There is nothing shameful about cheat-baking, especially when you’ve got unexpected guests AND you’ve got less than an hour to whip something up. Plus, it was buy one get one free cake mix at Safeway. Sometimes, cake mixes are great when I want to focus more on improving my buttercream piping skills on cakes — …
In light of what Jim McKillop (the CFO at ATB during the time) said in today’s offsite meeting, “Simplicity is genius.” I couldn’t agree more. Simple recipes are the best especially for breakfast or tea time. This apple muffin recipe is so easy that you don’t even need a hand-mixer. Just a fork (to beat …
Like cake but often find there’s too much cake? Kuchen is nice as it is a single layer cake. You will need a spring-form cake tin. I baked this on August 30, 2013; it was taste-tested and approved by my coworkers. This is a great late summer/fall recipe. The only thing I would change about …
With the oven still being out of commission (heating element problem, which blew up a 30A fuse), when you have an apple tree full of big crab-apples, you could either make millions of apple pies and freeze them…. Or if you are craving something warm, served with vanilla ice cream, on a cool autumn day, …
In a vain attempt to win a $2.00 trophy for pastry chef bragging rights at work, I have spent a lot of time fussing about the appearance of my pie. Mind you, appearance was only 5 points; I scored the highest for presentation. However, since I took a huge risk in trying a new recipe …
This cupcake batch uses the same recipe as Apple Cake in previous blog entry; yields roughly 24 cupcakes. Cooking time was between 15 to 20 minutes at 350F. In this picture, I have used chocolate teddy cubs as a garnish. I’ve decided against tinting the frosting with blue to make the teddy cubs look like …
Television is very deceptive. They always make it look so easy when it comes to sugar paste. While my own embarrassing cake drama stays better on my own private cake journal (yes, it’s geeky to keep one where I keep track of my budget for baking and supply sources), I’ve decided to share my first …
Pie-making was always a mystery to me. Pies are often unheard of in Brunei. It was only in the gaming world of Fable 3, I was a Level 3 pie-maker in Brightwall. Where I went wrong in real life: I used the food processor. NAIT was offering a pastry bootcamp for the price of a …
