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’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, so I’d been hearing about these Tenga things for a while. The ‘Easy Beat Egg’, specifically. Sounded kinda funny, but curiosity got the better of me, you know? Decided to just grab one and see what was up. It arrived pretty quick. Package was plain, nothing shouting about what’s inside, which is good. Popped it open, and yeah, it looks exactly like a plastic...

So, I’ve been trying to eat a little better lately, you know, cutting down on junk. Crackers are my weakness, love that crunch. Figured I’d switch to whole wheat crackers, thinking they’re automatically the healthy choice. That was the plan, anyway. Went to the grocery store the other day, looking specifically for them. Grabbed a few different boxes, all screaming “whole wheat” on the front....

Alright, let me tell you about this baking mold situation. I decided I wanted to step up my baking game, you know? Move beyond the usual round cake pans. Saw this really neat looking mold, kind of intricate, promised these amazing looking little cakes. Getting Started So, I ordered it. Didn’t cost too much, which was nice. When it arrived, it felt pretty solid, made...

Alright, let me walk you through something I did the other day. I was trying out a new recipe, I think it was for some kind of glaze or maybe a dressing, and it called for 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Now, usually I just eyeball it, but this time I wanted to be a bit more precise, maybe track the calories or something, I...

Alright, let me tell you about my adventure with organic turbinado sugar! I was on this health kick, right? And I kept hearing about how refined sugar is the devil. So, I started looking for alternatives, and turbinado sugar kept popping up. First thing I did was hit up my local grocery store. I wanted to see this stuff in person. I remember grabbing a...

My Little Project: That Old Bromwell’s Sifter So, I got my hands on one of those old metal flour sifters. A Bromwell’s, the tag said. Found it tucked away in a box of old kitchen stuff at a flea market. Didn’t pay much for it, figured it might be junk. Took it home and really looked at it. It wasn’t terrible, but definitely seen better...