In order to make cupcakes with basil in them, I had to think slightly outside the box. This is what I came up with.“What My Life Would Be If There Were Any Justice In The World Whatsoever” Basil-Mango Mojito Cupcakes Yield-4 cupcakes Ingredients: ½ C flour ¼ C plus 2 tablespoons demerera sugar (divided) ¼ … Continue reading »
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Parting is such sweet sorrow
Here is the beast of a cake I made for someone yesterday. It was, like, 8 inches tall. There were 8 layers of fudge cake, doused in Godiva chocolate liquer, slathered with raspberry preserves, and stacked. I made a batch of fudge with raspberry liquer and spread it on the cake while it was still … Continue reading »
Ah, kids.
You know who would make the best chefs if they had the technical skill and manual dexterity to do so? Toddlers. We’ve currently got a 3 year old visiting us, and she’s full of grand culinary ideas that think outside of the box. I just asked her what kind of cookies she wants to make … Continue reading »
Pre-season cake
Look what I made! It’s for Chris’s grand rounds this week (the last time this quarter that I have to spend all Thursday night preparing food for 20 doctors so that they have adequate energy stores to pester my poor fiance with idiotic questions for an afternoon). I made him three GIANT calzones, chock full … Continue reading »
July Daring Baker’s Challenge
I would love to write a big, long blog about the July Daring Baker’s Challenge, but I just posted another blog, so I’m out of interesting. Fresh out. The Daring Baker’s Challenge is a baking club, and this was my first month. It’s internet-based, and we’re given the challenge the first of the month. On … Continue reading »
The post in which Kristie considers the benefits of employment
Somebody has expressed an interest in paying me actual American currency to bake. To me, this is absurd. Who gets paid to dance around in a cloud of confectioner’s sugar when they would happily do it for free? It’s like someone has offered to pay me for sex, and that person does NOT look like … Continue reading »
Arachnoculinary
Holy crap, have I been busy. You wouldn’t think I’d be able to find ways to fill my days down here, what with none of my old friends or jobs or school or anything, but I have found a way! I’ll give you a hint: it’s food related. This spiderman cake is the first step … Continue reading »