Posted in Baking, Cakes, Comfort Food, Grilling on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Dorset apple cake, from the Engine Room in Poundbury, Dorset.
Last month’s trip back to the UK was lovely, not least because of all the wonderful food we had. I know “good English food” is an oxymoron in most people’s minds, who tend to think it as stodgy fish and chips, 1970’s prawn cocktails and boiled cauliflower (I know I did before I [...]
Posted in Baking, Comfort Food, Starters on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We had a cookout at our monthly book club meeting yesterday. I paired up with Pauline and our secret ingredients (assigned by P, who was also the host) were “beef” and “dumpling”. Dumpling? She clarified later that she meant wonton skins. So we decided to make small parcels and put mini meatballs and chunks of [...]
Posted in Baking, Cupcakes on July 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »
L to R: Closeup of cupcake; and my rejected decoration designs, one of which is Nippletastic!
I first encountered red velvet cupcakes at Johanna’s 30th birthday party in New York two years ago. Instead of a birthday cake, she opted for red velvet cupcakes from a famous bakery (I forget which one, but it wasn’t [...]
Posted in Baking, Cupcakes on July 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I just love cupcakes - their size, their cuteness, their pretty-ness, their lethal ability to send you into a sugar-induced swoon. And since I got my new oven, I’ve been going on cupcake baking sprees!
I made these about two weeks ago. The chocolate ones with white frosting were made according to a Magnolia Bakery [...]
