Jacked-up banana bread. Confession time again!
You see these babies? The brown, spotty, past their prime and about 36 hours from luring in fruit flies bananas? I love them. They’re my absolute favorite. I know, I know how gross that is. The list of people who know my secret are as follows: Alex, but he married me anyway; my mother-in-law, who was about to throw some old bananas out one day and I gave myself up, yelping “wait!” How to cook perfect pancakes. With hot cross buns already staling on shelves, and mince pies surely mere months away, plum pudding and pancakes are the only two foods I can think of that unite the nation for but one day a year.
While more delicate sorts claim to find Christmas pud too “heavy”, I’ve yet to meet anyone, regardless of religious affiliation, who eschews a Shrove Tuesday treat. Why we don’t dare to bust them out at Easter too, or on fine September mornings, is a mystery to me. Pancakes are a remarkably versatile foodstuff: French crêpes, Indian dosas, even Ethiopian injera, all fall under the same delightful banner. As Ken Albala, author of a gloriously comprehensive “global history” of the things explains, “any starchy batter … cooked in a small amount of fat on a flat surface” counts.
Elizabethan pancakes Puritan pancakes Butter batter? Telegraph food writer Xanthe Clay uses melted butter in her batter to compensate for any loss of flavour occasioned by cooking them in vegetable oil. Stand or deliver? 1. The Best Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe. Hummingbird Cake Recipe. Recipe: Pumpkin Doughnut Holes » Bay Area Bites. Happy autumn!
Happy Halloween! Pumpkin patches are open for business, black cats, ghosts, and sugar skulls are decorating every shop window, and crazily colorful winter squash are spilling their stripy, curvy glory across produce stands and farmers’ market tables everywhere. Being a Libra/Scorpio with a late-October birthday, I’ve always had an extra-special–all right, downright personal–appreciation for the seasonal joys of this time of year. Apples fresh off the tree, cider pressing, crisp air and deep blue skies, the vivid sunset hues of persimmons, pomegranates, eggplants, and peppers at the market, the slippery squish of pumpkin seeds scraped from a jack o’ lantern: somehow it all links up with the promise of birthday cake, presents, and the imminent delight of dressing up for Halloween. The Bay Area has had a renaissance of doughnut vendors of late, what with the continued success of Dynamo Donut and Coffee and the recent Oakland openings of both Donut Savant and Doughnut Dolly.
Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes. Cake Batter Cinnamon Rolls. So… I didn’t just make one outrageous cinnamon roll last weekend.
I clearly made two. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Cups. Soooooo… you know that episode of Sex and the City where Miranda has to dump dish soap on top of chocolate cake just so she will stop eating it??
Uh. Yeeeeeah. These are like… of that caliber. And that totally almost happened to me. You PROBably should not make these if you are home alone for four days. Sweetapolita. Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. I couldn't believe my eyes this week when I saw the ad for Pumpkin Spice Lattes in my local Starbucks.
Pumpkin Spice already? But there's still a little more summer to be had, isn't there? Of course, it was impossible to stay upset for too long; after all, this is lovely pumpkin -- one of my favorite flavors of all time -- that we're talking about! So, I ransacked my pumpkin-flavored recipes to find this one for Pumpkin Cupcakes. You'll recognize that it's a classic, but the cinnamon in the Cream Cheese Frosting gives it a little something extra.
Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting from AllRecipes Ingredients For cupcakes 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/2 teaspoon ground ginger1/2 teaspoon ground cloves1/2 teaspoon ground allspice1/2 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 cup butter, softened1 cup white sugar1/3 cup brown sugar2 eggs3/4 cup milk1 cup pumpkin puree. Zucchini Cupcakes and the BEST Cream Cheese Frosting. Blueberry-Lemon Crumb Bars. Cream-filled Hostess Style Cupcakes. Trio of Battenberg Cakes - Daring Bakers. Daring Bakers' June 2012 ~ Going Batty For the Jubilee. It is the month of June, and off we go to England and celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.
Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! Came to our rescue last minute to present us with the Battenberg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry’s techniques and recipes to allow us to create this unique little cake with ease. Last minute or not, it was quite a formidable and exciting challenge, as you will come to see. In Mandy's words ... " Battenburg cake was introduced to the chefs of the British Royal family during Queen Victoria's reign. Pink Vanilla Pocky Cake. Sometimes when you're stressed you need cake.
Just a little 6-inch personal-size cake with flecks of vanilla bean throughout, and possibly surrounded with your favorite guilty pleasure - strawberry pocky. It helps you forget that you're making a wedding cake and a groom's cake next week. And the fact that you'll have to transport it in 592 degree weather.And that somehow you'll have to manage all this while looking fresh-as-a-daisy in your bridesmaid's dress. Clearly, I needed a cake. Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes. These cinnamon roll cupcakes are just too cute!
I took them to an early morning tailgate, and it was a great way to enjoy cinnamon rolls without the mess. Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf. Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf Zingy Lemon-Blueberry Yogurt Loaf made with freshly squeezed lemon juice, lemon zest, yogurt and plump blueberries is lightly brushed with a lemon syrup then drizzled with a lemon glaze.
Bursting with lemony flavor and fresh blueberries, this melt in your mouth will leave you begging for more. Twix Cheesecakes - Gingerbread Bagels.