Hey, guess what I did last weekend? I bought a kitchen scale! Not terribly earth-shattering I know, but I’ve been having too many butter-related incidents with my baking recently (this one, for example), so I thought it was time to invest in one (read “spend $20 at Walmart”). I used my scale for the first…
BCM: Hot Chocolate Panna Cotta, Vegetarian Edition
This week my bake-a-long group is making Hot Chocolate Panna Cotta, from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi cookbook. I’ve made Panna Cotta before, both from Dorie’s book, as well as my own creation, and both times the recipes called for gelatin as an ingredient. Being vegetarian, gelatin is a no-no, and since the DH doesn’t…
Oreo ‘Surprise Inside’ Mini Cupcakes: Deliciousness in an Indulgent Bite!
Guess what I made this week? Cupcakes! But not just any ol’ cupcake…I made Oreo ‘Surprise Inside’ Mini Cupcakes! OMG so good! Take a chocolate cupcake, and make some Oreo buttercream to mound on top, then pop a mini Oreo cookie on top of it all. Pausing to visualize and drool? Well, stop drooling and start…
Chocolate Lava Cakes and The Importance of Mathematics
This month my bake-a-long group is making Soft-Centred Chocolate Teacup Cakes (aka Chocolate Lava Cakes) as well as Hot Chocolate Pannacotta from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi cookbook. We’ll be making one item this week, and one item two weeks from now. I decided to make the Lava Cakes today, as I had made…
Adventures in Indian Food, Part III: Channa Masala-Stuffed Samosas!
Hey all! It’s Sunday evening and I’m sitting on the couch with my laptop, planning meals for the week while some bread dough rises in the oven. It’s time to catch up! I’ve written about how to make grind-your-own garam masala, as well as how to make channa masala, and now for the piece de…