yellowmnm81

i've made both the queen of sheba torte and the molten raspberry chocolate cakes.. i think that's what they're called anyway. i don't remember exactly.... but anyway. the queen of sheba torte was very good tasting, but i sort of screwed up on the almonds in that i didn't grind them up enough i guess but i was afraid of making it too oily and start clumping together or anything so i ended up with a bits of almond in the cake so the texture was sorta weird.. but someone said they liked it better that way??? haha. but the molten raspberry chocolate cakes were really good!! i forgot to strain the seeds out.. woops! but it was still really good. i made half and kept the rest in my refrigerator for the 3 days that she says it's okay to leave them in there for and they weren't that great anymore but anyway.. those are my experiences with that book so far! hopefully there will be more soon.

ah.. yea i wasn't sure if i wanted to do choc. chip cookies b/c i thought that others would bring them.. i will check with them. i wanted to do small individual servings. i hadn't really thought about large or multiple servings, but now that you mention it. seems like a good idea! i thought about cheesecake and carrot cake but not sure if they sold as well as other items. cheesecake would def. use up all of that cream cheese though...... haha. okay i will check to see what others are making and make sure i don't repeat something. thank you for the welcome.. and for the link for the thread and also the many ideas/suggestions. very helpful info, sinclair.. thank you.

hello! i'm emily... i'm new to egullet but have had fun reading all the posts. i love baking and pastry.. i'm sure all of you do heh. the reason why i am posting is because i have a bake sale coming up for church and i wanted to know what are usually good things to make for one? and i also was hoping that it could include cream cheese somehow.. i got some a while back to make something but i ended up not so now i have a lot of cream cheese sitting in my refrigerator that needs to be used up sooo.. if there are any suggestions/recipes.. that would be fantastic.. thanks!!