I tried to make cheesecake today, since my wonderful roommate's birthday is tomorrow. I used this recipe, which I followed exactly ( Read more... )

Hey, everybody. I just joined here and have a quick question for y'all ( Read more... )

I have a possibly silly question, but I want to make Red Velvet cupcakes for Valentine's Day & I want to use this recipe ( Read more... )

I decided to try and make some of those three layered sandwich candies like the andes mints, seems simple enough so I melted a couple pounds of chocolate coating and spread it out nice and thing, then the same in white chocolate coating but figured I could add a couple tbls of creme de menth for color and flavor, I thought that since it was coating ( Read more... )

i'm going to make red beans and rice for dinner tonight but because there were no ham hocks when i went to the market, i decided to substitute a cut-up ham steak. however, i was wondering when i should add it? i normally add the andouille sausage towards the end of the cooking so should i add the ham steak then or at the beginning? or does it ( Read more... )

I used this recipe to make a chocolate variation of panna cotta. While sitting in the fridge much of the chocolate seems to have settled out of the mixture resulting in a darker layer on the bottom. The real problem though, was that this layer seemed grainy. Is this normal? Possible solutions?

Pannacotta

1 cup thickened cream
1 cup milk
1/4 cup (scant ( Read more... )

So my friend came back from India and my present was a bundle of dark, unremarkable looking black twigs. Lo and behold, they are "vanilla sticks ( Read more... )

I got an ice-cream maker for Christmas and now have the freezer space to use it. I made chocolate ice cream the other day and it is DIVINE ( Read more... )

I'm making gingersnaps that need to be done as soon as possible. They call for both baking soda and baking powder. I just discovered that I'm out of the baking soda. Can I get away with just the baking powder? Should I tweak anything?

edit: Bah. So based on the advice, I went to the store and bought some, put it in the dough and set the ( Read more... )

I have found a new love for strawberry muffins. I'd like to make them at home, but the ones I buy have strawberries in the batter. The recipes I can find do not, just strawberries on top. Would I have to find dried strawberries to put in the batter or just use fresh and reduce the amount of liquid I add to the recipe? How much liquid should I ( Read more... )