Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )

[Kim Shook]

Thank you all!  It was a lot of work, but fun.  A wonderful stress relief from all the family stuff that I've got going on.  I did some of it ahead of time - I hardly do anything that I can't freeze.  We made $400 on Saturday and then sold more after church on Sunday.  We don't put prices on - just rely on donations.  We find that people are more generous than we would be in pricing.  One man took a mini pumpkin loaf and one of those coffee cakes and gave me $40!!  

[Kerry Beal]

3 hours ago, Kim Shook said:

 

Pre-sold two of these and sold the other at the bake sale.  I am one tired puppy.

 

 

I'll bet you are!

[RWood]

Round two on Thor's hammer. I was gonna try a different set up than last time, but a) this thing weighed a ton and b), I was worn out from working all day then making this at night. So, Ace got the same as a couple of years ago. He was happy though. 

[cakewalk]

1 hour ago, RWood said:

Round two on Thor's hammer. I was gonna try a different set up than last time, but a) this thing weighed a ton and b), I was worn out from working all day then making this at night. So, Ace got the same as a couple of years ago. He was happy though. 

 

Oh, yeah, sure. But can you make an angel food cake, huh? Can ya? And in a Pullman pan? Huh?

[chromedome]

...but how do you deliver a Mjölnir cake, when only Thor can raise it?

[pjm333]

caramels

[kayb]

Oh, those are PRETTY!

 

[pjm333]

Orange Mousse Cake !

[rarerollingobject]

Office baking today; halva, tahini and smoked salt caramel shortbread (aka Middle Eastern millionaire’s shortbread) and chocolate and browned butter chunk cookies (with nearly three quarters of a kilo of Valrhona Manjari 64% chocolate, aka the good stuff.)

 

[rarerollingobject]

Playing with oil colours; marbled sugar cookies and white chocolate spheres.

 

 

Edited November 26, 2017 by rarerollingobject (log)

[Anna N]

Quite, quite beautiful. 

[Anna N]

 

 Cinnamon rolls for my granddaughter ready to go into the oven at her house. 

[Anna N]

 Here they are baked:

 

 

 Just out of the oven. 

 

 

 Just out of the pan. 

 

 Apparently they went over well with an 18-year-old heading off to work on a Sunday morning. 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2017 by Anna N (log)

[pjm333]

Coffee Mousse cake & Pumpkin Mousse Cake !

[blbst36]

On 10/23/2017 at 10:18 AM, blbst36 said:

I made pound cake for the first time.  And from a recipe older than me!  It was good, but short.  My pans are slightly bigger than called for, so I was expecting it.  If I make them in the same pans, I would probably adjust the cooking time to about 10 mins less.  The outer edges of the loaves were a little dry.  I don't have pictures at the moment, but I can add them later.

 

 

Also, I need to loo for a tutorial on how to line a loaf pan with parchment paper

 

 

I FINALLY downloaded the pictures.  I want to make them again, but I also want to make other things after watching the Great British Baking Show!!  Also, is parchment necessary?  Can't I just butter and flour the loaf pans??

 

Both loaves

 

Close up of the one on the left and my terrible parchment skills.

 

[cakewalk]

Good job on the pound cakes. I never line cake pans with parchment. I will sometimes line with foil, depending on what I'm baking, but foil can be molded to the exact shape of the pan so you don't get all those lumps and bumps. And I always grease the foil. I use parchment only for lining flat pans, like cookie sheets. But here's a tutorial on lining pans with parchment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRJ2r3Em5aw It's those corners that create all the problems. 

 

[RWood]

1 hour ago, blbst36 said:

 

I FINALLY downloaded the pictures.  I want to make them again, but I also want to make other things after watching the Great British Baking Show!!  Also, is parchment necessary?  Can't I just butter and flour the loaf pans??

 

Both loaves

 

Close up of the one on the left and my terrible parchment skills.

 

 

I would just cut a piece to fit the bottom of your pan.  I never lined loaf pans at all, but a chef I worked with insisted on it (because his mama did it) and it did make a difference. 

[Anna N]

I just cut two pieces of parchment now for a loaf pan — one that fits the long dimension and one which fits the short dimension. 

 

Like so.

 

 

[jmacnaughtan]

I only line tins that might overflow - that way I can put a collar on them.

 

For loaf tins, I just generously butter and coat in flour.  Even for really wet batters like pain d'épices, it never sticks.

[Anna N]

2 hours ago, jmacnaughtan said:

I only line tins that might overflow - that way I can put a collar on them.

 

For loaf tins, I just generously butter and coat in flour.  Even for really wet batters like pain d'épices, it never sticks.

The kitchen gods favour some of us. The others of us not so much.   I belong to the latter group. 

 

I might change my ways going forward.  I changed all my loaf pans from ones that looked as though they barely survived the Battle of Britain to ones that appear as though they might release a loaf upon command.  On the other hand I think I’ve offended the kitchen gods  far too often to take chances. 

[jmacnaughtan]

3 minutes ago, Anna N said:

The kitchen gods favour some of us. The others of us not so much.   I belong to the latter group. 

 

I might change my ways going forward.  I changed all my loaf pans from ones that looked as though they barely survived the Battle of Britain to ones that appear as though they might release a loaf upon command.  On the other hand I think I’ve offended the kitchen gods  far too often to take chances. 

 

Haha, there's nothing wrong with baking equipment that has character

 

I think the key is just to use as much butter as possible.  Then a little more.

[blbst36]

Thanks all!  I never line a loaf pan, but the recipe said to do it.  On the first try of a recipe, I usually try to follow the directions.  I will try either a grease and flour or baking spray next time.

[pjm333]

Brownie Cookies with Peanut Butter Filling !

[JohnT]

Okay @pjm333, I am not really a cookie fella, nor a lover of peanut butter, but those really look good! Any recipe or a link to one? And it they are really "five star" I am sure @Anna N would like the recipe as well for her "Meeting Friendly Snacks"  (sorry Anna for using your name without permission).

[pjm333]

JohnT,

   Thanks they taste great but they have a short shelf life, its a 1 day cookie.

 

BROWNIE COOKIES   350 DEGREES

 

350 GRAMS CHOCOLATE / CHOPPED FINE

40 GRAMS BUTTER

2 EGGS

2/3  CUP SUGAR / SUPERFINE

1/4 CUP A.P. FLOUR

1/4 tsp BAKING POWDER / SALT

 

 PEANUT BUTTER FILLING

160 GRAMS 10X

280 GRAMS PEANUT BUTTER / SMOOTH

80 GRAMS BUTTER / SOFT

                                          COOKIES - MELT 200 GRAMS CHOCOLATE & BUTTER TOGETHER. BEAT EGGS & SUGAR TOGETHER TILL THICK & PALE IN COLOR. SIFT IN FLOUR AND BAKING POWDER,SALT ADD REMAINING 150 GRAMS OF CHOPPED CHOCOLATE. ADD MELTED CHOCOLATE BUTTER AND MIX TILL COMBINED, LET SIT 10 MINUTES. SCOOP & BAKE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES TILL TOP IS PUFFED & CRACKED AND SLIGHTLY FIRM. COOL DOWN.

     FILLING - BEAT ALL INGREDIENTS TILL BLENDED.