The Art Of Baking

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I have finally done my first set of spritz cookies, using a Wilton's Cookie Pro Ultra 11 Press.This gadget makes it so easy to make homemade cookies with a really fancy designs such as stars,trees,flowers, hearts etc.Once you get the hang of it with how it works It becomes a really quick process.Its easy to clean,has a nonslip silicone bottom and it offers 12 disk designs.The even cooler thing about this cookie press is you can easily make the cookies larger by pumping a second or third time.It really depends on what you want.Also you can decorate these little cookies with icing,sprinkles,melted chocolate or leave them as is.They are really unique looking either way. So when I decided to make these cookies I made a recipe for a large batch of dough.I did this so I could make two different flavors,one almond and the other lemon flavored.I used a really good recipe from a trusty company coming book by Jean pare.There are lots of simple recipe in all those cookbooks and I real...

Remember when I reviewed those doughnut muffins and I mentioned how I would love to redo the recipe, for better results.Well just recently I had way more success with the recipe and I think its all because I had newer baking powder to work with and way more control over my mixing.These two aspects made such a big difference in the overall product and I'm surprised how well the recipe did even with the dramatic change of making these into mini muffin doughnut bits. Overall, I had better risen and structured muffin tops. Very few air holes and no tunnels, throughout the treat.This is a big difference compared to my last attempt and I'm moving up. Now when I started my redo of this recipe I made sure to NOT double the ingredients because I knew the plan was to create mini doughnut bits.I made the right choice in doing this because I ended up with an acceptable amount of 36+ muffins and they were very successful in their appearance.They came out to be puffy smooth muffin...

After making two cakes, I wanted my next treat to be a simple and quick recipe.So I chose to make cookies, but not just any ordinary ones,Italian style cookies.These treats are very similar to sugar cookies in texture;however, what really sets them apart to make them special is their flavor.They have vanilla and almond extracts paired together to bring a really great layer of flavor to transform a basic cookie.The almond is the star of the show and to be honest its my favorite extract. The recipe I chose to use to make these is for Italian rolled cookies,which directly come from my Italian Foods eleven course collection.By me saying that,this tells you I have made these treats multiple times and the recipe has most likely been adapted;however I have always kept the original recipe unchanged.This time in making these I did make a couple changes,but nothing to risky.Right in the beginning, I started with doubling the ingredients because most of the recipes in this collection m...

So my boyfriend Dave just turned 22 years old this passed Monday and ever since we've been together I always make him a birthday cake.So the day before, which was Mother's Day,I made him a 2 layer round cake along with making a second cake for my Mom.It was a very busy day of making treats. So since it was so busy I made it simple on myself and made another banana cake, following the same recipe.It was super simple to make and very quick.Which was great because it gave me lots of time to brainstorm in how I wanted to decorate this cake.So when the time passed, I figured out exactly what I wanted. For decorating, I prepared myself a batch of peanut butter frosting from a recipe in Betty Crockers Cookbook New Edition.It was  really easy to make and great to work with for decorating.It covered the cake layers really nicely and I didn't even have to worry about any crumbs showing through like in the last cake. Overall, the frosting gave the cake lots of height ...

I told you I be back to tell you all about my Mother's Day dessert.I spent many hours this passed Sunday, making two cakes! One for my mom and the other for my boyfriend's birthday;however for now I'll just be sharing about her delicious cake and I'll leave the other to share about next time :) Anyways, you probably want to hear about what kind of cake this is?It's probably quite obvious by the cut in the cake in this picture.So did you guess a banana cake? Well if you did, your quite right! This is a moist flavorful banana cake, very similar to its bread and muffin variation.So by that you know its going to be quite simple to make and very versatile. Hence why I chose this recipe. I found this simple recipe in Company's Coming Cakes, Cookbook By Jean Pare.It had straight forward directions and simple ingredients.I made very little changes to direct cake recipe beside adding a few steps such as greasing & flouring the cake pans,using frozen(thaw...

Happy Mother's Day Everyone!     Its a beautiful and warm day here on Vancouver Island! I'm already feeling that summer warmth coming through! So to celebrate my mom for Mother's Day I am making her a delicious treat for tonight.I hope she likes it! Now for everyone to find out exactly what I'm making you"ll have to tune on my new post about it.You"ll definitely want to try out the recipe I have lined up. I also have to mention that I'll be making a birthday cake as well for my boyfriend to celebrate on Monday,which I'll post about as well.I have a busy days worth of baking.So I better start! Everyone have a great day and for all the Mother's out there be sure to enjoy it!