Alana Here we go (finally)! The cake for Stephen and Ash’s wedding day! The process of making the actually wedding cake spanned the course of three days. On the 29th we made all of the frosting for the cake, on the 30th (the day before the wedding) we baked all the cake and assembled each … More Wedding Cake Part V: The Final Episode
Alana I first made this recipe for a ladies’ night in with Roopa and a few of our other lady-friends, which was a potluck style event. Naturally Roops and I brought desserts, but there was a catch. A couple of the girls can’t do dairy, and a couple can’t do eggs. Hmm… So I was … More Zucchini Brownies
Alana This post is coming a little bit (read “a lot”) later than I would have liked thanks to the busy holiday season. Somehow all of the parties and dinners that I baked for took up a lot of time! Who knew!? Anyways as I mentioned in my Wedding Cake Part III and dehydrated oranges posts, Theresa … More Wedding Cake Part IV
Alana The final component of my Christmas baking trio was whipped shortbread cookies. I say “was”, because these didn’t exactly work out the way I had planned. In research when your study gets negative or inconclusive results, the research generally is not published. This is an unfortunate fact because one study’s shortcomings could help other … More Whipped Shortbread Cookies with Mint Chocolate
Alana The next recipe in my Christmas baking line-up is Nanaimo bars. I picked these because they have quite often appeared at my family’s Christmas celebrations. They are also don’t require an oven, so it was easy to make these while my Egg Nog Pound Cake was in the oven 🙂 I also don’t have … More Nanaimo Bars
Alana In the past week, I have done a ridiculous amount of baking. I’m attending three family Christmas events, and have volunteered (query volun-told) to bring dessert dishes for all of them. I carefully selected three recipes for my festive baking marathon, the first being egg nog pound cake. This recipe turned out very well, … More Egg Nog Pound Cake
Alana This project isn’t baking per say, but it is very related to baking that I mentioned in my last wedding cake post (aka Theresa and I are baking and decorating a practice cake in a couple days). Roopa found a really lovely looking cake that was decorated with dehydrated oranges, and was reminded of our … More Dehydrated Oranges
Alana A couple days ago, Theresa and I were finally able to test out our recipe in a 10 inch pan! Being able to borrow a pan was such a relief, as we haven’t been able to find a 10 inch pan with 3 inch sides anywhere. This particular recipe doesn’t rise much more than … More Wedding Cake Part III
Alana The final addition to the baking care package Theresa and I sent with Stephen and his friends on the bachelor party (mentioned originally in my cheddar and caramelized white chocolate scone post) was cookies! This is the first version of the brown sugar shortbread cookie recipe that I posted. I forgot how good they … More Bachelor Party Part III: Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
Alana As mentioned in my last post (the Cheddar and White Caramelized Chocolate Scones), Theresa and baked a few different snacks for Stephen and his friends for his bachelor party. After the scones we decided to make banana bread. The only unfortunate part about this banana bread is that Theresa and I didn’t get to … More Bachelor Party Part II: Banana Banana Bread
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