until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
OK, typical Libra indecisiveness strikes again. i KNOW i'm making a standard carrot cake (with cream cheese frosting), but i have a lot of options for the second item. All of these below are relatively easy to make, and i have all the necessary ingredients, but there are a few recipes that i've never made before - so they might come out kinda crappy. And i hate to fail, especially in the baking arena. i think they all sound pretty good. i'm just trying to figure out which one would be the best complement, for those who aren't crazy about carrot cake. Which would you want to eat?
Poll Baking Poll
Have i ever told you how much i love to bake? Especially in the winter. i guess i consider it a feminine skill. In my family, my dad did most of the cooking, but my mom did the baking. It's fun. i love the way the kitchen starts to smell, and how fast your concostion disappears. People can say nice things and not mean them, like they appreciate your effort but still think the food sucks, but when you bake something that gets devoured quickly, it's like a notarized seal of approval.
i like to think i am a good baker-ess. i usually bake for love, not for a sugar fix or out of boredom. A few years back, i would bring in a big pan of brownies or homemade cookies to people/groups when i had a crush. That NYPIRG PC back in 98 probably gained ten pounds because of me. My poetry classes usually had one or two good-looking, emotionally troubled boys who shared their poems and sometimes played in bands ... i brought in cupcakes, cookies or fudge squares for everyone. Sugar is a language too.
The only time i remember really fucking something up was the time i was baking brownies with a very bad ex-boyfriend; we forgot to set the timer, and the result was a chocolate brick with one (marginally) acceptable brownie in the center of the pan. Bad boyfriend = no love = nasty baking. i think that cheesy cliche, "the most important ingredient is love", might actually be true.
Which reminds me of that movie, what the hell was it called? "Simply Irresistible", i think? With Sarah Michelle Geller? And she was a cook? And there were vanilla orchids, psychotropic pastries and some kind of a dead frog or turtle? And it was a lot like "Woman on Top", only awful?
Poll Baking Poll
Have i ever told you how much i love to bake? Especially in the winter. i guess i consider it a feminine skill. In my family, my dad did most of the cooking, but my mom did the baking. It's fun. i love the way the kitchen starts to smell, and how fast your concostion disappears. People can say nice things and not mean them, like they appreciate your effort but still think the food sucks, but when you bake something that gets devoured quickly, it's like a notarized seal of approval.
i like to think i am a good baker-ess. i usually bake for love, not for a sugar fix or out of boredom. A few years back, i would bring in a big pan of brownies or homemade cookies to people/groups when i had a crush. That NYPIRG PC back in 98 probably gained ten pounds because of me. My poetry classes usually had one or two good-looking, emotionally troubled boys who shared their poems and sometimes played in bands ... i brought in cupcakes, cookies or fudge squares for everyone. Sugar is a language too.
The only time i remember really fucking something up was the time i was baking brownies with a very bad ex-boyfriend; we forgot to set the timer, and the result was a chocolate brick with one (marginally) acceptable brownie in the center of the pan. Bad boyfriend = no love = nasty baking. i think that cheesy cliche, "the most important ingredient is love", might actually be true.
Which reminds me of that movie, what the hell was it called? "Simply Irresistible", i think? With Sarah Michelle Geller? And she was a cook? And there were vanilla orchids, psychotropic pastries and some kind of a dead frog or turtle? And it was a lot like "Woman on Top", only awful?