[hijabihoodlum]

moonstar's revival of the cooking thread reminded me that we need to revive the baking thread too

today i made 2 cakes, and helped make another. i made the 2 cakes for a lady that's a neighbor of my sister's (and got paid; i should do this more often)

1. the chocolate cake from the recipe off the back of those canisters of hershey's unsweetened cocoa; really moist cake because it's made with oil and hot water in the batter (versus butter, which usually results in a firmer cake).

2. a basic vanilla cake (if you google 1-2-3-4 cake; that's your most basic and classic vanilla cake recipe; it's the base for so many cakes) with vanilla butter cream frosting. butter creams are usually much nicer to eat than frostings made with confectioner's sugar. this particular frosting was made by cooking the sugar with the milk first (to make a pseudo pudding), and then beating that mixture into softened butter; it's very rich, but it's not teeth-rotting sweet like some frostings can be.

3. southern red velvet cake; the recipe is easily find-able by searching it on the foodnetwork.com site (it's sara moulton's recipe). you can even (technically) call this a chocolate cake, because it's got one teaspoon of cocoa in it yes it is bright red, but it's also delicious.

[LEGALEAGLE]

wow sis are you trying to fatten us up for summer...

in the office it was amusing waiting to see how long it would before the girls would crack and forget the diets for a chocolate cake...

[zakk]

I just made a peach cobbler with caramel and walnut topping

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...459531&l=fdfe5

[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by zakk

I just made a peach cobbler with caramel and walnut topping

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...459531&l=fdfe5

hahahha really? I made peach pie today ....and damn peaches are so expensive...I bought 8 and it was like 7 bux!

[zakk]

yes, and then I went to give the cobbler to some relatives and they gave me 15 free peaches from their yard, go figure.

[hijabihoodlum]

millions of peaches...

you guys have to go peach picking. and THEN make pie with them. it's the best.

[MoonStar]

I saw a pic of this recipe in Food and Wine Magazine, it looks so delicious



recipe: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/c...n-cream-towers

[wheelworks]

Baking is an art? I just buy pre mixed batter, mix it up as in the directions, plop it all in a suitable sized pan and Voila a nice cake

Of course it finishes before I have time to make and apply the icing

[hijabihoodlum]

Originally Posted by wheelworks

Baking is an art? I just buy pre mixed batter, mix it up as in the directions, plop it all in a suitable sized pan and Voila a nice cake

Of course it finishes before I have time to make and apply the icing

you make your own icing for a pre-mixed batter cake? they sell pre-made icing too, you know it usually tastes pretty good. but yes, baking, like cooking, is an art.

[zakk]

Originally Posted by MoonStar

I saw a pic of this recipe in Food and Wine Magazine, it looks so delicious



recipe: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/c...n-cream-towers

this is in the directions:

Stack the towers: Start with a chocolate pastry cream�topped cookie, then a light-chocolate cream�topped cookie, followed by a whipped cream�topped cookie, another chocolate pastry cream�topped cookie and ending with a whipped cream�topped cookie.

[MoonStar]

ignore those weird symbols, it's just layering the cookies with the whipped cream, chocolate cream, and light chocolate cream (step 5). Looks pretty simple, I'll try it out one day, I need to buy a good chocolate though. I'll skip the light chocolate cream though and just make it with the two others.

[Judicata]

I made lamingtons for relaxation on the weekend. Yuuuuummmmmm...

Oh, does the rest of the world know what a lamington is or is it a uniquely Oztraylian delicacy?

[Ayooshi]

Asalamu Alaikum,

I have a serious problem. I don't understand this souffle thing. Whats the texture supposed to be when it comes out of the oven?

Mine is always raw in the middle and bubbly and jiggly on top. When I take it out of the oven it deflates immediately. I'm left with half baked goop.

Fi AmanAllah

[muslimahpower]

Originally Posted by MoonStar

I saw a pic of this recipe in Food and Wine Magazine, it looks so delicious



recipe: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/c...n-cream-towers

i told ilikemyscarf that i'd make that for her wedding n feed her with my hand :P
iA:P

[Ilikemyscarf]

Originally Posted by muslimahpower

i told ilikemyscarf that i'd make that for her wedding n feed her with my hand :P
iA:P

*Melts*