Archive for the ‘Baking’ Category

Vanilla Bean Pound Cake

Monday, July 12th, 2010

This week’s heavenly cake post will be my last for a little while. I have no more oven. Or sink. And all of my baking supplies are in boxes. :(

No more fridge

The fridge (and everything else needed for day-to-day survival) has been moved into the dining room. Unfortunately, baking supplies somehow don’t qualify. ;)

No more stove

But I have a new oven! :) It just happens to be sitting in the garage :( , waiting for the kitchen to be gutted and rebuilt from the floor to the ceiling. We’ve figured out what we want for cabinets, and have an appointment to order them tomorrow evening. We’ve already bought everything needed for re-wiring the room (who builds a kitchen with 3 outlets, including the one for the fridge?), and we have 2 new sinks and 2 new faucets waiting on standby. The ‘island’ you see in the middle of the pictures above is one that Jay threw together so we could decide whether the kitchen really had enough space for one.

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Chocolate Ice Cream Cake (and a Genoise)

Monday, July 5th, 2010

I’ve been rather sporadic with my baking and posting and updating of my list of heavenly cakes lately, but I like to think I have a good excuse. I don’t, really, yet, other than “I’ve been busy”, but I’m sure everyone has the same problem. I did manage to bake the GĂ©noise Rose last week, again a little too late to get it posted in time to be in sync with the rest of the heavenly cake bakers group.
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Lazy Blogger

Monday, June 28th, 2010

I’ve been a lazy blogger. I did manage to bake the chocolate covered strawberry cake, and the coconut cheesecake, but they were a bit late for the Heavenly Cake Bakers’ schedule, so I didn’t post about them, but I will now, because it’s been too long since I posted.

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Chocolate Butter Cupcakes

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Cupcakes! This week’s heavenly cake bakers choice leaves behind the spun sugar, the fancy chocolate glazes, the water baths, the chiffons, and goes back to good old-fashioned cupcakes. Then again, I’m not really sure there’s anything old-fashioned about cupcakes, but they sure are good, and easy to make. Especially if you have some sort of leftover frosting in the freezer.

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No Bake Whipped Cream Cheesecake

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

I like free choice week in the heavenly cake bakers group. It means I get to blog about something I baked weeks and weeks ago. ;) I’m a bit short on time tonight, and I’m already late with this post, so I’m going to let the pictures do the talking again.

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