Roopa My coworker Rebecca is having a baby girl! We’re all very excited for her and while I unfortunately could not attend the shower I offered to make a cake. It’s the year of the pig so she wanted a pig themed cake. Can’t say that’s not an interesting request. While I can appreciate fondant … More A Pig Themed Baby Shower Cake!
Roopa My good friend Marcus was visiting Vancouver and staying with me for a few days. We’re both sort of ridiculous and encourage that in one another, so obviously we decided to bake a dragon cake with a 3D printed egg and baby dragon. And we did a lot of chin ups. Either way, we … More Dragon Cake
Roopa A panna cotta is basically a thickened cream dessert. Apparently it used to be made with egg whites, but now it is typically made with gelatin. It is chilled rather than baked, so it really just depends on correct combining of ingredients. VANILLA PANNA COTTA INGREDIENTS 6 g gelatin sheet 180 mL homo milk … More Vanilla Panna Cotta with Strawberry Consomme
Roopa I have a company meeting tomorrow and I’m on the lunch team this month. Needless to say, I volunteered for dessert. One of my coworkers is actually a pretty avid baker, so her and i formed some rather ambitious dessert plans. As it approached baking time this week, we collectively decided that we were … More Vanilla Cake with Cookie Butter Icing
Roopa It was recently my sister’s birthday and I had grand plans of making her a birthday cake. I drove down to Seattle for work, so I thought it would be convenient enough to take one down. Then a lot of border crossing things changed very rapidly, and I didn’t feel ecstatic about taking food … More Vanilla Espresso Cake with Cardamom Icing
Roopa It’s Halloween!!! Sadly, because of work and school and general adulting, I didn’t do anything terribly exciting this year. That said, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to bake Halloween themed cupcakes! I wanted an orange and green colour scheme, so I went with a vanilla base and a matcha icing. My friend’s 6 year … More Halloween Skull Cupcakes
Roopa I made a ginormous cake for my company’s golf tournament. It was 12″ x 18″, which is a very significant amount of cake. I kept things pretty simple – just a chocolate and a vanilla layer – with a lemon icing crumb coat/filling and vanilla bean grass. I used piping gel to make the … More Golf Tournament Cake
Alana When I posted the list of 125 recipes that use egg yolks, I 100% intended to give a couple of them a try with the extra yolks from my Mother’s Day cake. From the extensive list of egg yolk recipes, I picked a recipe from Martha Stewart to try out. It’s a pretty basic looking … More Vanilla & Chocolate Pudding
VANILLA BABY DOUGHNUTS Roopa These were another attempt at these vanilla doughnuts from Sprinklebakes. I added just over 1/8 tsp. of nutmeg, used vanilla almond milk with 1 tsp. of apple cider vinegar instead of buttermilk, and only used vanilla (since I didn’t have any beans handy). I’d go a little lighter on the nutmeg next … More Vanilla Doughnuts
Team Shambles Choux pastry is a French dessert that acts as more of a vehicle for pastry cream than anything else. It’s not terribly delicious on its own, but they expand during baking to create a hollow inside for delicious fillings! This is quite a technical recipe, as there are many techniques needed and a … More Choux Pastry with Creme Patissiere
Chateau Gateau 