While I was baking my pineapple upside down cake the other day, I actually made a double batch of yellow cake batter. I wanted to experiment with a new idea for the cupcakes- bake them in ice cream cones. It was fun and they turned out so much better than I expected! If you decide [...]
My family loves my pine apple upside down cake. In fact it’s my dad’s favorite! So I baked one for his birthday not too long ago. It is extremely easy to make and I promise your family will love it. To make the pine apple upside down cake you will need: a box of your [...]
It all started when my sister Christine, suggested that I participate in a contest at Real Women of Philadelphia. Unaware what exactly this contest was about, I signed up, created my profile and made a video to submit it along with my recipe (see bellow). Right from the beginning I managed not to notice one [...]
My dear fried Ann of Chocolate Belles made a video (watch bellow) on how to create the most beautiful centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table- a chocolate cornucopia: To be completely honest, I have never thought of a cornucopia as a table centerpiece. I always associate it it with a barn, but I might compromise by [...]
With the Holiday seasons around the corner, you may be already planing what kind of pies you will be baking this year. Bellow are just a few products that will help you to impress your family and friends. Even if you are not a baker, but know some one who is, some of the products [...]
As painful as it is to write this, I need to say that everyone should completely ignore anything I have written about starting from scratch your own sourdough starter. Unless of course it is your goal to fail. As many people before, I saw extreme activity in my culture during the first day, bubbles smell [...]
While I am working on reviving my sourdough starter, I would like to write about some basic equipment you might need on your sourdough bread making journey. Some of the products, like baking stone (or as it some times called pizza stone) may already be in your arsenal. About other equipment, like proofing baskets and [...]