CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES Roopa I’ve used this recipe tons of times in my life, and this was the first time it gave me any grief. I ended up baking them way longer than suggested, and they still ended up pretty chewy and delicious. I think I didn’t cream the butter and sugar effectively enough since I was … More Chocolate Chip Cookies
Roopa It’s my sister’s birthday this weekend, and she requested a vanilla chocolate cake with salted caramel icing. And Rolos. There were…issues with this cake, but I think I salvaged it ok! I didn’t really feel like doing a marble cake, so I thought I’d do a chocolate chip vanilla. I used my go to … More Vanilla Chocolate-Chip Rolo Cake with Salted Caramel Icing
I am a little bit sad that I have not been able to experiment nearly as much with my baking in recent days. Firstly, after a glorious summer of unemployment, I actually have a job now. Employment sort of cuts into time. On top of that, a lot of the baking I’ve been doing has been … More Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing
Roopa A friend of mine came into town today, and I felt there needed to be some sort of baked good involved. I went with banana chocolate chip muffins because:a) I was short on timeb) I had more than a few bananas at my housec) I was way too lazy to make icingAdmittedly, the lack … More Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE Roopa My friend’s birthday is tomorrow, and he requested some sort of chocolate peanut butter concoction. I made a chocolate peanut butter cake with honey vanilla filling (from my cupcakes yesterday) and hid the questionable icing job with lots of Reese’s cups. I used this chocolate cake recipe, this peanut butter icing recipe, and this honey vanilla … More Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
The beach volleyball tournament I’m playing in on Saturday is themed ‘Light it Up Blue’ as an Autism fundraiser, so I made blue themed cupcakes for it! The cupcake recipe is my go-to vanilla recipe, food coloured blue. They came out a touch greenish because of the vanilla, and I didn’t really want an excessive … More Vanilla Cupcakes with Honey Vanilla Icing
Alana I made these cupcakes with my buddy Nate while he was between shifts (he’s currently working as a forest firefighter in northern Alberta). If you aren’t already aware, this is the lucky guy who got the Nanaimo cake for his birthday. I wasn’t going to recruit Nate to help me make unmanly cupcakes (at least … More Chocolate Stout Cupcakes
Roopa I have been slightly enamored with these cookies for years, due to my love of Seinfeld. Given that I live in Canada though, I didn’t actually eat one until this past May, when I went to New York. I thoroughly enjoyed that they are not so much cookies as they are small cakes. I didn’t … More NYC Black and White Cookies
Roopa Today was experimental cookie baking today. I kind of jumbled a few ideas from recipes I’ve used together and came up with these. They taste pretty good, but I’m pretty sure version 2 will be better. They are also a little softer than ideal – I needed to let them sit on the cookie … More Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Roopa I live handily close to a library, and I had the brilliant idea of getting some baking books from there so I could a) steal recipes, and b) decide if a book is actually worth purchasing. Truth be told, I got a little overzealous, and I now have like 3000 pages of baking knowledge … More
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