My Apple Cream Cheese Cake Journey Okay, so I decided to tackle an apple cream cheese cake the other day. Had a craving, you know? First thing, I grabbed all the stuff from the kitchen. Flour, sugar, butter for the crust. Cream cheese, of course – gotta have that. Eggs, some vanilla, and the apples. For the apples, I went with Granny Smiths this time....

Getting Started with the Puffs So, I decided to tackle making some frozen mini cream puffs. Had a bunch of cream in the fridge needing a purpose, you know? Figured it’d be good to have some ready-to-go treats stashed in the freezer. First things first, got all the stuff out. You need the basics: water, butter, a pinch of salt, some sugar, flour, and eggs....

Okay, here’s my take on sharing my experience with small piping bags for royal icing, blog-style: Small Piping Bags for Royal Icing: My Experiment Alright, so I’ve been messing around with royal icing for, like, forever, but I always struggled with the details. You know, getting those super fine lines and tiny dots just right? I was using regular-sized piping bags and it felt like...

Okay, so here’s the deal. I was trying to save a few bucks, you know how it is. Saw something about flour coupons online, figured I’d dive in and see what’s what. Let me walk you through it. First thing I did, I searched for “flour coupons” on Google. Pretty basic, right? I scrolled through a bunch of websites – coupon sites, blogs, even some...

Okay, here we go! Here’s my sourdough sweet bread adventure, start to finish. Alright folks, so I decided to tackle sourdough sweet bread. I’ve been messing around with sourdough for a while, mostly just your basic loaves, and I was feeling a bit adventurous. Saw a recipe online that looked promising, and figured, why not? Day 1: Levain Build First things first, gotta get that...

Alright, so I messed up and made way too many potato pancakes the other day. Seriously, I was swimming in them. But hey, waste not, want not, right? So, I went on a mission to figure out the best way to bring these babies back to life. Here’s what I did and what I learned: The Oven Method – My First Try First, I preheated...

Alright, let me tell you about my little adventure with trying to stabilize whipping cream. I saw a few recipes online mentioning “whip it stabilizer” and thought, “Hey, I gotta try that!” I mean, who doesn’t want perfectly stiff whipped cream that lasts? So, first things first, I went to the store. I actually had a bit of a hard time finding “whip it stabilizer”...

Okay, so I finally got around to using those heart baking molds I bought a while back. They’d been sitting in the cupboard, just staring at me. Decided today was the day, nothing fancy, just a simple little cake mix I had. Getting Started First things first, I got all my stuff out. You know, the usual drill: cake mix, eggs, oil, water. Dumped it...

So, the other morning, I decided I wanted an omelet. Nothing fancy, just eggs. But then I saw that old rotary egg beater hanging around. You know the one, with the crank? Haven’t touched that thing in years. Usually just use a fork. Thought, why not give it a whirl today? Cracking On Grabbed two eggs. Cold from the fridge. Cracked ’em into a bowl....

Getting Started with That Cheesecake Okay, so I got this craving the other day, you know? For a proper, decent cheesecake. Not the store-bought stuff. Decided, right, I’m doing this myself this weekend. Time to get the mixer out. Ingredient Hunt and Prep First things first, had to check the fridge. Got the cream cheese, needed three blocks. Make sure it’s room temp! Seriously, don’t...