My mom gave me a persimmon. She told me to eat it as soon as possible--she always tells me to eat my fruits as soon as possible; to her, fruits are always on the brink of self-destruction--but, my habit of procrastination extends even to my eating (assuming we're not talking about something like the chocolate cake I just snarfed down). Fast ( Read more... )

Returning to the topic of dessert...


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So I went to the Milk Pail Market yesterday, and noticed that they had some new products on offer. Not just new but local. Not just local but right in my backyard. A woman right here in my hometown baking sweets and selling 'em to local businesses. All of her cookies and other sweets had cute names and quirky backstories printed on the labels ( Read more... )

I have a surplus of carrots lately. Dad's been eating them raw and in stews and in salads and then finally asked if I could do anything with them ( Read more... )

I've had half of a loaf of sourdough bread sitting in my kitchen for a couple of weeks now. Too hard to cut, so not suitable for snacking, I decided to use it for my first bread pudding ( Read more... )

So, the banana cake ( Read more... )

Taste test of banana cake still pending. However, I did attempt the banana frosting this morning. Also, this morning I was directed to a banana cake recipe that's similar, but calls for sour cream rather than buttermilk. So, changes I'm thinking to make right off the bat ( Read more... )

Took the bananas out of the freezer and pureed them last night. Then made the banana cake. I think the recipe was ( Read more... )

So, the cakes did not come out as expected. They tasted okay. They looked... well, they tasted okay.

Here are the lessons learned:

- Take the cakes out of the freezer earlier--so that if you decide you want to torte the individual layers, you won't find your plan stymied by a still-frozen cake interior. (This may have been a blessing in disguise ( Read more... )

Have now made the layers for the two bottom tiers, so two 12x2" and two 10x2" inch round cakes. I was supposed to complete all four tiers today, but ( Read more... )