, sweetened condensed milk, and butter

[Spice]

Originally Posted by plops

fatty



....

Your mom!

[farah]

so i tried to make this recipe for boston cream pie:

Boston Cream Pie II - Allrecipes

disaster! well, not totally. but mostly.

my cake fell! partially because it wasn't in a proper caketin, but also because i used a metal fork to check to see if it was cooked and i think the huge temperature difference made it deflate... immediately. which also made it turn into a pile of mush. booo.

call me farah, baker extraordinaire.

so i spread the mushy goop out on a cookie tray and set the oven to broil. the mushy cake turned a bit crispy, so i ended up making boston cream trifle instead of boston cream pie (which is really a cake, not a pie, but regardless). layered the bottom of a big bowl with cake, then added the custard, then cake again. topped the whole thing with the chocolate sauce.

adjustments:
- someone in the comments had suggested adding irish cream to the custard. i had none, but! i found a non-dairy irish cream creamer in the fridge, so i added about a tablespoon and a half of that. not bad.

[farah]

Originally Posted by MoonStar

I made Candy Cane Cookies. It's basically a butter cookie, but I used vanilla extract instead of peppermint, not sure where to find the latter without alcohol in it. I supposed you could crush some candycanes and sprinkle that on top before baking or into the dough to substitute the extract but I don't think I'd be a fan of peppermint cookies anyway. They taste yummy the way I made them though. Next time I'll try to make them thinner but it's hard to twist the dough that thin without it breaking.

before going in the oven:

after:

2.5 cup flour
pinch salt
1 cup soft butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tspn peppermint extract
1/2 teaspn vanilla extract (I used 1 teas)
1/2 teas (or more) red food coloring

1. combine flour and salt in a little bowl. In another bowl, beat sugar, butter, egg, vanilla.
2. divide dough in half. color one with red color. cover halves separately and chill for 30 minutes.
3. preheat oven to 350. take 1 teas of red dough and 1 teas of white and roll into 6 inch long ropes. place them side by side and twist. Curve an end.
4. bake 8-10 min til bottom is lightly golden.

*cough* semi-homemade cooking with sandra lee on the food network *cough*

[MoonStar]

Originally Posted by farah

*cough* semi-homemade cooking with sandra lee on the food network *cough*

nah, if it was from Sandra Lee it would call for storebought sugar cookie dough and she would just add red food color and peppermint extract. I got the recipe from a cookbook in the children's section of the library when I was 10 or so.

[Spice]

Speaking of Boston Cream Cake, does anyone have a great recipe for Boston cream?

[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by farah

so i tried to make this recipe for boston cream pie:

Boston Cream Pie II - Allrecipes

disaster! well, not totally. but mostly.

my cake fell! partially because it wasn't in a proper caketin, but also because i used a metal fork to check to see if it was cooked and i think the huge temperature difference made it deflate... immediately. which also made it turn into a pile of mush. booo.

call me farah, baker extraordinaire.

so i spread the mushy goop out on a cookie tray and set the oven to broil. the mushy cake turned a bit crispy, so i ended up making boston cream trifle instead of boston cream pie (which is really a cake, not a pie, but regardless). layered the bottom of a big bowl with cake, then added the custard, then cake again. topped the whole thing with the chocolate sauce.

adjustments:
- someone in the comments had suggested adding irish cream to the custard. i had none, but! i found a non-dairy irish cream creamer in the fridge, so i added about a tablespoon and a half of that. not bad.

I dunno if i wanna have my bakery with you anymore