July’s cake experiment is Angel Food. It took me a little while to get going on this because I needed to order the special pan, then I needed to get enough eggs (because it takes more eggs than I would have thought), then I needed to pick a day when I wasn’t too tired. And… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Angel Food Cake
So this one was not a success. Not a huge failure – it tastes OK – but not great in a lot of ways. I was looking at plum tart recipes, because I happen to have some plums. And a lot of them seemed just too elaborate. And then – a really simple one. Thaw… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Plum Tart Take 1
Yes, yet another bundt cake! I’m not going to apologize though, I think I’m getting OK at this type of cake. I plan on branching out next month into a different style, like angel food or a chiffon cake or something that works a little differently. However, I could not pass up this recipe. The… Continue reading Baking Experiment: White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Pound Cake
Two pies in one month? Madness! But it had to be done. Michele of pdxknitterati recommended this recipe for Atlantic Beach Pie, and I needed to try it immediately. Its a kind of variant on Key Lime Pie with a few differences. First, the crust is crushed saltines with some sugar and butter added, this… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Atlantic Beach Pie
I was in the mood for pie, but didn’t have a lot of special ingredients in the house. So I thought – time to try one of those “depression pies” I’ve read so much about! Depression in this case is not referring to the emotional state, but instead to the financial depression in the the… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Sugar Cream Pie
Or quiche, if you are fancy 😉 My Mom wanted a broccoli cheddar quiche for Mother’s Day, which made it easy to pick out my next baking experiment. Not as pretty as the pineapple upside down cake, but still pretty tasty! I did cheat a little and use a premade pie crust. By and large… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Egg Pie
This week’s baking experiment was an old classic – pineapple upside-down cake. I did not do the cast iron pan version – this was baked in a pie dish. I used this recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction. It worked out really well! This was my first time using cake flour – usually I just use… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Many thanks to Nicole of BookWyrm Knits for recommending this Coconut Cream Pie! It is really delicious, and pretty easy to make! I did use my own pie crust instead of the suggested refrigerated pie crust. As the recipe suggested, I replace the half-and-half with canned coconut milk. And finally, I cheated on the whipped… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Coconut Cream Pie
Continuing on with my Bundt pan obsession, I recently got this cakelet pan Baby bunnies! And then was even more thrilled to find this recipe for carrot cake minicakes. I have not had a ton of success with carrot cake before this – it usually got either gloppy or way too dry. This time they… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Carrot Cake
Quite A Yarn 