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October 13, 2006 | 3 Comments

Coconut Layer Cake (Shane’s Birthday Cake)

Retro Recipe Challenge Deadline: Sunday, October 15 11:59 EST!!! This is another Maglieri cake. This is another cake recipe taken from Peter Kump’s Cooking School Cake Baking packet. This is another delicious cake with texture issues. The coconut flavor is lovely and brightened by hits of lemon. The frosting is very rich from its coconut […]

October 12, 2006 | 0 Comments

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (My Birthday Cake)

This recipe comes from the Peter Kump’s Cooking School Cake Baking Course Pack. The cakes are developed largely by Nick Malgieri. Maybe it’s my technique but every time I make one of his cakes, the texture is a bit off. The flavor is great, but the texture is not. Same problem with this cake. It’s […]

October 12, 2006 | 4 Comments

Rustic Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce

Mooncrazy from Peanut Butter Etouffee sent me this fabulous recipe, which won her first place in her pie baking contest. Not only is the tart delicious, but the caramel sauce is a perfect accompaniment. Rustic Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce(makes two 10-inch tarts) Pie Dough 2/12 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting board1 teaspoon […]

October 11, 2006 | 4 Comments

Pie #4: Apple Almond Cranberry Pie

Camera phones are the best. I got a phone call yesterday from the Canandaigua BID (Business Improvement District), which ran the fruit pie baking contest. The pie I entered into the contest won third place. Whooo! (Or in l33t, w00t!) The whole thing was a bit random: I dropped the still-warm pie off just before […]

October 11, 2006 | 7 Comments

Birthday

Today’s my birthday. Thank you, blogger profile, for noticing that I am one year away from a decade change. Bastards. It’s also Eleanor Roosevelt’s birthday, and National Coming Out Day (purely a coincidince, I’m sure). To celebrate (my birthday, not coming out — not that there’s anything wrong with that), I’m updating my blog pic. […]

October 10, 2006 | 1 Comment

Deadline for Retro Recipe Challenge # 3: THIS SUNDAY

The lovely Lis at La Mia Cucina let me know about an all retro food blog called Jam Handy! Even without the retro recipes, I’d love it simply because its blogger, Kirkkitsch, quotes Murry Head’s “One Night In Bangkok.” (Best. Song. Ever.) AND he has a cupcake favicon. So if you’re still looking for RRC […]

October 10, 2006 | 7 Comments

White Buttercream Frosting

Last Tuesday, I attended the first of six classes in cake decorating offered through Canandaigua School District’s Complements program. I’ve taking cooking classes before but I haven’t the foggiest idea how to decorate a cake. Usually, I just slap it on and schmear into a swirly pattern. Voila! Cake. Tuesday was a basic first day […]

October 5, 2006 | 6 Comments

Pie #2: Autumn Harvest Pie

When you feel as if everyone is judging you — in your relationships, in your profession, even the way you order coffee (note: avoid ordering a caramel macchiato at a coffee house that is not Starbucks) — it’s probably not a good idea to enter a pie baking contest. (You know, because they’re actually judging […]

October 4, 2006 | 9 Comments

Beef Stroganoff

Beef Stroganoff: delicious but not photogenic. More than any other season, autumn pulls me toward the kitchen. Maybe it’s because so many of the things I love — spiced desserts, hearty dinners, rich wines — feel synonymous with fall. Beef Stroganoff is a perfect comfort food after a long and chilly day. The beef, cut […]

October 2, 2006 | 1 Comment

Meme

Tagged by Peabody. Here it goes: I am thinking about: how I’m getting sick of apple desserts. I said: I’d clean up the kitchen, but it’s still not done…I want to: finish reading Mansfield Park.I regret: the way I ended that relationship.I hear: my husband and my stepson playing a game.I am: uncomfortably full I […]

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