Cupcakes are just about one of the most beloved things on earth because of their cuteness. Set in their colourful paper liners and topped off with all different swirls and shades of frosting, people cannot help but be smitten by them. I enjoy making and decorating cupcakes very much, but if you ask me if I ever really make them a normal rotation of my diet, I don’t, not really. As with all the sweets I make, I eat only to taste for “right-ness” because I don’t really like eating sweets all that much. I am a strange baker that way. Though if you ever asked me to make cupcakes…
-
- Baking Recipes, Biscuits & scones, Dearly Dreaming Dorie, Experiments & experiences, From the books, The Breakfast Bin
Making scones for the first time
Not quite a biscuit but not quite bread, either. What is it? Oh right, a scone. I’m not particularly fond of things with too much butter because I don’t like how they feel in my mouth. But there’s just something about the buttery, savory and sometimes even nutty taste of scones that can make me forget. I was lucky enough to come across a Dorie Greenspan recipe for Apple Cheddar Scones for my first foray to scone-making. However the main mistake I made was shaping them too thin. If you’ll notice, my scones aren’t as thick as a proper scone ought to be. I have no idea why I didn’t follow the…
-
Nothing quite like homemade applesauce
Such a long overdue post this one is! Certain things have been happening in such a quick pace, it is almost as if my life has been dizzyingly like a rickety roller coaster ride. I have been busy and struggling these past few weeks, and tired from it all that I haven’t had the opportunity to write here. It hardly seems fair for me to complain about my little old life in the face of the events that have been happening in other parts of the world. They are so disheartening to say the least. Let us take a moment of silence to pray for the world and for each…
-
Cream poofs and Apple Nut Coffee Cakes
It was a Sunday and the day right after I graduated from college. I was feeling rather energetic upon waking up. Initially I just planned on trying this cream puff recipe I found online. But after that did not work out, I decided to make some Apple Nut Coffee Cakes with the leftover Granny Smith’s in the fridge. I had made this coffee cake before in a round tin using a pistachio topping, although the original recipe called for walnuts. I am not particularly fond of walnuts so pistachios are always a more welcome option to me. Not only do they provide a contrast in color to the cake tops,…
