So I wrote a little bit about this book in my previous post when I selected Chipster-Topped Brownies to make for my husband and for game night. But in all my browsing through the cookbook I knew instantly the recipe that I wanted to make.....the Cranberry Upside Downer. It was bright and vibrant and I knew it would photograph well...plus it looked tasty(the most important thing). It's a cleaver take on the old pineapple upside down cake, however it is much spicer(there is cinnamon) and of course more tart because of the cranberries. If I had some, cinnamon ice cream would have gone fabulously with this cake. This cake was easy to make and smelled so good baking in the oven that is caused both the dog and me to howl in hunger. The only nervous part is of course flipping the cake, but luckily it came out beautifully. And though it did warn that the berries might stick, mine did not. Once fliped you have a jewel encrusted cake that sure be a stunner at an Fall event you would be … [Read more...]
Stupid life getting in the way of my blogging….
So life has more than caught up with me and has not allowed me to be baking or blogging like I want to. My poor hubby has Bronchitis and is super miserable. Unfortunately for him(and me) he coughs all night, so sleep is not much of an option. This week he started back to work. We only have one car(trying to help out mother Earth) and he usually walks to the park and ride. But being sick I now get up and drive him in the morning. I am horrible at going back to sleep after I get up and so I have been averaging about 3 hours of sleep or less a day for over a week now. Luckily the weekend came and I got to get a little more sleep and therefore start to function once again. Sadly, all week, due to being so tired, I had NO inspiration for my blog. Nothing, nada. Last night I had a girls game night to go to and so I had to force myself to make something. I turned to the book that I agreed to review as well as post a couple recipes about, Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan. … [Read more...]
Most Used Cookbooks
I was rearraging my cookbooks once again today....have gotten a few new ones so had to reorganize. It got me thinking about which ones are my cookbook staples. Now keep in mind I have well over 150 cookbooks, so to be a stand out says a lot. I mostly looked for wear and tear on them and maybe a splatter or two. Hands down my most used book comes from an unlikely source and that is Caprial Pence and Melissa Carey's Caprial's Desserts. I say unlikely because I own a ton of baking books and yet I seem to go to this one on many an occasion. It's a great book because it gives "master recipes" and then gives you ways to modify them to your liking. I think this is great because I feel that so many new cooks think that if they stray from the recipe that it wont turn out right. Oh sure if it calls for three eggs and you decide to put in six, then yeah, that is a bad idea. But if for example you make the Angel Food Cake, you get the master recipe plus four suggestions including: coconut, … [Read more...]
