Tuesday, July 19, 2011
I'ma Thief!!!
Ok, so I stole this from someone else's blog... http://thewritesheri.tumblr.com/ . But I loved it so much and it's just a testimony of how hard we need to work to get to where we need to be!!!!! No matter where that is...
Monday, July 18, 2011
I'm Still Baking
I figured since I started this blog to talk about my baking experience, maybe I should write a blog about the cupcakes I've baked since my class has been over.
One thing I have figured out is that I need a way bigger kitchen!!!!! My inch and half of counter space just doesn't cut it and makes it difficult to do more than one thing at a time so organization is KEY in 6701! I've also learned that I need a standing mixer. Boy, let me tell you...I've put some fancy art work on my walls from my hand mixer :/. And who knew you needed so many baking ingredients?!?!?!?! I sure didn't! I thought flour, eggs, milk, sugar, and some extract did the key for any delicious cake. Well, ummmrra I thought wrong! Those are just the basics and the beginning...so I'm coming to realize that I'ma basic beginner. LOL. Not for long tho :).
So I think I wrote about my layered caked with raspberry chocolate chip filling and butter cream frosting. Let me just say I still dream about that filling...it was so good! Next, I made chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter middle, with a chocolate peanut butter frosting. I have no clue why I really wanted to make these because I'm not even a chocolate fan, but as I get older chocolate does seem to get tastier and tastier. The cupcakes were so good they made you wanna kick somebody! I took them to work for my fellow co-works and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them and even people that can't crack their lips to speak every day walked over to my desk to thank me and tell me how good they were. I guess chocolate can bring out the best in people...lol. Most recently I really wanted to make strawberry shortcake cupcakes but they didn't quit turn out like I wanted, mostly because I was missing and ingredient here and there..lol. I got my first lesson in baking soda, baking powder, and corn starch. Who in the hell knew they all did something different, because I didn't. lol. But I now have all three, which I believe makes me a semi-professional baker ;). I made the cupcakes with no problem but while waiting for them to cool I figured I'd make the whip cream frosting. Well I realized I didn't buy a enough cream and I refused to go back to the store for the third time (second being to get corn starch) that day to buy more cream, so I settled for a butter cream raspberry frosting. This turn out was eeehhhh, I wasn't a fan of the shortcake cupcake, it didn't seem moist enough to me...like that melt in your mouth kind of moist. I'm not sure if it was the recipe, which there seems to be at least 30 different recipes for shortcake. So if anyone has a really good one please let know. Or I could have done something wrong..even though I doubt it seriously...lol. I took these to work as well, I received compliment but I knew this was not my best work! I will definitely try this one again!
My cupcake experience thus far has gone well tho. I am learning techniques, creating my own style, and tweeking some things....making things my own. Surprisingly I'm enjoying this more than I thought and actually want to make them and try and experiment with new ideas...hopefully I'm able to make this into something bigger and better then taste testing for my co-workers. Well see tho.....
One thing I have figured out is that I need a way bigger kitchen!!!!! My inch and half of counter space just doesn't cut it and makes it difficult to do more than one thing at a time so organization is KEY in 6701! I've also learned that I need a standing mixer. Boy, let me tell you...I've put some fancy art work on my walls from my hand mixer :/. And who knew you needed so many baking ingredients?!?!?!?! I sure didn't! I thought flour, eggs, milk, sugar, and some extract did the key for any delicious cake. Well, ummmrra I thought wrong! Those are just the basics and the beginning...so I'm coming to realize that I'ma basic beginner. LOL. Not for long tho :).
So I think I wrote about my layered caked with raspberry chocolate chip filling and butter cream frosting. Let me just say I still dream about that filling...it was so good! Next, I made chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter middle, with a chocolate peanut butter frosting. I have no clue why I really wanted to make these because I'm not even a chocolate fan, but as I get older chocolate does seem to get tastier and tastier. The cupcakes were so good they made you wanna kick somebody! I took them to work for my fellow co-works and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them and even people that can't crack their lips to speak every day walked over to my desk to thank me and tell me how good they were. I guess chocolate can bring out the best in people...lol. Most recently I really wanted to make strawberry shortcake cupcakes but they didn't quit turn out like I wanted, mostly because I was missing and ingredient here and there..lol. I got my first lesson in baking soda, baking powder, and corn starch. Who in the hell knew they all did something different, because I didn't. lol. But I now have all three, which I believe makes me a semi-professional baker ;). I made the cupcakes with no problem but while waiting for them to cool I figured I'd make the whip cream frosting. Well I realized I didn't buy a enough cream and I refused to go back to the store for the third time (second being to get corn starch) that day to buy more cream, so I settled for a butter cream raspberry frosting. This turn out was eeehhhh, I wasn't a fan of the shortcake cupcake, it didn't seem moist enough to me...like that melt in your mouth kind of moist. I'm not sure if it was the recipe, which there seems to be at least 30 different recipes for shortcake. So if anyone has a really good one please let know. Or I could have done something wrong..even though I doubt it seriously...lol. I took these to work as well, I received compliment but I knew this was not my best work! I will definitely try this one again!
My cupcake experience thus far has gone well tho. I am learning techniques, creating my own style, and tweeking some things....making things my own. Surprisingly I'm enjoying this more than I thought and actually want to make them and try and experiment with new ideas...hopefully I'm able to make this into something bigger and better then taste testing for my co-workers. Well see tho.....
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