Month: May 2025

Alright, so I got this sudden urge the other day. You know how it is, sometimes you just need something… solid. Comforting. And I had all this dried fruit sitting around. Honestly, it’s been in the cupboard for ages, leftover from Christmas I think? Felt bad just letting it sit there, seemed like such a waste. My grandma, she never wasted a thing. Used to ...

Getting Started with the Parve Chocolate Cake Okay, so today I finally got around to making that parve chocolate cake I was thinking about. It’s a pretty straightforward process, really. First thing I always do is get the oven preheating. Cranked it up to 350 degrees F, that’s about 175 C. While that was warming up, I grabbed my trusty cake pans. Used two 8-inch ...

Okay, so I finally got around to doing some proper baking this weekend. I’d been seeing a lot about Francine flour recipes baking stuff online, and figured, why not give it a shot? Been meaning to bake some simple bread anyway. Getting Started First things first, I pulled out the Francine flour I bought. Got the T55 type, I think? Seemed like a good all-rounder. ...

Okay, so I decided to give these matcha chocolate lava cakes a shot today. It sounded interesting, that mix of green tea and gooey chocolate. Getting Started First thing, I gathered all the bits and pieces I needed. Got out the white chocolate, some butter, eggs, a bit of sugar, flour, and of course, the matcha powder. You really need good matcha for this, otherwise, ...

Okay, let me tell you about trying to track down some high-gluten flour recently. I got this urge to bake something specific, I think it was bagels or maybe a really chewy pizza crust, can’t remember exactly. But the recipe was super clear: use high-gluten flour. Not bread flour, not all-purpose, but the strong stuff. So, first thing I did, naturally, was head to my ...

Alright, let’s talk about my recent kitchen adventure with an aluminum pie tin. You know, the kind you grab at the grocery store for like, a buck. I was feeling ambitious and decided to whip up a quiche. Simple, right? Well… First off, I grabbed the tin, already mentally patting myself on the back for being so resourceful. I mean, who needs fancy bakeware when ...

Alright, buckle up buttercups, because today we’re diving headfirst into a cinnamon roll experiment that went gloriously right. We’re talking cinnamon rolls baked in heavy whipping cream. Yeah, you heard me! It all started with a craving, you know how it is. I was scrolling through Insta and saw some ridiculously decadent-looking thing. My brain immediately went, “MUST. MAKE.” So, I dug out my go-to ...

Okay, so, I’ve been messing around in the kitchen again, and this time it involves tea and… heavy whipping cream. Yeah, you heard that right. Heavy whipping cream in tea. Sounds kinda weird, right? But trust me, it’s worth trying. Here’s how it all went down: It all started when I was staring into the fridge, trying to figure out what to do with this ...

My Adventures with Cherry Compote in Baking So, the other week I found myself with a rather large jar of homemade cherry compote. I’d gone a bit overboard picking cherries, you see. Cooked them down with a bit of sugar, splash of lemon juice, nothing fancy. It was great on yogurt and stuff, but there was just so much of it. I thought, right, let’s ...

Alright, let me tell you about my latest little project: the dough cutter scraper. I know, sounds super basic, but trust me, it’s been more useful than I thought it would be. So, it all started when I was making pizza dough, again. I always end up with bits of dough stuck all over my counter, and I was tired of using a knife that ...